Recently, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, along with Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and a bipartisan group of their colleagues, introduced legislation to boost the development and deployment of new nuclear technologies, and put America on a path to be the undisputed international …
Wisconsin could see new nuclear power as Dairyland explores advanced reactors As the nation shifts away from fossil fuels to combat climate change, federal energy officials and some lawmakers in Wisconsin say nuclear power plays a key role in meeting carbon reduction goals. The remarks were part of a Thursday discussion about nuclear power hosted …
Advanced nuclear generation costing less than a third of large projects per kilowatt of capacity can be part of the solution for heavily fossil-fuel dependent communities to provide clean, flexible power to back up renewables, an Idaho National Laboratory official said April 6 at a conference in Austin, Texas. “The Inflation Reduction Act put out …
The ADVANCE Act could mark a major step forward in the deployment of a new generation of advanced reactors The newly-introduced ADVANCE Act (“Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy”) builds on recent bipartisan efforts to ensure the new and continued use of nuclear energy. It was introduced on Monday April 3rd by five Republican …
The nuclear power industry is banking on development of small modular reactor (SMR) technology to support global growth. Canada is at the forefront of the SMR market, with at least four Canadian provinces involved in a joint strategic plan to advance the deployment of SMRs. ARC Clean Technology Canada recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) …
US utility PacifiCorp has increased its ambition for using Natrium advanced reactors in the 2030s, adding two further units to its plans in addition to the demonstration unit already slated for a retiring coal power plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming. While the Kemmerer project’s operation has been pushed back by two years to 2030 due to …
The Biden administration is channeling hundreds of millions of dollars from recent legislation into its efforts to turn coal communities into clean energy hubs. The White House highlighted $450 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law available for projects, along with $16 million for studies on developing a facility that could refine rare earth …
The term “nuclear renaissance” was very popular in the early 2000s. Nuclear power plant operators had substantially improved existing plant performance, and many new plants were being considered around the world, including in the U.S. In fact, later in the decade, contracts were signed and early site work began on two dual-unit new-build nuclear projects …
The Illinois Senate has voted to lift a three-decade-old ban on the construction of new nuclear power plants in the state. On Thursday, following a bipartisan roll call, the Senate passed State Senator Sue Rezin’s legislation, Senate Bill 76, which would end the state’s moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power plants. Rezin said …
Virginia’s governor has expressed interest in bringing a small modular nuclear reactor to Southwest Virginia. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) signed multiple bills into Virginia law in the last week intended to promote the development of small modular reactors (SMRs). One law, from identical HB 2386 and SB 1464 bills, would create the Virginia Power Innovation Fund. …
