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X-energy and Dow Will Deploy a 320-MWe Xe-100 Nuclear Facility at Gulf Coast Site

March 2, 2023 admin advanced nuclear, ardp, Business, DOE, dow, full coverage, htgr, industrial decarbonization, Markets, news, Nuclear, supply chains, Technology, x-energy, xe-100

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 12:46:58 +0000

X-energy will demonstrate its four-unit 320-MWe Xe-100 advanced nuclear reactor facility under the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) at a Dow site in the U.S. Gulf Coast region by the end of the decade—not in Washington State as originally planned. The shakeup stems from a joint development agreement (JDA) the nuclear […]

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Updates on Five Big Nuclear Energy Developments POWER Was Watching in 2022

December 30, 2022 admin advanced reactor, bipartisan infrastructure act, Business, DOE, engineering, full coverage, haleu, news, Nuclear, NuScale, office of nuclear energy, power, Research and Development, Technology, terrapower, x-energy

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 19:16:48 +0000

In January 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) published a list of five nuclear energy stories to watch in 2022. Here’s an update on the items the NE felt were important for industry insiders to keep an eye on. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law The DOE noted in the January […]

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Small Modular Reactors Aren’t Difficult Nuclear Waste Generators

December 7, 2022 admin Environmental, Fuel, full coverage, natrium, news, Nuclear, nuclear waste, NuScale, power, Research and Development, Safety, Small Modular Reactor, smr, snf, Spent nuclear fuel, Technology, terrapower, x-energy, xe-100

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 20:26:42 +0000

Many experts believe small modular reactors (SMRs), which are generally classified as nuclear power reactors with an electrical output of 300 MW or less, offer great promise for supplying the world with carbon-free energy. Several SMRs designs are under development by companies around the world including NuScale Power, GE-Hitachi, Terrestrial Energy, TerraPower, Toshiba, X-energy, and […]

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Nuclear Fuel Facility Unveiled for Natrium Fast Reactor Demonstration

October 27, 2022 admin Business, DOE, full coverage, geh, gnf-a, haleu, natrium, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, triso-x, x-energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:11:52 +0000

A fuel fabrication facility that will create reliable fuel for TerraPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) 345-MWe Natrium pool-type sodium fast reactor (SFR) demonstration in Wyoming and future Natrium nuclear plants is taking shape at Global Nuclear Fuel–Americas’ (GNF-A’s) nuclear fuel fabrication plant in Wilmington, North Carolina. GNF-A, a 2007-established GE-led joint venture with […]

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Green Light for Project Pele, Defense Department’s Mobile Nuclear Microreactor Demonstration

April 21, 2022 admin BWXT, Distributed Generation, distributed power, dod, DOE, engineering, full coverage, haleu, htgr, microreactor, news, Nuclear, project pele, Research and Development, Technology, triso, x-energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:29:06 +0000

The Department of Defense (DOD) will push forward on Project Pele, a much-watched mobile microreactor prototype, and demonstrate its full operation for a minimum of three years at an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site. The DOD’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) on April 15 formally released a record of decision (ROD) to proceed with the program, […]

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Tech Guru’s Plan—Fight Climate Change with Nuclear Power

February 25, 2020 admin climate change, energy impact center, last energy, news, Nuclear, open100, small modular reactors, Technology, x-energy

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 22:16:39 +0000

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There’s widespread debate over whether nuclear power should be a player in the path toward addressing climate change. Industry analysts say nuclear is key to zero-emission power generation; even some environmentalists agree, though others point to the issue of disposal of nuclear waste, and concerns about the safety of reactors. Those concerns have led some […]

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U.S. Company Has Deal with Jordan for Nuclear Technology

January 2, 2020 admin Business, clay sell, dod, DOE, ge global nuclear fuel, International, jordan, jordan atomic energy commission, nasa, news, Nuclear, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Technology, triso, x-energy

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 05:00:00 +0000

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There have long been grand plans for developing nuclear power in the Middle East. After Iran brought the Bushehr plant online in 2011, the country talked of building another dozen or so reactors. Saudi Arabia

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New Boosts for Commercial Production of HALEU Advanced Nuclear Reactor Fuel

November 7, 2019 admin advanced reactors, Business, bwtx, centrifuge, centrus, DOE, enrichment, Fuel, fuel fabrication, gnf, haleu, International, lightbridge, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, Technology, triso, uranium, x-energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:24:50 +0000

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Efforts to commercialize production of high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel, which is needed for an array of advanced reactors, ramped up this week with two major announcements. As the Department of Energy (DOE) contracted Centrus Energy to demonstrate production of HALEU fuel for advanced reactors at the DOE’s American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio, private […]

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Bagging DOE Support, Westinghouse Eyes Demonstration for Nuclear Micro-reactor by 2022

March 28, 2019 admin Department of Energy, DOE, finance, haleu, high-assay low-enriched uranium, holtec international, Markets, micro-reactor, news, Nuclear, NuScale, Research and Development, Small Modular Reactor, smr, supply chains, Westinghouse, x-energy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:04:53 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) is funding a project that would prepare Westinghouse’s 25-MWe eVinci micro-reactor for nuclear demonstration readiness by 2022. The agency on March 27 said it will provide $12.9 million of the estimated $28.6 million Westinghouse needs for a project to prepare the micro-reactor for a demonstration, including for design, analysis, licensing […]

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Big Gains for Tiny Nuclear Reactors

November 3, 2018 admin AP1000, Business, cgn, China, Defense, dod, evinci, general atomics, haleu, India, International, Markets, micro-reactors, nei, news, Nuclear, NuScale, oklo, Pakistan, Plant Design, Research and Development, siberia, Taishan, Technology, triso, urenco, Westinghouse, x-energy

As the hubbub of interest and activity surrounds development of small modular reactors (SMRs) hovering between 60 MW and 300 MW, and medium-sized nuclear reactors of under 700 MW, several nuclear technology

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