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Five companies, five bases: The Army’s Janus Program takes shape
Between the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses and Nuclear Energy Launch Pad programs, August has already been a busy month for federal partnerships with the nuclear industry.That trend...
U.S. House discusses new nuclear reactors, permitting reform bills
Two U.S. House committees spent Wednesday broaching the subject of new nuclear reactors and moving forward several bills on nuclear permitting reform. The House Science, Space, and Technology...
New reactor projects, initiatives progress in France, Netherlands, Egypt
With August in the rearview mirror, here is a roundup of some international news out of Europe and Africa you may have missed toward the end of last month....
eVinci completes cold criticality test at NCERC
Yesterday, Westinghouse announced it had completed zero-power criticality testing for its eVinci test reactor in partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory...
ANS webinar explores systematic risk evaluations
The American Nuclear Society’s Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C) recently held another presentation in its monthly Community of Practice (CoP) series....
GAO report analyzes nuclear fuel efforts in national security and commercial sectors
The Government Accountability Office has released a report to Congress titled “Nuclear Fuel: Actions Needed to Enhance Cost Reporting and Economic Analysis for Federal Uranium Supply...
Westinghouse updates: AP1000 potential, IPO, Amentum partnership
Westinghouse's long-term vision for its AP1000 includes seeing up to 91 of its flagship reactors being deployed worldwide, in one of several items of interest announced in recent days by...
Kinectrics to assess Clean Core’s fuel qualification program
Clean Core Thorium Energy announced that BWX Technologies–owned Kinectrics will conduct an independent technical review of its ANEEL (Advanced Nuclear Energy for Enriched Life) fuel...
Calif. officials urge Diablo Canyon extension, but Newsom holding off
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
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...