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Hydropower Plant

Colorado River States Submit Consensus-Based Modeling Alternative to Reclamation

States sharing the Colorado River have outlined a Consensus-Based Modeling Alternative (CBMA) for the Bureau of Reclamation to evaluate and incorporate into its…

Nuclear Technology

Darlington Ready to Produce Medical Radioisotope

Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) nuclear power plant is set to become the first commercial power reactor in the world to produce molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) after…

Nuclear Reactor

South Korea Offers to Build NPP for Turkey

Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) has submitted a preliminary proposal to Turkey for the construction of four APR-1400 units at a site in northern part o…

Nuclear Technology

Invest Alberta Supports Deployment of Xe-100 SMR

X-Energy Canada and Invest Alberta Corporation (IAC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) supporting the potential deployment of the Xe-100 small mod…

Energy Security

Modern Surface Assessment Technologies Address Today’s Inspection Challenges in Nuclear Power Plants

While nuclear power plants are some of the most highly regulated and safe worksites in the world, inspection challenges remain. According to estimates by indust…

Nuclear Reactor

Show Support for a Lego Nuclear Power Plant

A creative fan of Lego—and nuclear power—has designed a nuclear power plant out of the famous building blocks and has submitted the idea to the Lego Group for…

Nuclear Reactor

Bruce Power’s Unit 3 Marks 45 Years of Operation; Final Preparations Underway for Major Component Replacement Outage

Workers gather in the Unit 3 turbine hall to celebrate 45 years of the unit's operation and one month until the beginning of its Major Component Replacement…

Energy Security

Cs-137 Sealed Source Found in Western Australia

Australian emergency services has located the lost sealed source, the BBC reported early February 1.The caesium-137 capsule, part of a density gauge used at Rio…

Nuclear Reactor

Tritium: Ultra-Rare Fusion Fuel We Can’t Make Nearly Enough Of

After the National Ignition Facility in California's first successful scientific breakeven through nuclear fusion, mankind is all the more serious about rea…

Solar Power Panel

Belinus Solar Panels From Belgium Are Now Available to U.S. Market

Belgian solar product manufacturer Belinus is bringing its line of all-black solar panels to the U.S. market.Belinus has been making solar panels and energy sto…

Nuclear Technology

Can New Cheap, Frequent “Laser” Monitoring of Critical Components Extend Nuclear Plant Lifetimes by Decades?

A new way to assess radiation damage in reactors. Engineers designed a tool that enables faster measurements of the condition of some nuclear reactor components…

Solar Technology

New Rules, Incentives Shaping Solar-Plus-Storage Market

An evolving regulatory environment, expanded tax credits, and moves for more reliability and resilience in the power space are impacting the growth of solar-plu…

Philippines

ACEN’s Successful Etm Deal Marks a New Era for Coal Divestment

The ETM transaction will enable the early retirement of the South Luzon Thermal Energy Corp. Power Plant.For years, the Philippine-based energy group ACEN has b…

Carbon capture

Compact CO2 Capture System Receives “Awards for Excellence” at the 2022 Nikkei Excellent Products and Services Awards

-- Aim for Expanded Use Globally under the Trade Name "CO2MPACT" --- Compact and highly versatile module configuration significantly shortens time required for …

Biofuel

Biorefinery Uses Microbial Fuel Cell to Upcycle Resistant Plant Waste

Graphical abstract. Credit: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03667When nature designed lignin—the fibrous, woody ma…