Nuclear Energy News in United States
| 8/1/2023 - NuScale Power Corporation announced the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepted its Standard Design Approval (SDA) Application for formal review. After beginning the technical review of NuSc... |
| 8/1/2023 - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released the final environmental assessment and proposed finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the design, construction, and operation of the Molten Ch... |
| 8/1/2023 - TerraPower, a nuclear innovation company leading projects from research to reality, announced today the selection of four suppliers to support its Natrium Reactor Demonstration Project. The Natrium Re... |
| 8/1/2023 - NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE: SMR) today announced the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepted its Standard Design Approval (SDA) Application for formal review. After beginning the techni... |
| 7/31/2023 - enCore Energy Corp. announced that on July 27th, 2023 the United States (U.S.) Senate voted overwhelmingly to create a Nuclear Fuel Security Program aimed at bolstering U.S. domestic supplies of urani... |
| 7/31/2023 - The first U.S. Gen III+ advanced nuclear Westinghouse AP1000® reactor entered commercial operation at Southern Nuclear’s Plant Vogtle. Westinghouse congratulates the team at Southern, Georgia Power, a... |
| 7/31/2023 - Rare Element Resources Ltd. (the “Company” or “RER”) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) has completed its review and issued the Company a Source Material Licens... |
| 7/28/2023 - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has authorized Southern Nuclear Operating
Company to load fuel and begin operation of Vogtle Unit 4 in Georgia. This is the second reactor
to reach this milestone i... |
| 7/28/2023 - Georgia Power announced today the receipt of the 103(g) finding from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for Vogtle Unit 4. This finding was confirmed in an official letter received by Southern Nu... |
| 7/27/2023 - Thea Energy Inc., formerly Princeton Stellarators, a fusion energy company advancing stellarator technology for commercialization, announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected the company fo... |
NRC Issues License to Rare Element Resources Inc. for Rare Earth Extraction Pilot Project in Wyoming
| 7/27/2023 - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a license to Rare Element Resources Inc.
for a proposed pilot project in Wyoming to demonstrate a proprietary process to extract rare
earth elements from... |
| 7/26/2023 - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Neil
Day as the senior resident inspector at the Beaver Valley nuclear
power plant in Shippingport, Pennsylvania. He joins resident
inspector Ron Rolp... |
| 7/26/2023 - The transformational impact of nuclear propulsion on the design, operation and emissions of a 14k TEU container vessel and a 157k DWT Suezmax tanker have been modeled by ABS and Herbert Engineering Co... |
| 7/26/2023 - BWX Technologies, Inc. announced that its reactor and fuel will be key components in the world’s first demonstration spacecraft using nuclear thermal propulsion. Working as part of a team l... |
| 7/25/2023 - Framatome’s industry-first, 100% Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (EATF) assembly successfully completed its first cycle of operation at a U.S. nuclear power plant. This milestone marks significant pro... |
| 7/24/2023 - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received a construction permit application from
Kairos Power, LLC, which requests permission to build “Hermes 2,” a two-unit version of its test
reactor. The ap... |
| 7/19/2023 - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received an application from Energy Harbor
Nuclear Corp. to renew the operating license for the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio. The applicatio... |
| 7/19/2023 - Energy Northwest, a premier provider of carbon-free electricity, and X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC (“X-energy”), a leading developer of advanced small modular nuclear reactors and fuel technology for ... |
| 7/18/2023 - Highlights: The Burke Hollow In-Situ Recovery ("ISR") Project's Production Area-2 ("PA-2") has been established within the northern half of the project; Burke Hollow PA-2 hosts three maj... |
Fluor Team Awarded DOE Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Decontamination & Decommissioning Contract
| 7/17/2023 - Fluor Corporation announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected Southern Ohio Cleanup Company, LLC, a joint venture led by Amentum with Fluor and Cavendish Nuclear USA, to execute the Po... |
