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Looking back at 2021—Nuclear News October through December

January 7, 2022, 2:59PMNuclear News

This is the fifth of five articles posted today to look back at the top news stories of 2021 for the nuclear community. The full article, "Looking back at 2021,"was published in the January 2022 issue of Nuclear News.

Quite a year was 2021. In the following stories, we have compiled what we feel are the past year’s top news stories from the October-December time frame—please enjoy this recap from a busy year in the nuclear community.

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How can SMRs revolutionize industrial decarbonization?

June 25, 2024, 12:04PMNuclear NewsJosé Reyes

Innovations with small modular reactors, which offer a compact, efficient alternative to traditional baseload power plants, are at the forefront of a new era of nuclear energy production that...

Simulated radiological release tests SRS response teams

June 26, 2024, 3:00PMNuclear News

Earlier this month, nearly 250 personnel at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina took part in an annual exercise to test preparedness for a radiological release...

With $3.4 billion to spend, the DOE opens RFP for low-enriched uranium

June 28, 2024, 12:01PMNuclear News

The Department of Energy released an anticipated request for proposals on June 27 for low-enriched uranium enrichment. “Today’s action will help spur the safe and responsible build-out of...

House Energy and Water Subcommittee set to mark up FY 2025 appropriations bill

June 28, 2024, 7:00AMNuclear News

A subcommittee markup of the House energy and water fiscal year 2025 appropriations bill is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. (EDT) today. The appropriations package would fund energy and water...

ANS Annual Conference: Nuclear waste

June 27, 2024, 3:03PMNuclear News

With increasing demand for clean, reliable, and safe sources of energy, the conversation around nuclear energy is changing. And so too is the conversation around nuclear waste, even as the...

Durable gallium-based transistors could improve reactor monitoring

June 27, 2024, 9:30AMNuclear News

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory want to make the sensors in nuclear power plants more accurate by linking them to electronics that can withstand the...

GAIN vouchers tackle LWR risk modeling and advanced reactor fuel salts

June 27, 2024, 7:00AMNuclear News

The Department of Energy’s Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) announced June 20 that two companies—one power plant operator and one advanced reactor developer—are...

Wyoming as a hub for new nuclear manufacturing and microreactor deployment?

June 14, 2024, 3:10PMNuclear News

A 60-year-old Wyoming industrial machinery company is partnering with nuclear innovator BWX Technologies to deploy 50-megawatt microreactors in America’s heartland over the coming years to...

USA’s John Christensen on the supply chain and other things

June 21, 2024, 3:00PMNuclear News

The conversation was casual with John Christensen, president and chief executive officer of Utilities Service Alliance, as he reflected on his 17 years with the organization. Christensen will...

ANS Annual Conference special plenary: Our friends the isotopes

June 21, 2024, 12:00PMNuclear News

“What can the atom do for you, other than produce electricity from nuclear reactors?” That was the question asked and answered during an ANS Annual Conference special plenary session on...

Looking back at 2021—Nuclear News October through December

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