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Holtec Optimistic on DOE $1.5 Billion Loan to Reopen Palisades
Source: Neutron BytesHoltec Optimistic on DOE $1.5 Billion Loan to Reopen Palisades DOE Awards PG&E’s Diablo Canyon $1.1 billion Czech Republic Seeks Bids for Four Nuclear Reactors From…
GEH BWRX300 Gaining Traction in UK SMR Market
Source: Neutron BytesUK ONR Starts GDA for BWRX300 GEH Wins £33 Million Grant For BWRX-300 SMR X-Energy Completes CNSC Vendor Design Review Westinghouse Plans Deploying a Transportable Nuclear…
Lessons for NuScale and Its Next Customers
Source: Neutron BytesLessons Learned for NuScale and Its Next Customers The question a lot of talking heads in the mass media, the nuclear trade press, and in investor…
DOE Issues RFP for $500M in HALEU Contracts
Source: Neutron BytesDOE Issues RFP for $500M in HALEU Contracts UK / HALEU Nuclear Fuel Gets a £300m Boost UK / HALEU Facility Set for Urenco’s Capenhurst Site…
News Roundup on New Reactors in the New Year
Topics: New ReactorsSource: Neutron BytesChina Inks Approval for Four New Reactors India and Russia to Add Units to Kudankulam France to Build as Many as 14 New EPRs Indonesia National…
Some Quick Thoughts on SMRs for Data Centers
Source: Neutron BytesSome Quick Thoughts on SMRs for Data Centers In recent months a lot of attention has been given to the concept of using small modular reactors…
NuScale Lays off 40% of its Staff
Source: Neutron BytesAccording to reports in the Huffington Post and the Oregonian newspaper, NuScale laid off 40% of its over 500 employees on Friday January 5th. The Huffington…
Japan Marks Progress to Open Kashiwazaki-Kariwa
Source: Neutron BytesJapan Marks Progress to Open Kashiwazaki-Kariwa South Korea Awards Contract to Build Two 1400 MW PWRs Spain to Pull the Plug on Seven Reactors by 2035…
GAIN Vouchers Accelerate Seven Advanced Nuclear Firms
Source: Neutron BytesGAIN Vouchers Accelerate Seven Advanced Nuclear Firms NASA’s Gets PU-238 to Power Deep Space Missions Bulgaria Approves €766 Million For Two New Reactors at Kozloduy Ukraine…
NRC OKs Construction Permit for Kairos Research Reactor
Source: Neutron BytesNRC OKs Construction Permit for Kairos Research Reactor South Africa Plans 2500 MWe Nuclear Reactor Procurement Urenco to Expand Netherlands Enrichment Plant Microsoft Plans Use of…
China Begins Commercial Operation of 1st HTGR
Source: Neutron BytesChina Begins Commercial Operation of 1st HTGR UK Awards Holtec £30M to Support Generic Design Assessment effort for its SMR KHNP to Promote i-SMR in Indonesia,…
Japan And Europe Announce Operation of Fusion Reactor
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: Neutron BytesNuclear Fusion / Japan And Europe Announce Operation Of JT-60SA Reactor DOE Announces $42 Million for Inertial Fusion Energy Hubs UK Fusion Program Awards $6 million…
COP28: Multiple Initiatives for Fusion Energy Underway
Source: Neutron BytesCOP28: IAEA Fusion Energy Initiatives Update on Fusion Initiatives Launched at COP28 Sustainable Markets Initiative Launches Fusion Task Force COP28: IAEA Fusion Energy Initiatives Fusion is…
COP28: Five Nations Pledge $4.2B for Nuclear Fuel Supplies
Source: Neutron BytesCOP28: Five Nations Pledge $4.2B for Nuclear Fuel Supplies Lightbridge Plans Pilot Fuel Fabrication Facility at Centrus plant in Piketon, Ohio Framatome Plans UK Nuclear Fuel…
COP28: Watching Sausage Being Made Not for the Faint Hearted
Source: Neutron BytesHighlights of the Observations of Several Energy and Climate Experts Attending COP28 Including Pros and Cons of Climate Finance Models In a bylined article titled “May…
COP28: US Launches Global Strategy to Commercialize Fusion
Source: Neutron BytesCOP28: US Launches Global Strategy to Commercialize Fusion The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new…
COP28: Deal Making for SMRs with GE-Hitachi, TerraPower
Source: Neutron BytesENEC, GE Hitachi Sign MOU for Investment in the BWRX300 SMR ENEC, TerraPower Sign MOU for Investment in Natrium SMR ENEC, GE Hitachi Sign MOU for…
HOLTEC Plants it Flag with SMRs at Palisades
Source: Neutron BytesHOLTEC Plants it Flag with SMRs at Palisades NuScale Partners with ORNL to Assess Use of the SMR for Combined Heat and Power New Consortium Aims…
COP28: Leaders Announce 2024 Nuclear Energy Summit
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: Neutron BytesThe IAEA announced in a a press statement that a first-of-its-kind nuclear energy summit will be held next year, it was announced at COP28 today. Leaders…
Saskatchewan Commits $80M for Westinghouse eVinci SMR
Source: Neutron BytesSaskatchewan Commits $80M for Westinghouse eVinci SMR BHP to Consider SMRs for Giant Potash Mine in Saskatchewan SaskPower Commits to Small Modular Reactors Canada’s ARC SMR…