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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Terrestial Energy: A Nuclear Energy Company Wants to Build America’s First Small Modular Reactor


A Nuclear Energy Company Wants to Build America’s First Small Modular Reactor

It's the first time a commercial power plant has submitted an application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build a small modular reactor.

http://www.seeker.com/a-nuclear-energy-company-wants-to-build-americas-first-small-modular-r-2212178795.html


Terrestrial Energy advances plan to bring molten salt nuclear reactor to market

CanadianManufacturing.com - ‎6 hours ago‎
A rendering of a planned Terrestrial Energy Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) facility. Unlike conventional nuclear plants, the facility would use liquid uranium as opposed to solid uranium. PHOTO: Terrestrial Energy. NEW YORK—The American wing of ...

A Nuclear Energy Company Wants to Build America's First Small Modular Reactor

Seeker - ‎Jan 24, 2017‎
It's the first time a commercial power plant has submitted an application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build a small modular reactor. BY GLENN MCDONALD. 0. NuScale Power. The traditional concept of the nuclear power plant conjures images of ...

Congress Passes Unconventional Nuclear Power Bill

Daily Caller - ‎Jan 24, 2017‎
If signed by President Trump, the proposal could change how the government regulates nuclear power and create a boom in the utilization of advanced unconventional reactor technology. The bill was sponsored by two Republicans and three Democrats.

Top U.S. Advanced Reactor Developers to Summit at Chicago Technology Showcase

EIN News (press release) - ‎21 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON, DC, USA, January 24, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A baker's dozen of leading American nuclear energy companies will provide updates on their emerging advanced nuclear energy technologies at the fourth Advanced Reactors Technical ...

NuScale Makes First-of-a-Kind NRC Filing for SMR Design Approval

The National Law Review - ‎Jan 24, 2017‎
Congratulations to NuScale Power on submitting to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the first-ever application for design approval of a small modular reactor (SMR). The NuScale SMR is designed to supply safe, affordable, clean, reliable power in ...

Letter: NuScale won't solve energy problems

Corvallis Gazette Times - ‎Jan 24, 2017‎
The Gazette-Times' Jan. 13 article about NuScale's reactor certification, needs some clarification. NuScale's “small modular reactor” is not: an answer to climate change, small, a “clean energy” source, nor inherently safe. The nuclear industry has ...

Terrestrial Energy Integrates IMSR Application Planning With NRC

Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers (press release) (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎
Terrestrial Energy USA (TEUSA) said Tuesday that it had informed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission of its plans to license a small modular, advanced nuclear reactor for use in the United States. IMSR The company said it intended to commence ...

1st UAE Barakah Nuclear Reactor to Begin Operating by May

Energy Collective - ‎3 hours ago‎
The reactor is slated to provide over 1,400 MW of electricity and will be followed into revenue service by three more just like it. logo_center copy (The National) The UAE's first nuclear power plant could begin operating by May. The industry's ...

US House passes advanced nuclear act

World Nuclear News - ‎3 hours ago‎
The US House of Representatives - the lower chamber of the United States Congress - has approved a handful of bipartisan bills from the last session of Congress that aim to bolster research on advanced nuclear reactors, allow for more challenges at the ...

Terrestrial Energy unveils SMR licensing plans

World Nuclear News - ‎Jan 24, 2017‎
Terrestrial Energy USA announced today it had informed the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of its plans to license a small modular reactor (SMR) in the USA. Terrestrial said it intends to start "pre-application interactions" with the regulator ...
 

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