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DOE Awards $5 Million for Second Phase of Advanced Reactor Experiment Designs
November 18, 2024WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a total of $5 million to Radiant Industries, Inc. and Westinghouse to progress their microreactor designs for testing in the new Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed at Idaho National Laboratory.
Read More >Three Mile Island, Notorious in Nuclear Power’s Past, May Herald Its Future
October 30, 2024The concrete cooling towers that rise from a sliver of land south of Pennsylvania’s capital became symbols nearly a half-century ago of the risks of nuclear energy.
Now, a plan to restart one of the two reactors at Three Mile Island is at the leading edge of efforts to greatly expand the country’s reliance on atomic fission to meet the growing power demands of homes, businesses and data centers.
Read More >TCF Base CLIMR Lab Call Offers Critical Commercialization Support for National Laboratories, Plants, and Sites
October 17, 2024October 17, 2024 – Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Base Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR) Lab Call. This lab call represents collaboration among 14 DOE program offices and OTT, demonstrating DOE’s dedication to deploy lasting energy solutions from our renown National Lab, plant, and sites. Funded by the Base Annual Appropriations Technology Commercialization Fund, this initiative is designed to boost America’s energy competitiveness by facilitating the transition of critical technologies for use in the private sector.
Read More >GEN III+ Small Modular Reactor Pathway to Deployment Funding Opportunity
October 16, 2024October 16, 2024 – As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today opened applications for up to $900 million in funding to support the initial domestic deployment of Generation III+ (Gen III+) small modular reactor (SMR) technologies.
Read More >GAIN helped Kentucky clear the runway for nuclear energy. Now the coal-dependent state is waiting for the plane to land
August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 – Kenya Stump, an executive with the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet for over 17 years, has seen the volatility of coal as an energy source: shrinking demand, plant closures, job losses and tougher pollution controls.
Read More >DOE-NE RFI/NOI for Nuclear Training and Workforce Development Program
July 26, 2024On July 26, 2024, the Office of Nuclear Energy released a Request for Information and Notice of Intent (RFI/NOI) to seek ideas, input, comments, feedback, and recommendations from interested parties for future competitive workforce development programs focused on nuclear safety training for the workforce that supports the continued safe operation of existing nuclear power plants.
Read More >Aalo prepares for US licensing of microreactor
July 10, 2024Aalo Atomics has submitted a pre-application regulatory engagement plan (REP) with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its Aalo-1 microreactor, detailing the planned pre-licensing application interactions with the regulator.
Read More >DOE Seeks Input on Strategies to Decarbonize America’s Industrial Sector
June 10, 2024The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) today announced a request for information (RFI) to gain strategic and technical feedback on decarbonizing America’s industrial sector and positioning the United States as a leader in the global clean energy economy.
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