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US nuclear fuel developer Lightbridge Corporation has completed work in collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to support the development of Lightbridge Fuel. The work was carried out under the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) voucher programme.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 03 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-pacific-northwest-national-laboratory-supports-development-of-lightbridge-fuel-10644641
The US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) is marking thirty years of cleanup work at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site to ensure the protection and safety of the underlying Snake River Plain aquifer in compliance with state and federal regulations.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 10 December 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Three-decades-of-cleanup-work-marked-at-US-legacy
The NRC said Oklo’s application, submitted on 11 March, is for approval of what would be the first NRC licence for an advanced non-light-water reactor design.
The NRC and Oklo have engaged in “pre-application” discussions since 2016, a statement said.
In December 2019 the US Department of Energy granted a site use permit to Oklo to build a demonstration Aurora plant on the Idaho National Laboratory site.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 17 June 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/us-regulator-accepts-application-for-aurora-plant-at-idaho-site-6-2-2020
The US Department of Energy has granted a site use permit to California-based compact fast reactor developer Oklo to build a demonstration Aurora energy plant – comprising a small reactor with integrated solar panels – on the Idaho National Laboratory site.
Oklo said the permit is an important step towards commercialising advanced fission technologies and is the first issued for a non-light water reactor.
The permit is a critical milestone on the path towards deployment of Oklo’s 1.5-MW Aurora plant, which company co-founders Jacob DeWitte and Caroline Cochran unveiled last month.
“The system itself is designed to build on the really tremendous legacy of metallic fuels that were developed in this country for decades,” Mr DeWitte said at the event.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 13 December 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/doe-issues-site-permit-for-oklo-s-1-5-mw-aurora-plant-12-4-2019