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DOD Plans Mobile Microreactor for Idaho Lab Site

Posted on September 25, 2021 by djysrv

Defense Dept Plans Mobile Microreactor for Idaho Lab Site South Africa to Release a Tender for 2500 MWe of Nuclear Reactors in 2022 US Spreads Pro-Nuclear Promises of Support in Europe MOUs are Flying as U.S. SMR Vendors Ink Agreements … Continue reading →

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NRC Issues License to Interim Storage Partners for Spent Nuclear Fuel at Texas Site

Posted on September 16, 2021 by djysrv

NRC Issues License to Interim Storage Partners to Store Spent Nuclear Fuel in Texas China’s HTR-PM 1st Criticality at Shidao Bay Terrestrial Energy Upgrades IMSR400 Gen IV Nuclear Power Plant Cameco And X-energy Sign MOU for Deployment Of Xe-100 SMR … Continue reading →

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One Million Page Readers Milestone

Posted on September 13, 2021 by djysrv

Readers of this blog are in good company. As some readers know, this blog is syndicated at Energy Central in the Energy & Sustainability Network / Energy Collective. In October 2018 the Energy Collective (TEC) began publishing statistics of the … Continue reading →

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Fusion Start Up at MIT Hits Critical Milestone with a New Superconducting Magnet

Posted on September 11, 2021 by djysrv

Fusion Start Up at MIT Hits Critical Technical Milestone with Superconducting Magnet House Science Committee Passes Legislation Making Significant Investments in Fusion Energy Chinese Fusion Energy Programs Are A Growing Competitor in the Global Race to Fusion Power Site Analysis … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Opens for New Nuclear Business with America

Posted on September 6, 2021 by djysrv

Ukraine Opens for New Nuclear Business with America Nuclear Energy is an ESG Investable Asset Class: GEN IV Forum Report Ukraine Opens for New Nuclear Business with America (WNN contributed to this report) Ukraine and the USA have agreed to … Continue reading →

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Newcleo Powers Up a Combination of Reactor Technologies

Posted on September 5, 2021 by djysrv

Newcleo Powers Up a Combination of Reactor Technologies Russia / Rosatom Announces Two Key Agreements In Drive To Deploy SMRs in Siberia X-Energy Brings South Korea’s Doosan Onboard for Engineering Services Signs of Progress with Saudi Arabia’s Plans for Commercial … Continue reading →

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Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technology: A Primer

Posted on September 1, 2021 by djysrv

The Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA) has published a primer on advanced nuclear reactor technologies. The 48-page PDF file is available for free by downloading it from the organization’s website. This primer provides basic information on advanced reactors to help the … Continue reading →

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Argentina Goes for Round Two of Negotiations for a Hualong One

Posted on August 31, 2021 by djysrv

Argentina Goes for Round Two of Negotiations for a Hualong One X-energy Provides Fuel Fabrication Services as part of DARPA’s DRACO Program United Arab Emirates / ENEC Announces Startup Of Unit 2 At Barakah First Fuel Loaded into China’s HTR-PM … Continue reading →

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Plans to Complete Bellefonte Go Bust Again

Posted on August 27, 2021 by djysrv

The long running saga of an effort by Tennessee real estate mogul Franklin Haney to buy the partially completed twin 1200 MWe nuclear reactors at TVA’s Bellefonte site in Scottsboro, AL, may have come to an end. A federal district … Continue reading →

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Mixed Messages from Congress on Funding Nuclear Energy

Posted on August 21, 2021 by djysrv

Mixed Messages from Congress on Funding Nuclear Energy NuScale Power Signs MOU With Xcel Energy to Explore Potential Plant Operations UK Partnership Formed for Molten Salt Reactor Fuel UK Rolls Out as Role for Nuclear Energy to Produce Hydrogen for … Continue reading →

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