Vogtle Unit 3 reached a major milestone last week, safely reaching 100 percent power, according to Georgia Power, which owns the nuclear power plant.
This marks the maximum energy the unit is licensed to produce in the reactor core. It is the first time the unit has reached its expected output of... Read More »
Westinghouse Electric Company signed a deal with Dominion Energy to build replacement steam generators at Surry Nuclear Power Station in Virginia.
Westinghouse and Dominion will manufacture six steam generators to be delivered starting in 2028 with installation beginning in 2029.
This agreem... Read More »
In an interim report released by Duke Energy and Purdue University this week, the pair determined that small, advanced, modular nuclear reactors could allow the university to achieve its power needs, carbon-free.
That assessment came a year after a feasibility study into whether advanced nuclear... Read More »
On Thursday, Westinghouse Electric Company announced it had launched its latest nuclear technology – a small modular reactor.
The AP300, a 300-MWe single-loop pressurized water reactor, is scaled from the company’s AP1000 reactor and is an ultra-compact, modular-constructed unit. The new mod... Read More »
On Monday, Unit 4 of the Vogtle nuclear expansion project completed its hot functional testing, Georgia Power said.
The testing is a significant step forward for the project located near Waynesboro, Ga., officials said. Scheduled to enter service in the late fourth quarter of 2023 or the first q... Read More »
A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House Energy and Commerce Committee requested information from nuclear energy stakeholders on the regulatory efforts of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
The NRC plays an important role in overseeing the safety and security of the nation’s nuclea... Read More »
Dominion Energy, based in Richmond, Va., announced Wednesday shakes ups in its nuclear division as its chief nuclear officer retires and new leadership comes on board.
Daniel Stoddard, Dominion’s current senior vice president, president of Contracted assets, and chief nuclear officer, will ret... Read More »
A new collaborative effort between the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) will help officials understand new nuclear generation.
The Advanced Nuclear State Collaborative (ANSC(, supported by the U.S. Dep... Read More »
The new nuclear units under construction at Georgia Power’s Vogtle 3 & 4 nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Ga., reached some important milestones recently.
At Vogtle Unit 3, the generator has generated electricity for the first time, and the unit has successfully synchronized and conne... Read More »
A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill that seeks to further America’s leadership in nuclear energy.
The bill, the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act of 2023, would establish leadership in several ways. One, it would empower the Nucl... Read More »