The American Nuclear Society applauds the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
Statement from American Nuclear Society President Steven Nesbit and Executive Director and CEO Craig Piercy:
Statement from American Nuclear Society President Steven Nesbit and Executive Director and CEO Craig Piercy:
GE Hitachi named first corporate sponsor of Net Zero Nuclear
Net Zero Nuclear, an initiative that debuted earlier this month at the World Nuclear Symposium in London, has named GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) its initial corporate sponsor. The...
Constellation, ComEd ink deal for hourly matching with nuclear power
Constellation Energy has announced an agreement with Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Illinois’s largest electric utility, to power the latter’s 54 offices and metered facilities with locally...
The U.S. nuclear fuel Gordian knot: The uncertain path forward
In the last few weeks of 2021, when it was clear that the Russian invasion of Ukraine had put this country’s uranium fuel supply in jeopardy, nuclear energy advocates lobbied hard to attach...
2023 Utility Working Conference: Nuclear and the future of resiliency
At the 2023 Utility Working Conference, held August 6–9 on Marco Island in Florida, the second day’s plenary opened with a panel session featuring five nuclear industry executives who...
U.K. backs Ukraine nuclear fuel supply
The U.K. government has announced its intention to provide a loan guarantee of £192 million (about $244 million) to enable Britain-based Urenco to supply Ukraine’s nuclear operator...
Veto or no veto, UIUC forges ahead with microreactor plans
It’s been almost 35 years since Illinois last added a nuclear power reactor to the grid (Braidwood-2, a pressurized water reactor operated by Constellation, reached commercial operation in...
American Nuclear Society recommends updating EPA repository regs
Finalized report incorporates feedback on revisiting EPA regulations
Downers Grove, Illinois – The American Nuclear Society (ANS) published a finalized report on recommendations for updating public health and safety standards for the permanent disposal of...
Terrestrial Energy, Westinghouse ink deal for IMSR fuel plant
Canadian nuclear tech firm Terrestrial Energy has signed a manufacturing and supply contract with Springfields Fuels Limited—a Britain–based subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric...
Westinghouse holds Canadian supplier symposium
Westinghouse Electric Company welcomed 95 vendors to the Canadian Supplier Symposium last week to engage with current and potential suppliers for the company’s global new-build projects....
What is at the forefront of PRA today?
Askin Guler Yigitoglu (yigitoglua@ornl.gov) is a reactor systems modeling and safety analysis staff member at ORNL, chair of ANS’s Nuclear Installations Safety Division, and technical...