Global nuclear power faces unprecedented challenges Global nuclear industry in dire straits as production hits decade-low and economic pressures mount, facing an uncertain future
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Duke seeks nukes at Belews: Reactors would supplant coal at Stokes plant The Triad would be home to North Carolina’s first new nuclear power plant in more than 35 years under a proposal filed with state regulators Tuesday.
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Multiple Xe-100 SMRs planned for Washington State A joint development agreement has been signed between US utility Energy Northwest and X-Energy Reactor Company for the deployment of up to 12 Xe-100 small modular reactors in central Washington State. Energy Northwest expects to bring the first Xe-100 module online by 2030.
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NRC issues draft guidance on early disposal of reactor components The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is issuing for public comment draft guidance on the use of decommissioning trust funds for the disposal of major radioactive components from nuclear power plants that are still in operation.
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Idaho National Laboratory recommendations on ways to improve NRC reactor licensing | JD Supra co-author: Stephanie Fishman] The Report was prepared by INL’s Stephen Burdick (Senior Counsel), John Wagner (Director), and Jess Gehin (Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear Science & Technology). INL functions as the nation’s nuclear energy research, development, and demonstration laboratory providing and
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NRC gives approval for Holtec’s New Mexico used fuel facility 10 May 2023 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued the final licence to Holtc International to build and operate the Hi-STORE consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for used nuclear fuel in New Mexico.
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Westinghouse Submits AP300™ SMR Regulatory Engagement Plan to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Key Document Outlines Path Forward Toward Design Certification Cranberry Township, PA, May 9, 2023 – Westinghouse Electric Company announced today the submission of its pre-application Regulatory Engagement Plan with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the game-changing AP300™ small modular reactor (SMR).
NRC board to hear enviros’ case for forcing Diablo Canyon shut down – ExchangeMonitor A Nuclear Regulatory Commission board in May plans to decide whether a citizen’s group can contest a utility’s plan to keep California’s last nuclear power plant running longer than planned, the commission said Monday.
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House hearing highlights rising bipartisan support for nuclear energy amid wave of policy actions Members of a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Tuesday pledged bipartisan support for the development of nuclear energy, while questioning the difficulty in disposing of spent fuel and the time required to build and license reactors.
Carper, Capito, Whitehouse Introduce Bipartisan Nuclear Energy Bill, the ADVANCE Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, along with Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in
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