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GAIN Announces 2017 Vouchers for Nuclear Small Business
Source: Neutron BytesThe program is aimed at assisting developers of advanced nuclear energy technologies The Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) announces the availability of fiscal year…
Third Way Advanced Nuclear Showcase
Source: Neutron BytesThird Way is hosting the second annual Advanced Nuclear Summit on February 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. — The entire event will be live streamed and…
Toshiba’s Nuclear Projects Falling Like a Row of Dominos
Source: Neutron BytesThe Japanese conglomerate is expected to announce Feb 14 that it will pull out of projects in the UK (3 AP1000s) and India (6 AP1000s) due…
1st UAE Barakah nuclear reactor to begin operating by May
Source: Neutron BytesThe reactor is slated to provide over 1,400 MW of electricity and will be followed into revenue service by three more just like it. (The National)…
Perry Regrets Calling for Abolition of DOE
Source: Neutron BytesAt his confirmation hearing he brushed off questions about climate change, but acknowledged the scientific facts about it. He continues efforts to recover from the humiliation…
Nuclear News Roundup for 01/18/17
Source: Neutron BytesUK starts review of CGN’s nuclear reactor design (China Daily) China General Nuclear Power Corp said the British government has started an assessment of the company’s…
NuScale Submits SMR Design Certification Package to NRC
Source: Neutron BytesIt will take the regulatory agency more than three years to evaluate the 12,000 pages of information submitted in electronic form by the company on 12/31/16.…
PBS TV Show – The Nuclear Option How will we power the planet without wrecking the climate?
Source: Neutron BytesAiring January 11, 2017 at 9 pm on PBS Five years after the earthquake and tsunami that triggered the unprecedented trio of meltdowns at the Fukushima…
Indian Point Reactors to Close by 2021
Source: Neutron BytesNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo wins a long standing campaign on behalf of natural gas firms and green groups. The climate change battle loses ground. Two…
Investors Line Up for UK’s Next Big Nuclear Reactor Projects
Source: Neutron BytesWith Hinkley Point underway the UK government is lining up investors for the next massive project which is to build twin 1380 MW Hitachi-GE ABWRs at…
Entergy Continues Closing Its Cash Cows
Source: Neutron BytesThe Louisiana based nuclear power firm announced this week it is closing its Palisades, Michigan, plant, which is the third in a series due to competition…
Announcing the 2017 Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp
Source: Neutron BytesThe terrific team that brought you the first boot camp in 2016 is going to do it again in 2017 Details follow below in a message…
Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers 337
Source: Neutron BytesThis post represents the latest link in a chain of over six years of the weekly summaries of the best of the pro-nuclear blogs. About these…
Nuclear News Roundup for 12/05/16
Source: Neutron BytesIllinois Legislation Votes to Save Nuclear Plants (Power Magazine) The Illinois Legislature approved the Future Energy Jobs Bill (SB 2814) on December 1. The bill will…
Swiss Reject Plan for Early Close of Nation’s Nuclear Plants
Source: Neutron BytesThe proposal put forward by green groups was defeated by a vote of 56% against it. (WNN) The proposal to force older nuclear power plants to…
Areva gets capital funding boost, new investors
Source: Neutron BytesEDF will purchase a $2.7 billion stake Nuclear firms from China, Japan, and Kazakhstan seek equity shares France’s EDF Throws Areva a Financial Lifeline (Reuters &…
Japan gains a customer with India, but loses one in Vietnam
Source: Neutron BytesJapan overcomes its nonproliferation jitters about India to sign a deal to provide reactors there. Vietnam pulls the plug on a plan to build eight new…
Nuclear fuel R&D is driving advanced reactor innovation
Source: Neutron BytesThe development of new nuclear fuels is crucial to the success of new fast reactor designs. Examples include TRISO fuel for HTGRs and Molten Salt fuel…
New Film Coming in 2017 on Nuclear Energy Start Ups
Source: Neutron BytesWhat if the solution to climate change were hiding in plain sight? There’s been huge growth in renewable energy and energy efficiency in recent years, but…
Highlights of ORNL Molten Salt Meeting
Source: Neutron BytesRenewed interest in molten salt technology was evident at a recent gathering of advanced nuclear reactor experts at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge…