Day three of the 2021 Utility Working Conference commenced early Tuesday morning with a plenary session featuring Rita Baranwal, the Electric Power Research Institute’s vice president of nuclear and chief nuclear officer, and Greg Cullen, Energy Northwest’s vice president for energy services and development.
Last Energy, Texas, Utah allege NRC overstepping in SMR regulation
Advanced nuclear reactor company Last Energy joined with two Republican state attorneys general in a lawsuit against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, arguing that some microreactors should...
First GAIN vouchers of 2025 go to Curio, Deep Fission, Kairos, and NuCube Energy
The Department of Energy’s Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) has awarded four fiscal year 2025 vouchers to support the development of advanced nuclear technologies. Each...
NuScale E2 Center opens at Ohio State
NuScale Power Corporation this week announced the opening of its Energy Exploration (E2) Center at the Ohio State University in Columbus....
Disney World should have gone nuclear
There is extra significance to the American Nuclear Society holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, this past week. That’s because in 1967, the state of Florida passed a law allowing...
NRC okays construction permits for Hermes 2 test facility
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced yesterday that it has directed staff to issue construction permits to Kairos Power for the company's proposed Hermes 2 nonpower test reactor...
Jamaica, Canada partnering to bring nuclear to island nation
The Jamaican government last week signed a memorandum of understanding with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories to bring nuclear power to the island...
A hybrid public meeting hosted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on October 30 will feature chair Christopher Hanson and commissioners David Wright, Annie Caputo, and Bradley Crowell....
Amazon investing in SMRs to deploy 5 GW by 2039
Tech giant Amazon announced Wednesday new partnerships with Dominion Energy and X-energy to develop and deploy 5 gigawatts of nuclear energy to power needs across the country over the next 15...
American Nuclear Society applauds Google's and Amazon's investments in nuclear
ANS CEO Craig Piercy welcomes tech industry's plans to build nuclear energy projects
Washington, D.C. — Craig Piercy, CEO of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), issued the following statement:"The American Nuclear Society applauds the announced partnerships between Google...
Google and Kairos Power partner on 500 MW advanced nuclear project
Kairos Power and Google announced over the weekend a new power purchase agreement to provide the tech giant with 500 megawatts of clean energy by 2035.Under the agreement, California-based...
