| | | https://gain.inl.gov/SitePages/whatsnew.aspx | .png) | 1 | | | Additional webinars coming soon! | https://gain.inl.gov/SitePages/GAINWebinarSeries.aspx |  | 2 | | | Congratulations:
Exelon Generation - Kennett Square, PA
TerraPower, LLC - Bellevue, WA
Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC - Columbia, SC | https://gain.inl.gov/SiteAssets/2020VoucherAbstracts-4thRound/GAIN2020_4thRoundNEVoucherAnnouncement.pdf |  | 3 | | | WASHINGTON, D.C. – – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced funding for three domestic projects that will accelerate advanced nuclear technology development. These projects, valued at $26.9 million including industry cost-share contributions, will allow industry-led teams to advance the state of domestic commercial nuclear capability.
Two awards will advance flexible operation of light-water reactors with integrated hydrogen production systems. The third will leverage the modeling and simulation capabilities developed from the DOE Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) program and Energy Innovation Hub for Modeling & Simulation (Hub).
The awards are through the Office of Nuclear Energy’s (NE) funding opportunity announcement (FOA) U.S. Industry Opportunities for Advanced Nuclear Technology Development, in collaboration with the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office for the hydrogen-related selections. Subsequent application reviews and selection processes will be conducted through December 2022, as supported by Congressional appropriations. | https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/us-department-energy-announces-269-million-advanced-nuclear-technology |  | 4 | | | WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it has selected two U.S.-based teams to receive $160 million in initial funding under the new Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). ARDP, announced in May, is designed to help domestic private industry demonstrate advanced nuclear reactors in the United States.
DOE is awarding TerraPower LLC (Bellevue, WA) and X-energy (Rockville, MD) $80 million each in initial funding to build two advanced nuclear reactors that can be operational within seven years. The awards are cost-shared partnerships with industry that will deliver two first-of-a-kind advanced reactors to be licensed for commercial operations. The Department will invest a total of $3.2 billion over seven years, subject to the availability of future appropriations, with our industry partners providing matching funds.
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| | Idaho National Laboratory and the National University Consortium are organizing a virtual workshop series focused on topics related to the Fission Battery Initiative. The initiative envisions Developing technologies that enable nuclear reactor systems to function as batteries (see attached invitation for more details on the initiative). These workshops will provide an opportunity to learn about and discuss the research and development needed to establish technologies that can fully achieve battery-like functionality for nuclear energy systems. The topics and dates of each workshop are listed below, along with a link to register. The final agenda and list of speakers will be released closer to the workshop dates. Registration is required to attend; please note that each day requires a separate registration. Upon registering you will receive a calendar notice via email which includes the live link for the virtual meeting. Register Here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1803674470105893136 | 1/27/2021 | 147 | | | GAIN i sexcited to announce a new webinar series to provide historical context to the regulatory framework we have today. Join us January 27th from Noon - 3:00 p.m. (MST) for webinar #1 Paving the Way: A Historic Journey to Deployment. Register at https://gain.inl.gov/SitePages/RegulatoryWebinarSeries.aspx | 1/27/2021 | 156 | | | Today, knowledge on MOX fuel behavior in fast neutron reactors comes mainly from feedback on SFRs that have operated in the past in Europe, USA, Japan and are still in service in Russia, India and China. The GENERATION-IV systems (SFR, GFR, LFR, FSMR...) with the associated fuel cycle strategy have been chosen to face the requirements of safety, non-proliferation, sustainability and waste minimization. This completion is possible thanks to the flexibility of fast neutron systems: they offer the possibility of using plutonium and uranium coming from spent fuel, making the best use of resources while reducing waste. Thus (U,Pu)O2 has proved to be the most ready candidate to achieve these performances in reactor and
during the fuel cycle. Mox fuel is suitable for exemple for multirecycling, isogeneration, burning or breeding plutonium through adjustment of Pu concentration. Taking into account a wide range of fuel composition (Pu content: 20 to 45%), irradiation conditions and applying the safety criteria, we will present the state of the art on MOX fuel for GENIV systems with respect to knowledge and qualification.
The knowledge on (U,Pu)O2 will be presented under the aspects of material properties and fuel behavior under irradiation with post irradiation examinations and modelling. The methodology of MOX qualification will be will be detailed with TRL (Technological Readiness Level) scale evaluation and the need to extend the qualification area in order to cover all design, composition and situations described above.
