Subsequent License Renewal: Extending Nuclear Power Reactors to 80 Years of Operation (and Maybe More)

1. Browns Ferry is the second-largest nuclear plant in the nation and TVA’s largest single source of carbon-free energy. Its three boiling water reactors produce about 10% of TVA’s total generation capacity. Source: POWER The Atomic Energy Act authorizes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue licenses for commercial power reactors to operate for up …

Centrus HALEU plant receives regulatory clearance

The US nuclear fuel and services company Centrus has completed its operational readiness reviews and received regulatory approval to possess uranium at its Piketon, Ohio site and introduce uranium into the cascade of centrifuges it has constructed there. The company said it remains on track to begin production of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) at the plant …

Egypt’s massive nuclear plant at Dabaa on schedule for completion

Egypt’s Dabaa nuclear power plant is on track to meet its original schedule, according to a senior government official. Progress is being made on the plant, which has a capacity of 4,800 megawatts, and it is expected to be completed between 2028 and 2031. Mohamed Shaker, Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, said that the nuclear …

Nuclearelectrica and partners sign MoU for NuScale plants

Nuclearelectrica, E-INFRA, Nova Power & Gas, Fluor Enterprises, Samsung C&T Corporation and NuScale Power have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate to implement NuScale small modular reactor plants (SMR) in Romania and elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe. Under the MoU the companies will work together to support the development of NuScale VOYGR …

PAA President confirms safety anaylsis for Pomerania plant

The president of Poland’s National Atomic Energy Agency (Panstwowa Agencja Atomistyki, PAA) has issued a general opinion on the safety analysis of the country’s first planned nuclear power plant. The scope of the planned, independent verification of safety analyses presented in Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe’s (PEJ’s) application was deemed to be correct. In order to obtain …

Slovakia submits bid for SMR feasibility study funding

The Ministry of Economy and Slovenské elektrárne have signed a memorandum of cooperation with a range of partners in the energy field to support the development of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Slovakia, including applying for funding from the USA’s Project Phoenix. The other signatories of the memorandum were US Steel Košice, the Slovak Electricity Transmission …

House defense bill chock-full of energy provisions

The House Armed Services Committee released sections of its fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act Monday, outlining mandates for the Pentagon to further embrace clean energy, address energy security issues and clean up contaminated military installations. The plans illustrate a commitment by committee leaders to tackle some of the myriad environmental and energy-related issues that …

Škoda JS boss hopes Czech firms get big share of new nuclear work

Škoda JS Director General František Krček says he believes Czech industry could handle a majority of the work for new nuclear plants in the country – and says he also hopes for orders relating to small modular reactors within five years. Krček, in an interview with e15, noted that Škoda JS had signed memorandums with the …

US-UK declaration includes nuclear partnership

The Atlantic Declaration for a US-UK Economic Partnership, announced by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden, says the two nations aim to build resilient, diversified, secure supply chains and reduce strategic dependencies – and includes a new high-level US-UK civil nuclear partnership. “Today we have agreed the Atlantic Declaration, a new …