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The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on 1 March signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to co-operate in advancing decarbonisation technologies.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Tuesday, 08 March 2022; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsornl-and-tva-partner-to-drive-carbon-free-technologies-9531117

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) said NuScale Power had recently installed a new simulation laboratory at the Centre for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Friday, 01 October 2021; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuscale-smr-simulation-lab-opens-in-idaho-9120824

NuScale Power on 31 August announced the opening of the second-of-three planned NuScale Energy Exploration (E2) Centres in collaboration with the University of Idaho at the Centre for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES), located in Idaho Falls. The E2 Centre at CAES, to be known as the SMR Simulator Laboratory, will assist the research of CAES entities: Idaho National Laboratory, Boise State University, Idaho State University, and University of Idaho, and allow users to assume the role of control room operator to learn about the innovative features and functionality unique to NuScale’s SMR technology.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Friday, 03 September 2021; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuscale-power-completes-second-energy-exploration-e2-centre-9051957

US Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) said on 24 August that it was expanding modelling software to support nuclear safety and regulatory activities related to advanced reactor designs. Nuclear power is a significant source of steady carbon-neutral electricity, making the design and construction of new and next-generation nuclear reactors critical for achieving US green energy goals, SNL noted.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Friday, 27 August 2021; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-sandia-labs-develop-modelling-software-to-support-advanced-reactor-safety-9032634

In order to help the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) evaluate the safety of the next generation of nuclear power reactors, fuel cycle facilities and fuel technologies, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have been expanding their severe accident modelling computer code, called Melcor, to work with different reactor geometries, fuel types and coolant systems.

: Source: World Nuclear News

: Date: Wednesday, 25 August 2021; Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Sandia-extends-computer-modelling-code-to-advanced

The US Department of Energy has announced $30 million in funding for new research on fusion energy.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Wednesday, 11 March 2020; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfurther-us-funding-for-fusion-energy-7815460

The US Department of Energy on Thursday announced a plan to provide $30 million for new research on fusion energy.

The funding will provide $17m for research focused specifically on artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches for prediction of key plasma phenomena, management of facility operations, and accelerated discovery through data science, among other topics.

An additional $13m under a separate funding opportunity will be devoted to fundamental fusion theory research, including computer modelling and simulation, focused on factors affecting the behaviour of hot plasmas confined by magnetic fields in fusion reactors.

Applications for the artificial intelligence and machine learning funding are open to national laboratories, universities, non-profit organisations, and private sector companies.

: Source: Nucnet

: Date: Friday, 06 March 2020; Original article: nucnet.org/news/us-doe-announces-plan-for-usd30-million-in-research-funding-3-4-2020

The US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has signed a USD600 million contract with Cray Inc to build its first exascale supercomputer, El Capitan. The computer will be housed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California.

: Source: World Nuclear News

: Date: Wednesday, 28 August 2019; Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-DOE-orders-next-exascale-computer

Canadian and US nuclear regulators have signed a first-of-a-kind Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) that will see them collaborate on the technical reviews of advanced reactor and small modular reactor (SMR) technologies. Meanwhile, the US Department of Energy has awarded funds to build SMR simulators at three US universities.