The support of the international organizations (GIF, OECD/NEA, IAEA, EURATOM) to scientific and technological issues will be assessed. | 1/28/2021 | 154 | | | Idaho National Laboratory and the National University Consortium are organizing a virtual workshop series focused on topics related to the Fission Battery Initiative. The initiative envisions Developing technologies that enable nuclear reactor systems to function as batteries (see attached invitation for more details on the initiative). These workshops will provide an opportunity to learn about and discuss the research and development needed to establish technologies that can fully achieve battery-like functionality for nuclear energy systems. The topics and dates of each workshop are listed below, along with a link to register. The final agenda and list of speakers will be released closer to the workshop dates. Registration is required to attend; please note that each day requires a separate registration. Upon registering you will receive a calendar notice via email which includes the live link for the virtual meeting. Register Here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7669131398663102480 | 2/10/2021 | 148 | | | Idaho National Laboratory and the National University Consortium are organizing a virtual workshop series focused on topics related to the Fission Battery Initiative. The initiative envisions Developing technologies that enable nuclear reactor systems to function as batteries (see attached invitation for more details on the initiative). These workshops will provide an opportunity to learn about and discuss the research and development needed to establish technologies that can fully achieve battery-like functionality for nuclear energy systems. The topics and dates of each workshop are listed below, along with a link to register. The final agenda and list of speakers will be released closer to the workshop dates. Registration is required to attend; please note that each day requires a separate registration. Upon registering you will receive a calendar notice via email which includes the live link for the virtual meeting. Register Here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2015560256383093008 | 2/24/2021 | 149 |
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|  | | Idaho Falls, Idaho - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the start of a 14-day public review and comment period on a draft environmental assessment for a proposal to construct the Microreactor Applications Research Validation & Evaluation (MARVEL) project microreactor inside Idaho National Laboratory's (INL's) Transient Reactor Test Facility.
The MARVEL design is a sodium-potassium-cooled, thermal microreactor with a power level of less than 100 kilowatts of electricity using High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU).
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| 1/12/2021 | | | | PALO
ALTO, Calif., Jan. 12, 2021 The Electric Power
Research Institute (EPRI) today announced Dr. Rita Baranwal as its
new Vice President of Nuclear Energy and Chief Nuclear Officer.
Baranwal succeeds Neil Wilmshurst, who was promoted to Senior Vice
President of Energy System Resources in November.
Baranwal most recently served as the U.S. Energy Department's Assistant
Secretary for its Office of Nuclear Energy, where she managed DOE's portfolio
of nuclear research for existing and advanced reactors and new designs.
Prior to that role, Baranwal directed the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in
Nuclear (GAIN) initiative at Idaho National Laboratory. Under her leadership,
GAIN positively impacted over 120 companies with state-of-the-art R&D
expertise, capabilities, and infrastructure that supported faster,
cost-effective development, demonstration, and ultimate deployment of
innovative nuclear energy technologies.
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| 1/12/2021 | | | | The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will hold two webcast public hearings to present information and accept comments on the Draft Versatile Test Reactor Environmental Impact Statement (VTR EIS). DOE is hosting internet-based public hearings in place of in-person hearings due to ongoing public health concerns. The proposed VTR would be a sodium-cooled, fast-neutron-spectrum test reactor that will enhance and accelerate research, development, and demonstration of innovative nuclear energy technologies. The Draft VTR EIS, prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), analyzes potential impacts of the VTR alternatives and options for reactor fuel production. The Draft VTR EIS evaluates: (1) Construction and operation of the VTR at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) or the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This includes operating and performing experiments in the VTR, post-irradiation examination of irradiated test specimens in hot cell facilities, and spent fuel conditioning and storage pending offsite shipment; (2) Production of fuel for the VTR at INL and/or the Savannah River Site, including preparing feedstock for the fuel, fabricating fuel pins, and assembling the fuel pins into reactor fuel; and (3) A no-action alternative under which DOE would not pursue the construction and operation of a VTR.
READ MORE | 1/11/2021 | |  | | Today,
knowledge on MOX fuel behavior in fast neutron reactors comes mainly from
feedback on SFRs that have operated in the past in Europe, USA, Japan and are
still in service in Russia, India and China. The GENERATION-IV systems (SFR,
GFR, LFR, FSMR...) with the associated fuel cycle strategy have been chosen to
face the requirements of safety, non-proliferation, sustainability and waste
minimization. This completion is possible thanks to the flexibility of fast
neutron systems: they offer the possibility of using plutonium and uranium
coming from spent fuel, making the best use of resources while reducing waste.
Thus (U,Pu)O2 has proved to be the most ready candidate to achieve these
performances in reactor and during the fuel cycle. Mox fuel is suitable for
example for multirecycling, isogeneration, burning or breeding plutonium
through adjustment of Pu concentration. Taking into account a wide range of
fuel composition (Pu content: 20 to 45%), irradiation conditions and applying
the safety criteria, we will present the state of the art on MOX fuel for GENIV
systems with respect to knowledge and qualification. The knowledge on
(U,Pu)O2 will be presented under the aspects of material properties and fuel
behavior under irradiation with post irradiation examinations and modelling.
The methodology of MOX qualification will be will be detailed with TRL
(Technological Readiness Level) scale evaluation and the need to extend the
qualification area in order to cover all design, composition and situations
described above.
REGISTER HERE
 nathalie_chauvin_flyer_jan_2021.pdf
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