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NRC to issue final rule for new technology emergency preparedness

August 15, 2023, 12:00PMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has directed its staff to issue a final rule and associated regulatory guide that applies risk-informed, performance-based emergency preparedness requirements to small modular reactors and other new technologies, the agency announced on August 14. The technologies include non–light water reactors, research and test reactors, and medical radioisotope facilities.

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TVA to file for Clinch River SMR construction permit by June

April 21, 2025, 3:45PMNuclear News

In a Q&A posted on TVA’s website last week about a “new nuclear heyday,” Bob Deacy shared his vision for the Clinch River nuclear site in Oak Ridge, Tenn.—and some news about next...

UIUC microreactor fuel qualification methodology gets safety approval

April 24, 2025, 9:34AMNuclear News

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Nuclear Plasma and Radiation Engineering (NPRE) Department announced yesterday that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a fuel...

Bill would require NRC reporting of nuclear medicine extravasations

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Bipartisan legislation introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month seeks to close a loophole that currently allows medical patients to be unintentionally exposed to...

TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process

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Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s...

Will Palisades be the “comeback kid”?

Historic nuclear plant restart could happen in 2025.

April 11, 2025, 3:03PMNuclear News

Mike Mlynarek believes in this expression: “In the end it will be OK; and if it’s not OK, it’s not the end.”As the site vice president at Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert...

Higher enriched nuclear fuel being tested at Vogtle

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Southern Nuclear recently loaded nuclear fuel with uranium-235 enriched up to 6 percent—higher than the usual 3–5 percent enrichment—into Vogtle-2 to test it through irradiation....

How does subsequent license renewal relate to the restart of nuclear power plants?

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State legislation: Delaware delving into nuclear energy possibilities

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A bill that would create a nuclear energy task force in Delaware has passed the state Senate and is now being considered in the House of Representatives....

Ontario Power Generation issues license to build an SMR at Darlington

On track to be the first SMR constructed in North America

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The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has announced its approval for Ontario Power Generation to construct a General Electric Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactor at its Darlington site in...

Age is just a number

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This month’s Nuclear News pays tribute to the people and projects that keep our nuclear power plants running.In the nuclear industry, “life extension” is a venerable term that broadly...

NRC to issue final rule for new technology emergency preparedness

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