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Future-Ready Motor Generator Set Control Power Cabinets
A pair of bills working their way through the Iowa statehouse aim to promote nuclear energy projects in the state—in part by changing how the plants would be regulated and funded.
Transportation Department seeks to develop SMRs for commercial shipping
The Department of Transportation has announced an initiative to develop small modular reactors for commercial shipping. The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has launched a request for...
Diablo Canyon advocacy, Midwest nuclear legislation among April state news items
Pending, passed, and coveted legislation involving nuclear energy made their way across multiple state capitol buildings in the month of April. Here are a few notable updates from California,...
Blue Energy, GE Vernova plan “gas-plus-nuclear” power plant in Texas
GE Vernova has formed a strategic collaboration with nuclear project financing and manufacturing firm Blue Energy to “advance the world’s first gas-plus-nuclear power plant.” The...
Rolls-Royce–CEZ SMR project at Temelín moves forward
A newly signed contract between U.K.-based Rolls-Royce SMR and the ČEZ Group in the Czech Republic will allow for design work to begin on the planned small modular reactors at the Temelín...
NRC shares Duane Arnold restart progress at public hearing
The communities in and around Duane Arnold had a chance on Tuesday evening to hear from Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials on the progress to restart Iowa’s only nuclear power plant in...
Eagle to begin investigative drilling at Oregon uranium site this summer
Nevada-based Eagle Nuclear Energy said it will conduct a 27,000-foot investigative drill program at its flagship Aurora Uranium Project along the Oregon–Nevada border beginning in July....
Rolls-Royce, GBE-N contract kickstarts U.K.’s SMR plans for Wylfa site
Ten months after Rolls-Royce SMR emerged as the United Kingdom’s preferred bidder to build the U.K.’s first small modular reactors, the company and the U.K. government’s Great British...
DOE-NE’s handling of failed CFPP: Audit’s key takeaways
The Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) called for the deployment of six 77-MWe pressurized water reactors at Idaho National Laboratory that would provide power to INL and to Utah Associated...
Holtec hits milestones in Palisades restart, new reactor projects
The restart of Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert, Mich., has hit a milestone with the passivation of its primary system, plant owner Holtec International announced Monday, even as a firm...
X-energy forms partnership with Talen Energy to assess Xe-100 deployment
X-energy announced Thursday that it has signed a letter of intent with Talen Energy to assess the deployment of X-energy’s Xe-100 reactor in Pennsylvania and throughout the market area of...