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It is time for the major developers of advanced nuclear reactors, and small modular light water reactors, in the U.S. to support funding for the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR). The reason is that these firms will need its testing capabilities … Continue reading → ...read more

The report is released ahead of the COP26 Climate Summit Ahead of the COP26 climate summit, the IAEA has released Nuclear Energy for a Net Zero World. The special report  (Full Text 73 page PDF) highlights nuclear power’s critical role … Continue reading → ...read more

Are Big Nuclear Reactor Deals Right for Poland, Romania, and Czech Republic? A Modest Proposal to Fund Sizewell C – which is a very big deal UK’s Financial Times Weighs in on ESG for Nuclear Energy NIA Offers Guidance on … Continue reading → ...read more

Terrestrial Energy Signs Molten Salt Fuel Deal with Orano Poland / GEH Boss Says First SMR Could Be In Operation By 2030 Czech Energy Plans Now Include Temelin Expansion that May Follow a New Dukovany unit Group of Vienna Aims … Continue reading → ...read more

UK’s Existential Energy Emergency Spurs Funding Fixes The UK Government is finally realizing that its once upon a time grand plan for 19.3GWe of new nuclear energy projects is in a shambles. The good news is that after nearly a … Continue reading → ...read more

Defense Dept Plans Mobile Microreactor for Idaho Lab Site South Africa to Release a Tender for 2500 MWe of Nuclear Reactors in 2022 US Spreads Pro-Nuclear Promises of Support in Europe MOUs are Flying as U.S. SMR Vendors Ink Agreements … Continue reading → ...read more

NRC Issues License to Interim Storage Partners to Store Spent Nuclear Fuel in Texas China’s HTR-PM 1st Criticality at Shidao Bay Terrestrial Energy Upgrades IMSR400 Gen IV Nuclear Power Plant Cameco And X-energy Sign MOU for Deployment Of Xe-100 SMR … Continue reading → ...read more

Readers of this blog are in good company. As some readers know, this blog is syndicated at Energy Central in the Energy & Sustainability Network / Energy Collective. In October 2018 the Energy Collective (TEC) began publishing statistics of the … Continue reading → ...read more

Fusion Start Up at MIT Hits Critical Technical Milestone with Superconducting Magnet House Science Committee Passes Legislation Making Significant Investments in Fusion Energy Chinese Fusion Energy Programs Are A Growing Competitor in the Global Race to Fusion Power Site Analysis … Continue reading ...read more

Ukraine Opens for New Nuclear Business with America Nuclear Energy is an ESG Investable Asset Class: GEN IV Forum Report Ukraine Opens for New Nuclear Business with America (WNN contributed to this report) Ukraine and the USA have agreed to … Continue reading → ...read more

Newcleo Powers Up a Combination of Reactor Technologies Russia / Rosatom Announces Two Key Agreements In Drive To Deploy SMRs in Siberia X-Energy Brings South Korea’s Doosan Onboard for Engineering Services Signs of Progress with Saudi Arabia’s Plans for Commercial … Continue reading ...read more

The Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA) has published a primer on advanced nuclear reactor technologies. The 48-page PDF file is available for free by downloading it from the organization’s website. This primer provides basic information on advanced reactors to help the … Continue reading → ...read more

Argentina Goes for Round Two of Negotiations for a Hualong One X-energy Provides Fuel Fabrication Services as part of DARPA’s DRACO Program United Arab Emirates / ENEC Announces Startup Of Unit 2 At Barakah First Fuel Loaded into China’s HTR-PM … Continue reading → ...read more

The long running saga of an effort by Tennessee real estate mogul Franklin Haney to buy the partially completed twin 1200 MWe nuclear reactors at TVA’s Bellefonte site in Scottsboro, AL, may have come to an end. A federal district … Continue reading → ...read more

Mixed Messages from Congress on Funding Nuclear Energy NuScale Power Signs MOU With Xcel Energy to Explore Potential Plant Operations UK Partnership Formed for Molten Salt Reactor Fuel UK Rolls Out as Role for Nuclear Energy to Produce Hydrogen for … Continue reading → ...read more

Two US Nuclear Utilities Order Hydrogen Production Equipment UK Sizewell C Plant to Produce Hydrogen Synchronized with  Renewables Sizewell C / Timeline For Final Decision to Build is Delayed CNSC and NRC Complete First Joint Regulatory Review of X-Energy’s Advanced … Continue reading  ...read more

UK / Rolls-Royce ‘Has Secured Investment’ For World’s First SMR Production Line House Appropriations Sets Zero Funding for Versatile Test Reactor Idaho Lab Study of Microreactors Sees a Future for Them New Report Finds Nuclear Energy Could Play A Key … Continue reading → ...read more

Build a Star, Save a Planet; New Book on Fusion – The Star Builders by Arthur Turrell Interview Q&A with the Author: What will it take for these startups to achieve commercial success? The most important energy-making process in the … Continue reading → ...read more

UK Picks HTGR for Pilot SMR Program Japan’s HTTR Restarts And Could Be Used To Demonstrate Green Hydrogen Production Russia Plans More Floating Nuclear Power Plants US / NRC Recommends License Approval For ISP Spent Fuel Storage Facility In Texas … Continue reading → ...read more

UK Gov’t Reported to Planning Break with China Over Nuclear Energy Investments China ‘Unveils Design’ For Next-Generation Commercial Molten Salt Reactor Nuclear Phase-out Plan a Key Issue in S. Korea Election NuScale Gets Two Investments from South Korean Firms UK … Continue reading → ...read more

An opportunity exists for the global nuclear energy industry to attract investment capital and/or to lower the cost of capital, by focusing on investors who are committed to (environmental, social, governance) ESG investing.  Background The key organization for engagement in … Continue reading ...read more

China Breaks Ground for its 1st Small Modular Reactor NuScale Downsizes Idaho Plant from 12 to 6 Units Kairos $100 Million Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor Project to be Tested in East Tennessee UK / Government ‘Close To Finalizing Legislation’ For … Continue reading → ...read more

New Nuclear Power Sites Planned for South Africa Cameco, GE Hitachi and Global Nuclear Fuel to Collaborate on BWRX-300 SMR DOE and GE Hitachi Team Up to Lower Costs of Building New Nuclear Reactors Rolls-Royce, Cavendish Nuclear Sign SMR partnership … Continue reading → ...read more

Ultra Safe Nuclear to Build FOAK HTGR at U. Illinois Ultra Safe Makes Progress in Canada NuScale Power Secures Investment from South Korea’s GS Energy DOE Invests $61 Million in Advanced Nuclear Energy R&D Projects Ultra Safe Nuclear to Build … Continue reading → ...read more

Poland’s PKN Orlen Partners with Synthos to Build SMRs for Process Heat ant Electricity Generation Poland / Westinghouse And Bechtel To Begin Study For First Nuclear Project Under US Grant Funding Brazil Hires Tractebel Consortium for Angra 3 Poland’s PKN … Continue reading → ...read more