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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has received a shipment of used next-generation light water reactor LWR) fuel from a commercial NPP to support research and testing for the first time in two decades. INL said it had received 25 experimental fuel rods irradiated in the reactor core of a commercial reactor. The fuel rods were developed and manufactured by Westinghouse Electric Company with technical assistance from several US national laboratories, including INL.

Date: Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsinl-receives-irradiated-next-generation-fuel-for-testing-11473480

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Savannah River Site (SRS) says the H Canyon facility recently initiated actions to recycle a small amount of used highly enriched uranium (HEU) stored in the Site’s H Area in order to down-blend it into high-assay low enriched uranium (HALEU). “The projected demand for HALEU far exceeds the current supply,” said HALEU Programme Manager Jeff Hasty for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the site’s managing and operating contractor.

Date: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshaleu-production-planned-for-savannah-river-site-as-clean-up-continues-10731144

Holtec International and Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co Ltd (Hyundai E&C) have signed an agreement to launch an accelerated programme to complete the balance of plant design of the remaining systems and structures for the SMR-160 advanced small modular reactor (SMR). The SMR-160 is a pressurised light-water reactor, generating 160MWe (525MWt) using low-enriched uranium fuel, with flexibility to produce process heat for industrial applications and hydrogen production.

Date: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsholtec-and-hyundai-agree-to-accelerate-the-smr-160-programme-10115947

A new method to remove and process used fuel at the Savannah River site in South Carolina that will save more than 20 years of work and billions of dollars in costs has been approved by the US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (DOE EM).

Date: Saturday, 23 April 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/DOE-approves-method-to-hasten-legacy-waste-removal

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has awarded a set of Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts to provide US-wide Deactivation, Decommissioning and Removal (DD&R) services “to help address excess facilities”.

Date: Friday, 10 July 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-awards-decommissioning-contracts-for-legacy-sites-8018018

The US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management has awarded multiple contracts to provide nationwide deactivation, decommissioning and removal (DD&R) services at "excess" facilities across the EM complex.

Date: Wednesday, 08 July 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-awards-multiple-decommissioning-contracts-for-l

The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) have completed of a multi-year campaign to move used highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Canada to the USA.

Date: Friday, 21 February 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrepatriation-of-used-fuel-completed-from-canada-to-usa-7782374

US president Donald Trump has requested a budget of $35.4bn for the Department of Energy (DOE) in fiscal year 2021, including “a record” $1.36bn for the Office of Nuclear Energy (ONE) with a focus on developing advanced reactors and creating a new reserve for domestically produced uranium.

The ONE said in a statement that its R&D funding request for 2021 is $1.18bn, a figure 43% higher than the $824m sought in 2020. The statement said this is the largest budget figure ever asked by the ONE and is a sign the office recognises the need to bring new reactors to market.

The R&D request includes nearly $400m to support the development of new reactors and fuels and $295m for forwarding the construction of DOE’s proposed Versatile Test Reactor (VTR), the ONE said.

Date: Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/doe-nuclear-office-asking-for-record-usd1-36bn-with-focus-on-research-2-2-2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has completed an environmental assessment, issued on 17 January, which determines that there will be no significant impact on the environment from using DOE-owned high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel.

Date: Thursday, 24 January 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-pushes-ahead-with-haleu-fuel-for-advanced-reactors-6952896

US nuclear reactor startup Transatomic Power announced on 25 September that it is shutting down operations, after deciding that it can see no viable path to bringing its molten salt reactor designs to scale. However, it still wants its technology to play a role in the future of advanced nuclear reactors. Transatomic’s CEO and co-founder Leslie Dewan, noted: “We haven’t been able to scale up the company rapidly enough to build our reactor in a reasonable timeframe. It is therefore with a heavy heart that I must announce that Transatomic is suspending operations.” He added that the company will be “open-sourcing our intellectual property, making it available for any researchers — private, public or nonprofit — who want to continue the work we’ve started.”

Date: Tuesday, 02 October 2018
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstransatomic-announces-it-closure-6779325