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The year in review 2020: Power and Operations

January 8, 2021, 9:35AMNuclear News

Here is a look back at the top stories of 2020 from our Power and Operations section in Newswire and Nuclear News magazine. Remember to check back to Newswire soon for more top stories from 2020.

Power and Operations section

Defense Department invests in three microreactor designs: Three reactor developers got a boost on March 9 when they each were awarded a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to design a reactor that can fit inside a standard shipping container for military deployment. Read more.

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Dow gets EA/FONSI for Seadrift project

May 20, 2026, 7:18AMNuclear News

At the end of April, TerraPower announced that it had officially begun construction on its Natrium power plant in Kemmerer, Wyo.—one of the two full-scale demonstration projects in the...

NRC proposes changes to its rules on nuclear materials

May 19, 2026, 2:52PMNuclear News

In response to Executive Order 14300, “Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,” the NRC is proposing sweeping changes to its rules governing the use of nuclear materials...

Legislation looks to address nuclear construction materials, tax credit rules

May 18, 2026, 7:13AMNuclear News

Lawmakers in Congress have introduced a pair of bills this month targeting different aspects of nuclear construction, with one proposal focusing on construction material and the other on tax...

Preliminary white safety finding at Comanche Peak prompts NRC conference

May 15, 2026, 9:25AMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a regulatory conference Tuesday, May 19, with Vistra Operations Company officials to discuss a preliminary “white” safety finding at Comanche...

NRC commissioners talk attrition, recruitment, retention at Senate hearing

May 14, 2026, 9:38AMNuclear News

Last month, all five commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission went before the U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce’s Energy Subcommittee to discuss the agency’s fiscal...

ADP on track to complete major D&D work at Crystal River-3 this summer

May 12, 2026, 3:12PMNuclear News

Advanced Decommissioning Partners, a joint venture of NorthStar Group Services and Orano USA, is set to complete major decommissioning activities at Crystal River-3 nuclear power plant in...

Two ANS standards open for public comment

May 11, 2026, 3:09PMNuclear News

The American Nuclear Society recently opened two draft standards for public review. Previously, announcements of public review opportunities for ANS standards have been published exclusively...

Eden targets domestic medical radioisotope production

May 8, 2026, 1:17PMNuclear News

Eden Radioisotopes has filed a construction permit application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a facility to produce medical radioisotopes, primarily molybdenum-99 and...

Gov. Sherrill, PSEG CEO talk N.J. nuclear expansion

May 8, 2026, 9:35AMNuclear News

New Jersey’s two nuclear power plants, Hope Creek and Salem, may be joined by other nuclear facilities after lawmakers lifted the state’s de facto moratorium on new nuclear...

NRC to review Radiant R-50 Part 70 license application

May 6, 2026, 4:28PMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Radiant Industries’ 10 CFR Part 70 license application for its R-50 microreactor production facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and will launch an...

The year in review 2020: Power and Operations

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