Nuclear
DOE to award $1.1B to Diablo Canyon nuclear plant through civil nuclear credit program
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, located near Avila Beach, Calif., to receive funding from the Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program. The $6 billion CNC program, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, supports the continued operations of safe and rel... Read More »DOE distributes cost-shared, $150M award for first domestic production of HALEU for advanced nuclear reactors
For the first time, American Centrifuge Operating, LLC seeks to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) for advanced nuclear reactors domestically, and, in doing so, caught the interest of the U.S. Department of Energy – and a cost-shared, approximately $150 million award. The award was... Read More »AGA cautions Biden administration to focus energy efficiency, emissions policies on multiple energy sources
The American Gas Association (AGA) is cautioning the Biden administration not to focus energy efficiency and emissions improvement policies on just one energy source. The AGA cited several announcements the administration made promoting provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), including a... Read More »Constellation seeks to extend operations at two Illinois nuclear plants by 20 years
In a request for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) expected in 2024, Constellation Energy Corporation will seek to extend operating licenses for its Clinton and Dresden nuclear power plants in Illinois by another 20 years, not long after their retirement had seemed certain. The plants were ... Read More »TerraPower, PacifiCorp evaluate potential to deploy up to five more Natrium reactors by 2035
After announcing last year that a nuclear Natrium demonstration plant would be brought to Wyoming to replace a PacifiCorp coal-fueled power plant, PacifiCorp and TerraPower added last week that they are studying, in advance of potentially deploying, the possibility of up to five more reactors by 203... Read More »Southern Company, TerraPower complete installation of Integrated Effects Test
Southern Company, working with TerraPower, recently completed the installation of the Integrated Effects Test – a major step in the development of the world's largest chloride salt system developed by the nuclear sector. The project marks a crucial milestone in the development of TerraPower's M... Read More »Georgia Power begins fuel load for first new U.S. nuclear units in 30+ years
Georgia Power on Oct. 14 began loading nuclear fuel into its Vogtle Unit 3 reactor core, a major milestone for the first nuclear units to be built domestically in more than 30 years. The unit is one of a pair – Vogtle 3 and 4 – being built at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro, Georgia. Fuel load... Read More »Credit: Gov. Youngkin's office