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Oklo Joins Texas Nuclear Alliance as a Founding Member
The Texas Nuclear Alliance is proud to announce that Oklo Inc. has joined TNA as a Founding Member.
Aug 20, 20241 min read
Machine Learning May Be Key to the Future of Nuclear Energy
Dr. Yang Liu, Nuclear Engineering professor, received a DOE Early Career Award for his machine learning proposal in nuclear reactor design.
Jul 14, 20242 min read
Why Texas A&M University wants state-of-the-art nuclear power plants on its campus
Texas A&M system chancellor says the coming explosion in the state's demand for electricity makes nuclear generation the logical solution.
Jun 15, 20241 min read
THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM TO BRING NUCLEAR REACTORS TO TEXAS A&M-RELLIS
Leaders at The Texas A&M University System announced plans Wednesday to bring the latest nuclear reactors to the Texas A&M-RELLIS.
May 29, 20241 min read
Small nuclear reactors may be coming to Texas, boosted by interest from Gov. Abbott
A nuclear power plant hasn’t been built in Texas in decades because of cost and public fears of a major accident. Now the governor wants...
Mar 26, 20241 min read
How Texas nuclear power can restore American energy dominance
Nuclear power has gotten a bad reputation, thanks to high-profile accidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and most recently Fukushima....
Feb 13, 20241 min read
Amarillo, Canyon high schools compete in 2024 Pantex Science Bowl
AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – High school students from Amarillo and the High Plains region are planning to participate in the Pantex...
Feb 13, 20241 min read
New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it
Off the Siberian coast, not far from Alaska, a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years. The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s...
Feb 6, 20241 min read
When Texas needed power for winter, guess what delivered? Hint: It wasn’t wind, solar
Wind and solar power deserve a frosty reception after last month’s freeze in Texas. Since the fatal winter storm in February 2021, Texans...
Feb 3, 20241 min read
Global Nuclear Power Generation to Hit an All-Time High in 2025
The comeback of nuclear power in many countries is expected to drive a record-high electricity generation from nuclear in 2025, the...
Jan 24, 20241 min read
Pioneering nuclear-fusion reactor shuts down: what scientists will learn
Scientists have begun to decommission one of the world’s foremost nuclear-fusion reactors, 40 years after it began operations....
Jan 22, 20241 min read
The next generation of nuclear reactors is getting more advanced. Here’s how.
I’ve got nuclear power on the brain this week. The workings of nuclear power plants have always fascinated me. They’re massive,...
Jan 18, 20241 min read
Texas A&M Institute Part Of National Effort To Harness Nuclear Laser Fusion For Limitless Energy
The Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering is a major player in advancing laser-driven fusion energy. Nuclear fusion, the process...
Dec 8, 20231 min read
U.S. researchers fabricate commercial grade uranium dioxide HALEU fuel
These HALEU uranium dioxide fuel pellets are about the size of a gummy bear, seen here next to an INL business card. Credit: Idaho...
Dec 7, 20231 min read
A new generation of nuclear reactors is poised to set the United States—and the world—on the path to net zero
Nearly seventy-five years ago, the US Atomic Energy Commission set out to prove that nuclear power could be harnessed to produce...
Dec 5, 20231 min read
Dow's Corpus Christi project highlights challenge of nuclear energy's revival
WASHINGTON — If all goes to plan, a Dow Chemical plant north of Corpus Christi will be home to four small-scale, gas-cooled nuclear...
Dec 1, 20231 min read
Texas uranium operation returns to production
Uranium production has begun at enCore Energy Corp's South Texas Rosita Central Processing Plant (CPP). The restart of the plant which...
Dec 1, 20231 min read
BAUER Equipment America Collaborates with the Department of Energy to Advance Safe Radioactive Waste Handling
Conroe, Texas – BAUER Equipment America, leading authority in special foundations, in conjunction with Orano Federal Services and several...
Nov 28, 20231 min read
Group to explore ‘advanced nuclear technology’ in Texas
AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) said Tuesday a group of experts will spend the next year looking at how...
Oct 10, 20231 min read
NARUC, National Association of State Energy Officials launch advanced nuclear power collaboration
More than 30 utility commissions and state energy offices representing 23 states have signed on to join the ANSC. Regulators and state...
Apr 10, 20231 min read
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