Governor Greg Abbott today announced the appointment of Jarred Shaffer as Director of the newly created Texas Advanced Nuclear Office (TANO). Established by House Bill 14, TANO will play a pivotal role in advancing nuclear energy development in Texas and will oversee the administration of the $350 million Texas Advanced Nuclear Development Fund, designed to incentivize private investment andContinue reading “Governor Abbott Appoints Shaffer as Director of the Texas Advanced Nuclear Office”
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Dow and X-energy Submit Construction Permit Application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for Proposed Advanced Nuclear Project in Texas
Source: https://x-energy.com/media/news-releases/dow-and-x-energy-submit-construction-permit-application-to-the-us-nuclear-regulatory-commission-for-proposed-advanced-nuclear-project-in-texas Dow (NYSE: DOW) and X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC (“X-energy”) announced the submission of a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) for a proposed advanced nuclear project in Seadrift, Texas. Dow’s proposed advanced small modular reactor (“SMR”) project is being developed by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Long Mott Energy LLC. The projectContinue reading “Dow and X-energy Submit Construction Permit Application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for Proposed Advanced Nuclear Project in Texas”
Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group Releases Report
Today, the Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group has released its report to the Texas Public Utility Commission. The PUC Working Group was formed at the request of Governor Greg Abbott who asked that: “This working group should focus on understanding the state’s role in deploying and using advanced nuclear reactors; consider aJI potential financialContinue reading “Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group Releases Report”
Abilene Christian University Receives Permit to Build America’s First Molten Salt University Research Reactor
From ACU: https://acu.edu/2024/09/23/nrc-issues-construction-permit-for-natura-resources-molten-salt-reactor-at-acu-2/ The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a construction permit to Abilene Christian University to build the Natura MSR-1, marking the first liquid salt fueled reactor licensed by the NRC in American history and the first U.S. university research reactor approved in more than 30 years. ACU’s molten salt research reactor (MSRR)Continue reading “Abilene Christian University Receives Permit to Build America’s First Molten Salt University Research Reactor”
Constellation Accepting Applications for 2024 Energy to Educate Grant Program
Grants have provided nearly $6 million to date for STEM education and research programs, reaching nearly 300,000 students nationwide. Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG), the nation’s largest producer of carbon-free energy and a leading supplier of energy products and services, announced today it is now accepting applications for its 2024 E2 Energy to Educate grant program, which provides funding forContinue reading “Constellation Accepting Applications for 2024 Energy to Educate Grant Program”
Dow and X-energy Advance Efforts to Deploy First Advanced Small Modular Nuclear Reactor at Industrial site Under DOE’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program
Press Release from Dow: https://corporate.dow.com/en-us/news/press-releases/dow-x-energy-collaborate-on-smr-nuclear.html Dow, the world’s leading materials science company, and X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC (“X-energy”), a leading developer of advanced nuclear reactors and fuel technology for clean energy generation, announced today their entry into a joint development agreement (“JDA”) to demonstrate the first grid-scale advanced nuclear reactor for an industrial site inContinue reading “Dow and X-energy Advance Efforts to Deploy First Advanced Small Modular Nuclear Reactor at Industrial site Under DOE’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program”
Know Your Energy: Capacity vs. Capacity Factor vs. Forecasted Capacity
Some parties involved in energy policy discussions are deliberately confusing participants by talking about “generation capacity” instead of “capacity factor”, the measure of how much energy an electric power generator produces on average over time. Capacity factors vary widely among power generation types and they are a part of the calculations that investors make whenContinue reading “Know Your Energy: Capacity vs. Capacity Factor vs. Forecasted Capacity”
NuScale Power Makes History as the First Ever Small Modular Reactor to Receive U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Design Approval
A significant regulatory milestone accomplished as NuScale readies to bring its SMR technology to market this decade. From BusinessWire: NuScale Power announced today that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed Phase 6 review—the last and final phase—of the Design Certification Application (DCA) for the company’s groundbreaking small modular reactor (SMR) with the issuance ofContinue reading “NuScale Power Makes History as the First Ever Small Modular Reactor to Receive U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Design Approval”
Keeping Things in Perspective: Government Support to Energy Industries
From AWEA Power of Wind: http://www.powerofwind.org/incentives Senator Grassley (R-IA) put U.S. energy incentives in perspective at an April 3, 2014 Senate Finance Committee hearing. The following is a transcript of his remarks: “… Many of us have been clamoring for tax reform for years now. Just because we haven’t cleaned up the tax code inContinue reading “Keeping Things in Perspective: Government Support to Energy Industries”