Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Alberta to collaborate on the deployment of small modular reactor (SMR) technology – including the Korean-designed SMART reactor – in the Canadian province. The MoU was signed on 19 April by KAERI President Joo Han-Gyu, Alberta Minister of …
Members of Congress voiced concerns about nuclear waste and were warned that plants and reactors aren’t being built fast enough to slow climate change. Members of a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Tuesday pledged bipartisan support for the development of nuclear energy, while questioning the difficulty in disposing of spent fuel and the time …
SIZEWELL C, in the UK, is developing plans to demonstrate how heat from a nuclear plant could be used to power direct air capture (DAC) technology to suck CO2 emissions from the atmosphere. Sizewell C and ports operator Associated British Ports plan to lease land at Lowestoft port where they will build a demonstrator for …
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 …
