Nuclear
Operations extended at Xcel Energy’s Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant until 2040
In signing off on increased storage of spent nuclear fuel at Xcel Energy’s Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) last week greenlit a further 10 years of operation at the site. As a result, Monticello will be in operation until 2040. Together with... Read More »GAO report reviews NRC’s readiness to approve advanced nuclear reactor applications
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report recently that assesses the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) preparedness to review and approve advanced nuclear reactor applications. The GAO report, titled Nuclear Power: NRC Needs to Take Additional Actions to Prepare to Licen... Read More »Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeks public comments on risk analysis of two-reactor nuclear plant
With an eye to informing regulatory, policy and technical issues related to advanced and new reactors, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff this week called for public comments on the latest results from a multi-year analysis of risks at a two-reactor nuclear power plant site. The NRCâ... Read More »NERC outlines 5 major grid reliability risks in new report
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) identified five significant evolving and interdependent risks to grid reliability in its 2023 ERO Reliability Risk Priorities Report. The five chief risks, according to NERC, are energy policy, grid transformation, resilience to extreme eve... Read More »Duke Energy files Carbon Plan Integrated Resource Plan with North Carolina regulators
Duke Energy filed its Carbon Plan Integrated Resource Plan (CPIRP) last week – the company’s blueprint to advance its energy transition – with North Carolina regulators, The plan builds on the trajectory of the North Carolina Utilities Commission’s (NCUC) 2022 Carbon Plan. That plan esta... Read More »Final module placed for Vogtle 3 & 4 project