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Saturday, January 14, 2017

Miniaturized Nuclear Power Plant? US Reviewing Proposed Design

Miniaturized Nuclear Power Plant? US Reviewing Proposed Design
NuScale formally completed its design submission to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday. The 12,000-page application will now ...http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/13/509673094/miniaturized-nuclear-power-plant-u-s-reviewing-proposed-design
 

NuScale of Corvallis envisions smaller nuclear plant

OregonLive.com - ‎6 hours ago‎
NuScale Power employees in Corvallis gather around a computer monitor to watch company executives in Washington, D.C., announce the filing of a design certification application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. If the NRC approves the design, ...

It Costs $500 Million To Get The Gov't To CONSIDER New Nuclear Designs

Daily Caller - ‎7 hours ago‎
Just asking the government to approve plans to build the U.S.'s first advanced nuclear reactor cost NuScale Power $500 million and 2 million labor hours over eight years. And it's not over yet. NuScale asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ...

Miniaturized Nuclear Power Plant? US Reviewing Proposed Design

NPR - ‎Jan 13, 2017‎
Nuclear power plants are typically hulking structures made using billions of dollars of concrete and steel. But one company thinks that by going smaller, they could actually make nuclear power more affordable. NuScale Power based in Portland, Ore., has ...

NuScale submits design for new kind of nuclear power plant

Clay Center Dispatch - ‎6 hours ago‎
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon-based NuScale Power has submitted its design to federal regulators for a new kind of nuclear power plant, designed to be smaller and more affordable. The company on Thursday submitted its 12,000-page application to the ...

Fluor's NuScale submits small modular nuclear reactor design certification to NRC

Electric Light & Power - ‎Jan 13, 2017‎
Fluor Corp. said that NuScale Power, in which Fluor is the majority investor, completed and formally submitted its design certification application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for NuScale's small modular nuclear reactor commercial ...

Why This Nuclear Engineer Says Every Nuke Plant in the US Should Be Shut Down Yesterday

Common Dreams (press release) - ‎Jan 13, 2017‎
In announcing the agreement on the closing of Indian Point in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo described it as a "ticking time bomb." But the real problem, writes Grossman, is this: There are more of them. (Photo: Matt Champlin—Getty Image).

NuScale makes history with SMR design application

World Nuclear News - ‎Jan 13, 2017‎
NuScale Power has asked the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to approve the company's small modular reactor (SMR) commercial power plant design. This is the first-ever SMR design certification application to be submitted to the NRC.

Fluor-Backed NuScale Power Files NRC Design Certification for Small Modular Nuclear Reactor

ExecutiveBiz (blog) - ‎Jan 13, 2017‎
NuScale Power has filed a design certification application for its commercial small modular nuclear reactor power plant design with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. “Fluor continues to be proud of its investment in NuScale and how the company has ...
 

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