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Nuclear stakeholders celebrate “powerful clean energy comeback story”

September 30, 2024, 3:00PMNuclear News

The Palisades nuclear power plant. (Photo: Holtec International)

With a $1.52 billion loan from the Department of Energy and $1.3 billion in grants to rural electric cooperatives near the plant, the ambitious plans to restart Michigan’s Palisades nuclear plant next fall are moving ahead.

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Collaboration key to meeting 2050 goal, NECX 2026 panelists say

August 28, 2026, 1:08PMNuclear News

Based on attendee reactions at yesterday’s final plenary session of the Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX 2026) in Dallas, Texas, the response is mixed as to whether the United...

Reactor criticality, states’ new nuclear plans among NECX 2026 highlights

August 26, 2026, 3:39PMNuclear News

The second day of the Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX 2026) kicked off with success stories on the start-up and state levels.In Wednesday’s opening plenary session,...

Second round of Launch Pad selections includes eight newcomers

August 25, 2026, 4:02PMNuclear News

The National Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Laboratory has announced 13 project selections across 12 companies for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad, a Department of Energy–led...

DOE’s Marla Morales talks with ANS’s Craig Piercy

August 19, 2026, 3:40PMANS News

A recent American Nuclear Society webinar featured an extended one-on-one conversation between ANS CEO Craig Piercy and Marla Morales, the acting deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and...

X-energy, TerraPower share updates on advanced reactor projects

August 17, 2026, 7:11AMNuclear News

The two main players of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, X-energy and TerraPower, have both announced significant developments in their projects to deploy...

DOE funds ORNL and Kyoto Fusioneering test facility

August 13, 2026, 1:49PMNuclear News

Yesterday, Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced that the Department of Energy has committed funding to develop a fusion breeding blanket test facility at the lab in partnership with Kyoto...

Sandia enters into SPP with Elemental

August 13, 2026, 7:10AMNuclear News

On August 11, Elemental Nuclear announced that the Department of Energy, through Sandia National Laboratories, approved its entrance into a Strategic Partnership Project. The SPP will support...

Calif. officials urge Diablo Canyon extension, but Newsom holding off

August 11, 2026, 3:54PMNuclear News

Dozens of elected officials in California are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature to act this year to extend operations at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant past 2030....

NRC holds public meeting for proposed rule eliminating ALARA

August 11, 2026, 1:26PMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed a change to how it will approach standards for radiation protections, notably including the elimination of the “as low as reasonably...

NRC shares more on reactor licensing proposed rule at virtual Q&A

August 11, 2026, 9:32AMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s proposed rule on modernizing reactor licensing, safety oversight, and siting practices ran over 550 pages when it was unveiled in July. To address the...

Palisades to receive $3B in federal, state funding to fuel plant restart

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