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Progress continues for TerraPower’s Natrium plant, with the latest win coming in the form of a state permit for construction of nonnuclear portions of the advanced reactor.
Legislation looks to address nuclear construction materials, tax credit rules
Lawmakers in Congress have introduced a pair of bills this month targeting different aspects of nuclear construction, with one proposal focusing on construction material and the other on tax...
Preliminary white safety finding at Comanche Peak prompts NRC conference
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a regulatory conference Tuesday, May 19, with Vistra Operations Company officials to discuss a preliminary “white” safety finding at Comanche...
TerraPower begins construction on Natrium power plant in Kemmerer
Construction has officially begun on TerraPower’s first Natrium power plant, in Kemmerer, Wyo. The company expects this demonstration facility—featuring a 345-MWe sodium-cooled fast...
NRC commissioners talk attrition, recruitment, retention at Senate hearing
Last month, all five commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission went before the U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce’s Energy Subcommittee to discuss the agency’s fiscal...
NRC to review Radiant R-50 Part 70 license application
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Radiant Industries’ 10 CFR Part 70 license application for its R-50 microreactor production facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and will launch an...
What goes around comes around: The revival of Toshiba’s 4S?
Today, commercial microreactors are common in the marketplace of nuclear ideas. Dozens of companies are vying for their designs to reach scaled deployment to meet surging energy demand. ...
ADP on track to complete major D&D work at Crystal River-3 this summer
Advanced Decommissioning Partners, a joint venture of NorthStar Group Services and Orano USA, is set to complete major decommissioning activities at Crystal River-3 nuclear power plant in...
Two ANS standards open for public comment
The American Nuclear Society recently opened two draft standards for public review. Previously, announcements of public review opportunities for ANS standards have been published exclusively...
NNSA receives largest-ever HALEU shipment from Japan for use by U.S. industry
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration announced last week that it has transferred 1.7 metric tons of high-assay low-enriched uranium from Japan to the United...
Eden targets domestic medical radioisotope production
Eden Radioisotopes has filed a construction permit application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a facility to produce medical radioisotopes, primarily molybdenum-99 and...
