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Will the UK Govt Take a £20bn Equity Stake in Sizewell?
Source: Neutron BytesWill the UK Government take an equity stake in Sizewell C? DOE Grants $30M to Five US Firms for Advanced Nuclear Reactor Designs Canada Outlines Next…
Nuclear Reactors Cost Too Much. Here are Some Ideas to Fix it.
Source: Neutron BytesNew Nuclear Economics Book has an Action Plan for Dealing with Reactor Costs MIT Study Cites Changes to Design and Fabrication as Key Drivers of Overruns…
UK to Invest $700M in SMRs as Part of 10 Point Plan
Source: Neutron BytesBoris Johnson’s 10 Point Plan is Missing a Few Points Idaho Site Selected for DOE Virtual Test Reactor Bipartisan Legislation Offered To Revitalize Nuclear Energy Industry…
Rolls-Royce Enlists Exelon to Help Deploy 16 440MW PWR
Source: Neutron BytesRolls Royce Inks MOU with Excelon for 440MW Reactors in UK Rolls-Royce Signs New Build Nuclear Energy MOU with CEZ NuScale Bumps Up Power Rating of…
Feds Pump $10M into Xcel Energy for Hydrogen Production
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: Neutron BytesDOE/INL Fund $10M for Hydrogen Production at Xcel Nuclear Reactor John Wagner Named INL Director BWXT Fires Up TRISO Fuel Manufacturing Operations Terrestrial Energy Inks Molten…
Canada’s SMR Developers Focus on Process Heat
Source: Neutron BytesCanadian Developers of Small Modular Reactors Focus on Process Heat Terrestrial Energy Receives Canadian Government Funding for IMSR Generation IV Nuclear Plant New Los Alamos National…
IAEA – Key to the Future of Nuclear Energy is Cogeneration
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: Neutron BytesIAEA – Key to the Future of Nuclear Energy is Cogeneration and Renewables Royal Society / UK Report Highlights the Potential Of Nuclear Cogeneration DOE Inks…
NuScale gets Letter of Intent for 2500MW Project in South Africa from US Development Finance Agency
Source: Neutron BytesThe United States International Development Finance Corp. (DFC) has signed a letter of intent to support NuScale Power LLC, a U.S. nuclear energy technology firm, to…
DOE Awards UAMPS $1.355 Billion for NuScale SMR in Idaho
Source: Neutron BytesDOE Cost-share Award of $1.355 billion Approved for UAMPS NuScale SMR in Idaho Framatome and General Atomics In Joint Effort to Build Fast SMR Canadian Government…
DOE Awards $80M each to TerraPower, X-Energy for ARDP
Source: Neutron BytesU.S. Department of Energy Announces $160 million in First Awards Under Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today (10/13/20)) announced it has…
Ontario Power Boosts Prospects for Three SMRs
Source: Neutron BytesOntario Power Boosts Prospects for Three SMRs Bruce Power & Westinghouse Team Up for SMRs Cernavoda / US And Romania To Sign $8B Agreements For New…
Is There New Hope for UK’s Wylfa Nuclear Project?
Source: Neutron BytesIs There New Hope for UK Wylfa Nuclear Project? The BBC reports that there are “fresh talks” underway to save £20bn Wylfa nuclear plant from oblivion.…
Big News for Nuclear Energy in Small Packages
Source: Neutron BytesNetherlands Looks to SMRs for Green Energy Policy Finland SMR Project Aims to Build Them for District Heating and Export Micro-Reactor Startup Radiant Raised $1.2M in…
Hitachi Calls it Quits for UK Wylfa Nuclear Project
Source: Neutron BytesHitachi Ends Its Engagement at Wylfa Rolls Royce to Offer Mid-size Reactor as a Lifeline for Wylfa Site Nuclear Essential to Hydrogen Future, says LucidCatalyst Hitachi…
TerraPower Teams with Centrus Energy to Produce HALEU Fuel
Source: Neutron BytesTerraPower and Centrus Propose HALEU Facility CNL and Terrestrial Energy to Collaborate on IMSR Power Plant DOE Heads North to Alaska to Work on Micro Reactors…
NASA Seeks Industry Proposals for Compact Nuclear Power Systems to be Used in Exploration of the Moon and Mars
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: Neutron BytesNASA Seeks Industry Proposals to Put Nuclear Reactors on Moon and Mars General Atomic Delivers Nuclear Propulsion Plans To NASA Framatome Partners with ADAGOS to Use…
NuScale Completes Key Milestone with NRC
Source: Neutron BytesNRC Issues Final Safety Evaluation Report for NuScale Small Modular Reactor Holtec Successfully Completes Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Phase 1 Vendor Design Review NRC releases Draft…
TerraPower Partners with GE Hitachi to Develop a Commercial Sodium Cooled Faster Reactor that Leverages a Molten Salt Thermal System
Source: Neutron BytesTerraPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Introduce Commercial Natrium [tm] Power Production and Storage System TerraPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) announced on 08/27/20 the…
Bechtel, GE-Hitachi, TerraPower Tapped for Design and Build the Versatile Test Reactor
Source: Neutron BytesBattelle Energy Alliance (BEA) has initiated contract negotiations with a team led by Bechtel National Inc. to support the design and build phase of the Versatile Test Reactor,…
Kenya Unveils Plans for a $5B 1000MW Nuclear Power Plant
Source: Neutron BytesKenya has a $5B plan to Build a 1000MW Nuclear Power Station South Korea Eyes Czech Plans for New Nuclear at Dukovany CEZ Says It Will…