Surrounded by members of his cabinet, congressional leaders, and others, President Biden yesterday afternoon signed into law the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act—representing a much-needed victory for the president, whose approval rating, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, sits at 41 percent.
DOE awards $17 million to answer critical questions with HALEU data
The Department of Energy awarded $17 million on August 30 for 16 experiment and analysis projects expected to yield criticality data that will assist the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in...
ANS open letter to Science magazine challenging claims about HALEU
September 3, 2024Dr. Holden ThorpEditor-in-Chief, ScienceSubject: Science magazine Policy Forum article “The weapons potential of high-assay low-enriched uranium” published June 2024Dear...
PR: American Nuclear Society challenges recent claims on HALEU fuel in Science magazine
ANS open letter scrutinizes hyperbolic unscientific claims about HALEU
Washington, D.C. — In an open letter to Science magazine, the American Nuclear Society (ANS), a professional nuclear science and technology society representing over 10,000 members...
TVA puts $150 million toward SMRs as NRC backs quality assurance plan
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s board of directors approved $150 million in additional funding to continue design work and TVA’s plans for small modular reactors at its Clinch River site...
Nuclear power in the Democratic and Republican party platforms—44 years ago
Tonight, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is expected to offer some policy details in a speech at the Democratic National Convention. With nuclear energy getting firm bipartisan...
Duck, N.C.—A summer beach vacation with the extended family: There’s nothing else quite like it, reliving old memories and developing a greater appreciation for how others felt about them...
Experts needed for National Academies workshop on new nuclear investments
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is forming an ad hoc committee to hold a two-day workshop titled “Pathways for New Nuclear Development” and is open to...
Modeling physical security can help lower costs for nuclear power plants
Today’s nuclear power plants are the nation’s largest source of carbon-free energy, but they come with high operating and maintenance costs.Competition from other sources, especially...
Argonne’s NSTF: Active testing of passive cooling
A facility at Argonne National Laboratory has been simulating nuclear reactor cooling systems under a wide range of conditions since the 1980s. Its latest task, described by Argonne in an...
Custom equipment lets ORNL scale up molten salt investigations
Transparency is one advantage of certain molten salts that could serve as both a coolant and fuel carrier in an advanced reactor. For scientists studying molten salt chemistry and behavior at...
