Category Archives: Nuclear

The Department of Energy (DOE) has taken the next step in a daisy chain of policy and administrative actions needed to support efforts by U.S. companies to develop and deploy new reactor technologies and to have access to advanced uranium-based … Continue reading →

Puerto Rican Engineers and US Executives Explore Opportunities for Small Modular Reactors to Reinvent Puerto Rico’s Energy Infrastructure The Nuclear Alternative Project, a volunteer-based organization composed of University of Puerto Rico alumni, in partnership with the United Nuclear Industry Alliance … Continue reading →

After playing at a series of prestigious film festivals, the movie New Fire about the development of innovative nuclear reactor technologies by multiple independent teams is now in general release online.  ( Trailer ) Online venues now include iTunes, Google … Continue reading →

The post, which has been vacant for almost two years, will be filled by a superbly qualified nuclear technology manager The Idaho Falls Post Register reported this week that Rita Baranwal, the head of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in … Continue reading →

A Big Move Toward Small: Micro-reactors and the Pentagon The Problem: U.S. military bases in this country and on foreign soil face a unique challenge – the need for 100% uninterrupted access to a working electrical grid.  In order to … Continue reading →

One of the first entrepreneurial startups in the complex field of designing new nuclear reactors, founded in 2011, has called it quits. The firm faced twin challenges of a long development time and an uncertain degree of competitive technology advantage … Continue reading →

U.S. anchors on nonproliferation goals in talks over exports of nuclear energy technologies to Saudi Arabia Getting to “yes” appears to be still a long ways off  in the ongoing negotiations between the U.S. and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia … Continue reading →