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Fixing the barriers: How new policies can make U.S. nuclear exports competitive again
1+ week, 2+ day ago (83+ words) CLEAN SMART bill reintroduced in Senate Gallego and Risch submit ARC Act 2.0 in the Senate NRC reorganization aims to speed up licensing DOE looks to streamline worker safety and health regs 2025 Congressional Fellows reflect on their terms Reps. Levin, Pfluger…...
Bowen to lead new Office of Advanced Reactors
1+ week, 5+ day ago (392+ words) A message from Curtiss-Wright High-Temperature neutron flux detectors for Generation IV reactors and SMRs Jeremy Bowen will head the newly created Office of Advanced Reactors when it launches in September, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced Monday. This new office will…...
Proxima Fusion signs MOU with Bavaria, RWE, and Max Planck IPP to build German stellarator power plant
1+ week, 5+ day ago (456+ words) A message from Curtiss-Wright High-Temperature neutron flux detectors for Generation IV reactors and SMRs Proxima Fusion has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Free State of Bavaria, German electric company RWE, and Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)…...
Quality is key: Investing in advanced nuclear research for tomorrow’s grid
2+ week, 5+ day ago (170+ words) A message from Curtiss-Wright High-Temperature neutron flux detectors for Generation IV reactors and SMRs As the energy sector faces mounting pressure to grow at an unprecedented pace while maintaining reliability and affordability, nuclear technology remains an essential component of the…...
Fusion energy: Progress, partnerships, and the path to deployment
3+ week, 2+ day ago (179+ words) A message from Curtiss-Wright High-Temperature neutron flux detectors for Generation IV reactors and SMRs A component mock-up from ORNL's nested pebble bed blanket (NesPeB) concept, which uses beryllide shells filled with lithium-ceramic tritium breeder pellets in a gas-cooled bed behind…...
Growth beyond megawatts
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (337+ words) A message from Curtiss-Wright High-Temperature neutron flux detectors for Generation IV reactors and SMRs When talking about growth in the nuclear sector, there can be a somewhat myopic focus on increasing capacity from year to year. Certainly, we all feel…...
New U.K. Advanced Nuclear Framework opens opportunities for U.S. firms
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (343+ words) A message from Curtiss-Wright High-Temperature neutron flux detectors for Generation IV reactors and SMRs The 45-page document is organized into two parts. Part One describes the application procedure for the new U.K. Advanced Nuclear Pipeline and explains the Project Readiness Assessment…...
LLNL offers tools to model the economics of inertial fusion power plants
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (356+ words) A message from Curtiss-Wright High-Temperature neutron flux detectors for Generation IV reactors and SMRs Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has designed a model to help assess the economic impact of future fusion power plant operations'specifically, the operation of inertial fusion energy…...
ORNL, Kyoto Fusioneering to develop Tenn. fusion testing facility
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (336+ words) A message from Curtiss-Wright High-Temperature neutron flux detectors for Generation IV reactors and SMRs Gaps to close: The DOE's latest fusion road map addressed such gaps by pointing out the following: While the U.S. private sector is investing > $9B to demonstrate sustaining…...
Grand Gulf’s early site permit renewal application on the docket
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (256+ words) A message from Curtiss-Wright High-Temperature neutron flux detectors for Generation IV reactors and SMRs The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has agreed to review an early site permit (ESP) renewal application submitted by Entergy last September for its Grand Gulf site in…...