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Optimizing Maintenance Strategies in Power Generation: Embracing Predictive and Preventive Approaches
The Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp 2024 takes place this year from July 21 to August 2 at the University of Wyoming in Laramie.
Applications are due by February 25.
TerraPower’s bid to start energy island construction gets EA/FONSI
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has concluded—with an assist from a Department of Energy environmental assessment released in February—that no environmental impact statement is...
Oak Ridge’s Isotek dramatically increases world supply of Th-229
Workers with Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management contractor Isotek have surpassed a significant milestone in the supply of medical radioisotopes, extracting more than 15 grams of rare...
Here is a recap of industry happenings from the recent past:ADVANCED REACTOR MARKETPLACE TerraPower’s Natrium reactor advances on several frontsTerraPower has continued making aggressive...
Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23....
TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
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...
BWXT acquires Oak Ridge site as NNSA pursues unobligated enriched uranium
BWX Technologies Inc. has purchased about 97 acres of land in an Oak Ridge, Tenn., industrial park where the company expects to build a uranium enrichment facility using a technology called...
DOE commits to supplying HALEU to five advanced nuclear companies
The Department of Energy has announced its first round of conditional commitments to provide high-assay low-enriched uranium to five U.S. nuclear developers. According to the DOE, the delivery...
Molten salt test loop at INL means real-time data on sensors and materials
The Department of Energy announced March 31 that a new Molten Salt Flow Loop Test Bed at Idaho National Laboratory recently went through its inaugural test run. The closed-loop test system...
TerraPower roundup: Progress for Natrium project
TerraPower has continued to make aggressive progress in several areas for its Natrium Reactor Demonstration Project since the beginning of the year. Natrium is an advanced 345-MWe reactor that...
TerraPower awards contracts for SMR simulator, radiation monitoring systems
Aiming to deploy the nation's first small modular reactor, TerraPower has announced contracts for the final long-lead items needed for its Natrium unit, currently under construction in...