The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) submitted on Monday a motion to intervene and comments concerning proposed changes filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by PJM Interconnection to the capacity market provisions of its tariff.
PJM’s proposal aims to account for zero-emissi... Read More »
Amid ongoing efforts to identify outdated or duplicative administrative regulations, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a call on Thursday for public comments to improve how applicants submit licensing information, maintain records and report to the commission.
The public comment per... Read More »
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry recently announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected 13 advanced nuclear technology projects to receive approximately $60 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development.
These selections are the first under DOE’s Office of... Read More »
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry and François Jacq, chair of France’s Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), recently signed two statements of intent (SOIs) for research and development (R&D) collaboration.
The SOIs support R&D in the areas of artificial intelligence and adva... Read More »
The Nuclear Energy Institute, Nuclear Innovation Alliance, and U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council have all written to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), warning them that their regulation of new and innovative advanced reactors require streamlining.
They wrote a joint letter noting their c... Read More »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced last week that it will consider Florida Power & Light’s (FPL) application to extend the operating lifetime of its Turkey Point Power Nuclear Plant to 80 years.
This is the first application to extend the operating lifetime of a nuclear power p... Read More »
Georgia Power announced Tuesday several milestones for Unit 3 at the Vogtle nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Georgia.
On Sunday, the company said, workers placed the passive residual heat removal (PRHR) heat exchanger inside the Unit 3 containment vessel. The heat exchanger is a feature... Read More »
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a part of the Department of Energy, last week approved construction of the Albuquerque Complex Project in what they hope to be a cost-cutting measure.
The reason for the cost-cutting hopes is that construction of the single-building facility wi... Read More »
Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) announced Tuesday that it submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), urging a rejection of a proposal that would provide emergency support for coal and nuclear plants across the PJM Interconnection.
FirstEnergy Solutions filed the proposal for a 202(c... Read More »
Members of Congress this week reminded the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) just how stubborn and complicated an issue he has on his hands with the threatened closure of uncompetitive coal and nuclear power plants across the nation.
During a hearing of the House Energy... Read More »