Nuclear

Billions in aid unleashed for clean energy technologies during inaugural global event

Published on September 26, 2022 by Kim Riley

More than a dozen countries last week collectively committed $94 billion to be used for clean energy demonstration projects, and the United States pledged billions more to make the international clean energy transition a reality. Announced by a group of 16 countries during the first-ever Global C... Read More »

Argonne National Lab signs long-term agreement with Constellation to develop new, carbon-free power generation

Published on September 26, 2022 by Chris Galford

A new collaboration between the Argonne National Laboratory and Constellation Energy Corporation seeks to address climate change by analyzing and developing new carbon-free power generation technologies in the nuclear-hydrogen realm. Through a six-year partnership, the pair will analyze the U.S. ... Read More »

DOE authorizes $16M in funding for management, siting of spent nuclear fuel

Published on September 22, 2022 by Dave Kovaleski

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is authorizing $16 million for communities interested in learning more about consent-based siting, management of spent nuclear fuel, and interim storage facility siting considerations. The production of nuclear energy requires proper management of spent nuclea... Read More »

Xcel taps Bloom Energy to install electrolyzer at Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant

Published on September 21, 2022 by Dave Kovaleski

Bloom Energy has been tapped to install an electrolyzer at the Xcel Energy Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant in Welch, Minn., to produce clean hydrogen. Bloom Energy’s electrolyzer operates at high temperatures to convert water into hydrogen. Pairing solid oxide electrolysis with nuclear... Read More »

DOE contemplates benefits of converting coal power plant sites to nuclear

Published on September 16, 2022 by Chris Galford

As clean, renewable energy deployment picks up speed and talk of setting the coal industry alongside its fossil forebears grows, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) produced a new study this week that investigated the potential gains of converting former coal sites to nuclear producers. In “Inv... Read More »

New California law extends PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant operations another five years

Published on September 07, 2022 by Chris Galford

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will be able to run the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) to 2030, following an extension approval on its 2025 license expiration granted by the California State Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom last week. However, as the plant is nuclear, it will also need... Read More »

NARUC white paper examines role of nuclear energy in clean energy future

Published on August 30, 2022 by Dave Kovaleski

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) recently issued a white paper that examines the role of nuclear energy as a keystone clean energy resource. The paper, entitled Nuclear Energy as a Keystone Clean Energy Resource, not only nuclear energy’s role in providing c... Read More »

House lawmakers urge NRC to address vulnerabilities in purchasing of radiological materials

Published on August 25, 2022 by Dave Kovaleski

The leaders of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce and House Committee on Homeland Security are urging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to immediately address vulnerabilities in its oversight of purchases of radiological materials. The request comes after the U.S. Government Accounta... Read More »

Nuclear Regulatory Commission finding clears Georgia’s Vogtle Unit 3 for startup

Published on August 05, 2022 by Chris Galford

With a newly received 103(g) finding in hand from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the recently completed Vogtle Unit 3 near Waynesboro, Georgia -- a project undertaken by Georgia Power and Southern Nuclear -- has been cleared for operation. The 103(g) authorization clears Southern Nuclea... Read More »

Nuclear Regulatory Commission to certify NuScale’s small modular reactor design

Published on August 03, 2022 by Dave Kovaleski

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will issue a final rule that certifies NuScale’s small modular reactor design for use in the United States. NuScale applied with the NRC to certify the company’s small modular reactor design for use in the United States on Dec. 31, 2016. The desig... Read More »