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Sam Altman-backed company aiming to deploy Aurora nuclear power plant
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 15 November 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/oklo-secures-partnerships-for-up-to-750-mw-of-power-for-us-data-centres-11-4-2024
California company wants to start building first nuclear plant in Idaho in 2027
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 09 November 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/boost-for-sam-altman-backed-oklo-as-it-receives-key-environmental-permit-11-5-2024
In a first for the USA, the country's nuclear regulator has approved an increase in the burnup limit for Westinghouse's Encore accident tolerant fuel design, paving the way for longer and more economic fuel cycles.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 20 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Westinghouse-fuel-in-US-licensing-first
Westinghouse has produced the first of its nuclear fuel pellets that contain higher enrichment levels than what is currently used in commercial reactors. The Low Enriched Uranium Plus (LEU+) Advanced Doped Pellet Technology (ADOPT) fuel pellets are aimed at boosting both the performance and safety of nuclear power plants.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 10 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Westinghouse-starts-production-of-ADOPT-fuel-pelle
The UK government has launched a competition for funding up to GBP70 million (USD90 million) to support the development of a commercial HALEU deconversion facility in the country.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 26 July 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-launches-HALEU-deconversion-competition
California-based liquid metal fast reactor developer Oklo Inc, in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory, has successfully completed the first end-to-end demonstration of the key stages of its advanced fuel recycling process.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 19 July 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Oklo-demonstrates-fuel-recycling-process
Aalo Atomics has submitted a pre-application regulatory engagement plan (REP) with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its Aalo-1 microreactor, detailing the planned pre-licensing application interactions with the regulator.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 11 July 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Aalo-prepares-for-US-licensing-of-microreactor
The US Administration announced the formation of a new working group to look at ways to reduce nuclear construction project risks, a programme to deploy advanced reactors to power multiple military sites in the USA and the release of a new primer on the enhanced safety of advanced nuclear reactors.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 31 May 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/White-House-holds-summit-on-US-nuclear-energy-depl
“Lightbridge has achieved a significant milestone under our strategic partnership project agreement at Idaho National Laboratory (INL),” said Lightbridge Corporation President and CEO Seth Grae. INL has demonstrated the production of a partial-length rod sample using an alloy of depleted uranium and zirconium. INL and Lightbridge will work together to analyse the extruded rod to confirm the extrusion process parameters prior to performing additional extrusions using an alloy of depleted uranium and zirconium materials later this year. “Next year, we plan to produce coupon samples for irradiation testing in the Advanced Test Reactor at INL using an alloy of enriched uranium and zirconium,” Grae noted. The extrusion process involves pressing a metallic alloy billet through a die.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 15 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsinl-produces-fuel-rod-sample-for-lightbridge-11768170
Days after announcing the start of accelerated irradiation testing and qualification of its patented ANEEL thorium and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel at Idaho National Laboratory, Clean Core Thorium Energy announced it has completed the first phase of the Canadian nuclear regulator's pre-licensing review process.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 11 April 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Licensing-and-testing-progress-for-innovative-thor