Jennifter Granholm, the Secretary of Energy, gave a keynote speech at the start of the Annual ANS meeting this week. Her words to an audience of tens of thousand were
Continue readingSec. Granholm affirms critical need for nuclear
Bill Gates’ advanced nuclear venture, TerraPower, will build the Natrium™ reactor, an advanced nuclear plant on the site of a retiring coal plant in Wyoming, the company announced alongside Wyoming
Continue readingWyoming tests replacing coal with advanced nuclear
President Biden won’t accede to left-wing environmentalist requests to exclude carbon capture and nuclear power from his green infrastructure plans, Gina McCarthy, the top White House climate official, said during
Continue readingBiden won’t remove carbon capture and nuclear power from climate plans
Biden can solve multiple problems facing the U.S. by investing in clean energy climate solutions, according to Todd Allen and Suzy Hobbs Baker—and he appears on track to do so.
Continue readingInvestments in nuclear energy could help solve the economic and climate crises
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two teams—one led by TerraPower in partnership with GE Hitachi, building a 345 MWe sodium fast reactor with a molten salt energy
Continue readingDOE announces funding for three advanced reactor builds
NuScale Power achieved a major milestone with far-reaching implications, by being the first private company to receive approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for an advanced reactor design. As NuScale’s
Continue readingFirst Advanced Nuclear Design Approved by the NRC
The Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA, S.903) which had 22 bipartisan co-sponsors, was introduced as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA, S.4049) by
Continue readingUS Senate passes Nuclear Energy Leadership Act but reconciliation remains
The US International Development Finance Corporation has ended a ban on financing nuclear power projects and “will prioritize the support of advanced nuclear technology in emerging and frontier markets,” the
Continue readingUS agency ends ban, will now finance advanced nuclear projects abroad
The DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy posted an update regarding an NRC milestone. This is the approval of a new approach for the review and licensing of Advanced Reactor designs.
Continue readingNRC Approves New Approach to Streamline Advanced Reactor Licensing Process
Southern Company, a leading utility, is partnering with Bill Gate’s TerraPower to develop a molten chloride fast reactor (MCFR) that uses liquid salts as both a coolant and fuel. Working
Continue readingSouthern Company and TerraPower Prep for Testing on Molten Salt Reactor