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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
Nuclear waste should be used to heat homes, ministers advised
Nuclear waste should be used to heat homes as part of the drive for net zero, ministers have been told. The UK has a stockpile of...
Dec 7, 20231 min read
COP28 Declaration: 3x Nuclear Capacity by 2050
At COP28, Countries Launch Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050, Recognizing the Key Role of Nuclear Energy in Reaching...
Dec 7, 20233 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
Should Texas Build More Nuclear Power Plants?
Governor Greg Abbott in August directed the Public Utility Commission to explore “how Texas will become the national leader in using...
Nov 7, 20231 min read
Proposition 7 would provide billions in incentives for new power plants in Texas
A lot of the proposed constitutional amendments on this year's ballot ask voters what to do with big piles of state money. But none deals...
Nov 6, 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
Texas Kicks Off Effort to Make State a Leader in New Nuclear
PUCT commissioner Jimmy Glotfelty leads the discussion at the Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group’s first public meeting, on...
Oct 2, 20231 min read
Texas PUC begins work to attract advanced nuclear reactors, in and out of ERCOT market
Gov. Greg Abbott, R, has asked state regulators to begin exploring “how Texas will become the national leader in using advanced nuclear...
Oct 1, 20231 min read
New group aims to initiate construction on advanced nuclear reactors in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Researchers, environmental groups, electricity-related businesses and technology companies have filed a request to join...
Sep 25, 20231 min read
Texas nuclear waste storage permit invalidated by US appeals court
Aug 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday canceled a license granted by a federal agency to a company to build a temporary...
Aug 24, 20231 min read
The Last Word: Macrocyclics Founder Dr. A. Dean Sherry on His Company’s Impact on Nuclear Medicine
Dr. A. Dean Sherry [Photo: UT Dallas] Dr. Sherry retired from UT Dallas last summer after decades of innovative work as one of its most...
Jul 14, 20231 min read
Site for Dow, X-energy SMR project selected
A digital rendering of the Dow/X-energy Xe-100 plant in Texas. (Image: X-energy) Dow and X-energy have announced the location of their...
May 14, 20231 min read
NRC issues a license for Holtec to store nuclear waste in New Mexico, state officials respond
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued Holtec International a license on Tuesday that will allow the company to construct and...
May 9, 20231 min read
Texas Nuclear Caucus Aims to Position Texas as the Leader in Nuclear Technology
Austin, TX, April 12, 2023 --(PR.com)--Â Seven Texas legislators today announced the establishment of the Texas Nuclear Caucus, a...
Apr 11, 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
Texas energy company paying $3.4B for nuclear plant owner
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Amid a federal corruption case, a company that owns nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and northern Ohio will be sold for...
Mar 7, 20231 min read
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