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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)—a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making that will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean power.

BWX Technologies, Inc. announced today it has been awarded a $4.9 million contract amendment by Battelle Energy Alliance LLC to manufacture TRISO nuclear fuel. BEA manages Idaho National Laboratory on behalf of the Department of Energy.

The in-situ part of the dismantling of the first reactor pressure vessel of a commercially operated nuclear power plant in Sweden was successfully completed at the Barsebäck site.

TerraPower announced yesterday that Kemmerer, Wyoming is the preferred site for the Natrium™ reactor demonstration project, which is a TerraPower and GE-Hitachi technology, and is one of two competitively-selected advanced reactor demonstration projects (ARDP) supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The company selected the Kemmerer location, near the Naughton Power Plant, following an extensive evaluation process...

A new partnership at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is opening doors for individuals seeking technical education for careers with liquid waste contractor Savannah River Remediation (SRR).

Energy Harbor and the Department of Energy (DOE) have entered into final agreements to continue the development of a zero-carbon hydrogen production demonstration project at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station near Toledo, Ohio, in collaboration with Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Xcel Energy, and Arizona Public Service.

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and BWXT Canada Ltd. (BWXT Canada) have entered into a teaming agreement to cooperate on engineering and procurement to support the design, manufacturing and commercialization of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR).

Oklo Inc. (Oklo) announced a $2 million cost-share award from the Department of Energy (DOE) supported by the Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF).

TerraPower, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon and PacifiCorp today announced efforts to advance a Natrium™ reactor demonstration project at a retiring coal plant in Wyoming. The companies are evaluating several potential locations in the state.

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) employees at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently completed visual examinations of non-aluminum clad spent nuclear fuel bundles (SNF) stored in the L Area Disassembly Basin using underwater cameras for the first time, which helps to ensure the integrity of the underwater storage systems for this fuel for an extended storage time.

For the first time, camera-mounted drones recently hovered, dipped, and glided above remediated waste sites at the Savannah River Site (SRS) to ensure the structural integrity of the protective covers over them.

Jacobs has signed a partnership agreement with NNB Generation Company (HPC) Ltd (NNB Genco), which is building the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset, U.K.

Saturday morning, Energy Northwest operators disconnected Columbia Generating Station from the Northwest power grid to begin its 25th refueling outage. The biennial refueling is an opportunity to add fresh nuclear fuel to Columbia’s reactor core, as well as perform maintenance projects that can be accomplished only when the reactor is offline.

Hatch and Terrestrial Energy have signed an engineering services contract to support deployment of the Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR), a Generation IV nuclear power plant.

We are pleased to hail the arrival of the multi-purpose canister (MPCs) technology, originally espoused by the USDOE in the early 1990s as the most robust fuel packaging solution and embraced universally by the US nuclear plants, on the South American continent.

This week, PSEG Nuclear's Hope Creek Generating Station marked another uninterrupted 18-month production cycle and entered a planned refueling and maintenance outage after operators safely removed the unit from the regional power grid.

Entergy Nuclear has scheduled a planned outage for its Grand Gulf Nuclear Station to prepare the plant for reliable operations throughout the normally high-demand summer period.

Indiana Michigan Power’s Cook Nuclear Plant Unit 2 will begin its twenty-fifth refueling outage Saturday, April 17, at 3:00 a.m. Power on Unit 2 will be reduced in the days prior to allow for equipment testing before the outage begins. The unit will have operated for 11,987.55 hours during its last cycle at a capacity factor of 98.3 percent, generating 14,181,471 megawatt-hours of electricity.

Holtec is pleased to share some of the recent innovations employed at our plants undergoing prompt decommissioning - Oyster Creek and Pilgrim - that have a large beneficial consequence to enhancing public health and safety as well as protection of the environment.

Contractor employees at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site recently completed the transfer of equipment, used for the inspection of drums holding radioactive material, from the SRS Solid Waste Management Facility (SWMF) to the Site’s K Area Criticality Control Overpack (CCO) Characterization and Storage pad, which helps in the acceleration of the removal of plutonium from South Carolina.

Framatome recently signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Dominion Energy to support the long-term operation of the company’s nuclear fleet. This contract covers nuclear plant outage and maintenance work, including fleet steam generator services, refuel services, and inspections through 2026.

NuScale Power today announced that it has finalized an investment and strategic partnership agreement with JGC Holdings Corporation (JGC HD), a holding company of the world's leading EPC contractor group companies headquartered in Japan. As part of a commercial relationship with Fluor Corporation – NuScale’s majority investor and EPC partner in the United States – JGC HD will provide a $40 million cash investment...

BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced yesterday that it is continuing its groundbreaking Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) design, manufacturing development, and test support work for NASA. NTP is one of the technologies that is capable of propelling a spacecraft to Mars, and this contract continues BWXT’s work that began in 2017.

Today, Energy Northwest, Grant County Public Utility District and X-energy, LLC signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a mutual partnership to support the development and commercial demonstration of the country’s first advanced nuclear reactor.