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• Competitive scenario for NGNP

  What happens next after DOE gets conceptual designs from its $40 million investment? On March 8, 2010, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded $40 million to two firms (General Atomics, Westinghouse) for conceptual designs of a high temperature gas cooled reactor (HTGR). The designs are expected to focus on process heat applications for the petro-chemical industry. The reactor is generally known as the... Posted Mar 08 2010, 06:27 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: next generation nuclear plant

• DOE releases $40M for NGNP

  The funding opportunity is for design work on a high temperature gas cooled reactor The Department of Energy announced Sept 18 a significant funding  opportunity for work on the Next Generation Nuclear Plant ( NGNP ). U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that up to $40 million in funding will be available from the Department of Energy to support design and planning work for the Next Generation... Posted Sep 18 2009, 12:33 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Department of Energy, NGNP, next generation nuclear plant, DOE, steven chu, design

• NGNP reactor project faces multiple hurdles

  Westinghouse cites technical, funding, and schedule problems The project manager at Westinghouse, which is under contract to the Department of Energy develop a design for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant ( NGNP ), told attendees at an ASME conference this week construction for the plant won't begin until 2021, a five-year delay. Officials at the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) have been citing... Posted Nov 07 2008, 01:42 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Westinghouse, next generation nuclear plant, DOE

• NGNP Licensing Strategy

  NRC and DOE deliver report to Congress The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the U.S.  Department of Energy (DOE) this week delivered to Congress the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) Licensing Strategy Report . The Energy Policy Act of 2005 directed the agencies to jointly develop a strategy for licensing the NGNP demonstration plant.  The report to Congress explains that current... Posted Aug 15 2008, 07:00 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NRC licensing, next generation nuclear plant, DOE

• Idaho lab's long range vision for NGNP

  Comes up short on cash There is great profile of the plans by the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant ( NGNP ) at the Energy Central web portal. It reports that the people planning the future of nuclear energy measure time in decades and time is running short. Philip C. Hildebrandt, who is the director of the Next Generation Nuclear Project has the job to build a... Posted Apr 08 2008, 06:41 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NGNP, next generation nuclear plant, Idaho National Laboratory

• Japan moves on advanced LWR reactor designs

  Time to market issues drive a $520M initiative Japan announced this week it will craft an independent strategy for the design and production of advanced light water reactors with deployment set for the 2020 time frame. A consortium of government agencies, utilities, and manufacturers of nuclear reactors will begin full-scale development next year with a goal of having the resulting reactor designs... Posted Oct 14 2007, 06:41 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: next generation nuclear plant, Japan Nuclear Fuel, GenerationIV

• Craig's fall from grace impacts nuclear lab

  Republicans lose Craig’s vote on Conference Committee Idaho Sen. Larry Craig's fall from power has an impact on advocacy for nuclear energy in the Senate. Paul Menser, the business reporter for the Idaho Falls Post Register , wrote a long piece today analyzing this impact. The paper's online edition is only accessible to paid subscribers so here are some highlights following my analysis. The resignation... Posted Sep 13 2007, 09:59 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: idaho national laboratory nuclear enegy, next generation nuclear plant, Larry Craig