Looking back at 2021—Nuclear News January through March

January 7, 2022, 10:35AMNuclear News

This is the second of five articles to be posted today to look back at the top news stories of 2021 for the nuclear community. The full article, "Looking back at 2021,"was published in the January 2022 issue of Nuclear News.

Quite a year was 2021. In the following stories, we have compiled what we feel are the past year’s top news stories from the January-March time frame—please enjoy this recap from a busy year in the nuclear community.

Click here to see the first article in the series.

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Gavrilas named NRC’s executive director for operations

July 22, 2024, 12:00PMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has named Mirela Gavrilas, currently head of the agency’s Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, executive director for operations, effective...

Virginia utility considers SMRs

July 18, 2024, 9:30AMNuclear News

Dominion Energy Virginia has issued a request for proposals from leading nuclear companies to study the feasibility of putting a small modular reactor at its North Anna nuclear power...

New nuclear criticality safety standard issued

July 24, 2024, 12:00PMANS News

ANSI/ANS-8.28-2024, Administrative Practices for the Use of Nondestructive Assay Measurements for Nuclear Criticality Safety, was issued on July 15 after receiving approval of the American...

American Nuclear Society welcomes nomination of former ANS Congressional Fellow to NRC

Statement from ANS on Biden nomination of Matthew Marzano to NRC

July 24, 2024, 9:10AMPress Releases

Washington, D.C. — Craig Piercy, CEO of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), issued the following statement:“The American Nuclear Society commends President Biden for nominating Matthew...

EPW Senate staffer and former reactor operator nominated to the NRC

July 24, 2024, 7:01AMNuclear News

President Biden has selected Matthew Marzano as his choice to fill the open seat on the five-member Nuclear Regulatory Commission.The panel of commissioners has had a vacancy since Jeff...

Kairos’s Hermes 2 passes NRC safety review

July 23, 2024, 9:30AMNuclear News

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has completed its final safety evaluation for Kairos Power’s application to build its Hermes 2 molten salt–cooled reactor test facility in Oak Ridge,...

Power outages, water shortages impact Ukraine plant

July 23, 2024, 7:00AMNuclear News

Security watchdogs with the International Atomic Energy Association are reporting continuing issues at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant due to the military invasion from Russia.IAEA...

Turkey reportedly leaning toward Russia for second nuclear plant

July 22, 2024, 3:06PMNuclear News

Turkey may be closer to moving ahead in a partnership with Russia for its second nuclear plant, Sinop, a proposed four-reactor facility on the Black Sea coast....

NRC approves simplified mandatory hearings

July 22, 2024, 7:00AMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is simplifying procedures for mandatory hearings on licensing commercial nuclear power plants and uranium enrichment facilities....

IAEA’s Grossi highlights the growing promise of nuclear energy

July 19, 2024, 12:02PMANS Nuclear Cafe

The peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology today hold more promise to heal the world since Austrian Swedish physicist Lise Meitner and her colleagues discovered nuclear fission in...

Looking back at 2021—Nuclear News January through March

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