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Nuclear Fuel

Microreactor Company Looks to Inl for Fuel Fabrication Plant Site

Microreactor technology company NANO Nuclear Energy Inc has begun the due diligence for locating a nuclear fuel fabrication capability at Idaho National Laborat…

SMR

Wyoming to Consider Microreactors as SMR Plans Continue

A project led by BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC to assess the viability of deploying microreactors to supplement Wyoming's existing power generation resourc…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Alaska Simplifies Microreactor Regulations

The US state of Alaska has adopted regulations to streamline the regulatory process for the siting of microreactors. The new regulations, which waive some requi…

Nuclear Reactor

First Submissions for Canadian Review of Evinci Design

Westinghouse Electric Company has submitted the first set of documents to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) for the pre-licensing vendor design revi…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Alabama Site Selected for MMR Assembly Plant

US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), which is developing fourth-generation gas-cooled microreactors has selected Gadsden in Alabama as the location o…

Nuclear Reactor

DOE: MARVEL Microreactor Prototype Installed, Gearing Up for Testing

A full-scale electrically heated prototype of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) 100-kWth MARVEL nuclear microreactor has been successfully installe…

Nuclear Technology

MARVEL’s Nonnuclear Twin—PCAT—Readied for Testing This Summer

INL prepares to ship PCAT by truck to Pennsylvania for testing. (Photo: INL)An electric-powered prototype of MARVEL, the tiny microreactor designed and planned …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

INL Sees Market for Microreactors in Some US States

There is high market potential for microreactors in US states with energy-intensive industries, nuclear-friendly laws and widespread social acceptance, accordin…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

US Micoreactor Prototype Prepares for Testing

The full-scale replica of the US Department of Energy's (DOE) MARVEL microreactor has been moved from Idaho to a facility in Pennsylvania where it will be u…

SMR

Polish-US Nuclear Cooperation Expands to USNC Microreactors

Grupa Azoty Police, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation and the West Pomeranian University of Technology have signed an agreement to build a nuclear energy research …

Nuclear Reactor

Last Energy Sets up Microreactor Deals for Poland and the U.K.

A rendering of Last Energy's nuclear power plant. (Image: Last Energy)Startup company Last Energy has announced power purchase agreements for 34 units of it…

Nuclear Fuel

Framatome Makes First TRIGA Fuel for U.S. Research Reactors

TRIGA International successfully made its first fuel element in more than ten years at its recently restored manufacturing facility in Romans, France. The fuel …

Energy Technology

Westinghouse Makes Major Component for Evinci Microreactor Project

Westinghouse team members display a 12-foot heat pipe fabricated at their Waltz Mill facility in Pennsylvania.Westinghouse Electric CompanyWestinghouse Electric…

SMR

Westinghouse Begins Joint Licensing Process for Microreactor in Us and Canada

Image: The Westinghouse eVinci microreactor is perfectly suited to provide power in remote locations (courtesy of Westinghouse)Westinghouse Electric Company has…

Nuclear Reactor

Gidropress to Develop Fast Microreactor

OKB Gidropress, a major Russian design Bureau, is developing a fast neutron 10MWe Generation 4 microreactor, SVET-M, for small NPPs. Sergei Lyakishev, Head of t…