• November 29, 2023
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THE STATE OF THE INDUSTRY – by Sid Crouch, GTTSi Chief Technical Consultant Nuclear proponents are optimistic after Vogtle 3 achieved commercial operation, with Unit 4 close behind. The lessons learned are expected to be a catalyst for future units; but the industry took a gigantic blow when NuScale and Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems […]

• November 27, 2023
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BANK OF AMERICA OFFERS THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON NUCLEAR ENERGY

The attitude concerning nuclear power is turning around. Attached is an interesting perspective from Bank of America (BofA) in a  report called “The Nuclear Necessity”. The report from BofA Securities says “We are bullish on uranium and nuclear power. After a decade of underinvestment, a shortage is visible; our strategists forecast 20-40% upside. Global demand is […]

• November 15, 2023
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PG&E FILES APPLICATON FOR LICENSE EXTENSION AT DIABLO CANYON

In 2016, after many years of negative public opinion concerning the operation of PG&E’s nuclear power plant designated Diablo Canyon, plans were announced to shutter the two units as their operating licenses expired – Unit 1 in 2024 and Unit 2 in 2025. With the nation’s focus directed toward achieving zero-carbon emissions, nuclear energy has […]

• November 13, 2023
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CONSTELLATION ADDS SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT TO THEIR ENERGY MIX

Constellation, operator of the nation’s largest fleet of reliable, carbon-free nuclear plants – 21 plants to be exact – has announced its acquisition of a 44% ownership stake of NRG’s South Texas Project Electric Generating Station (STP). STP is a 2,645-megawatt, dual-unit nuclear plant located about 90 miles southwest of Houston. It is one of […]

• November 10, 2023
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HALEU FUEL PRODUCTION IN THE U.S. HAS BEGUN

Centrus Energy Corporation, located in Piketon, Ohio, has produced the nation’s first 20 kilograms of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) fuel and ahead of schedule. HALEU fuel is uranium enriched so that the concentration of the fissile isotope uranium-235 is between 5% and 20% of the mass of uranium. Most of the current nuclear power plants […]

• November 8, 2023
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CAN A 400-YEAR BATTERY BE IN OUR FUTURE?

Seven years ago, a doctoral student at the University of California at Irvine, Mya Le Thai, accidentally discovered that if she used a gold nanowire in an electrolyte gel, rather than lithium, she could extend the nano-battery life increasing its charging cycles. Note: A battery charging cycle is when the battery goes from fully charged […]