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The two countries plan to work together on the development and construction of next-generation advanced reactors including small modular reactors, Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura and US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said after meeting in Washington DC.

Date: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Japan,-USA-to-cooperate-on-advanced-reactor-develo

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has said it has received Approval In Principle from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for a conceptual design of a Compact Molten Salt Reactor (CMSR) Power Barge - floating offshore NPP – using technology being developed by Denmark’s Seaborg. SHI signed a business agreement with Seaborg in January 2022 to develop a floating NPP and plans to commercialise it by 2028 after completing detailed design of all power generation facilities.

Date: Friday, 06 January 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssouth-koreas-samsung-advances-its-plans-for-a-molten-salt-reactor-10490905

A report from the US Clean Air Task Force (CATF) has found that that nuclear-derived zero-carbon fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia could play a key role in decarbonising the global marine shipping sector, and offers policy recommendations for how the US could lead the global transition away from high-polluting shipping fuels.

Date: Thursday, 19 August 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-report-advocates-nuclear-derived-zero-carbon-fuels-to-decarbonise-marine-shipping-9007910

Policymakers who ignore nuclear energy are not serious about meeting climate goals, delegates said at an Atlantic Council webinar last week. The first in the Raising Ambitions series, the event highlighted the attributes of this clean source of electricity and heat ahead of the Leaders’ Climate Summit, which the US Administration is hosting on 22-23 April.

Date: Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-power-can-help-raise-climate-ambitions

Speakers at the US Energy Association's (USEA) 17th Annual State of the Energy Industry Forum last week called for the reimagination of the electricity grid and likened the efforts needed to develop alternative energy carriers, particularly for hard-to-decarbonise sectors, to a "moonshot".

Date: Wednesday, 03 February 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Moonshot-approach-needed-for-deep-decarbonisation

US Department of Energy (DOE) released its Hydrogen Program Plan to provide a strategic framework for the Department’s hydrogen research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) activities.

Date: Thursday, 19 November 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-releases-hydrogen-plan-8368305