China Expands Uses & Markets for Its HTGRs
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China Expands Uses & Markets for Its HTGRs
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Friday, March 17, 2017
Celebrating the homecoming of Ernest Moniz
Celebrating the homecoming of Ernest Moniz
Fresh from three years as U.S. Energy Secretary, Moniz returns to his roots at MIT.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office
March 17, 2017
March 17, 2017
After
more than three and a half years of service as the 13th U.S. Secretary
of Energy, nuclear physicist Ernest J. Moniz has returned to his roots
at MIT, the place where he served most of his professional career.
Nominated to the cabinet by President Barack Obama in March 2013 and confirmed by the Senate on May 16 in a unanimous vote — a rare occurrence in a polarized political atmosphere — Moniz left the office on Jan. 20, 2017, with the arrival of the Trump administration.
Now, he intends to build upon that experience by working on policy proposals for climate solutions through clean energy innovation, and in the area of nuclear security. In addition to serving in a part-time appointment at MIT as professor of physics post-tenure and special advisor to the president, and as a nonresident senior fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, he also intends to do additional work in clean energy through a nonprofit organization of his own.
“Over the last few years, the United States and the world saw what we at MIT have known for decades: that Ernie Moniz is a brilliant scientist, a gifted leader, and a tireless advocate for positive change,” says MIT President L. Rafael Reif. “I am thrilled that the Institute will again benefit from his wisdom and experience as we continue our critical work to identify practical ways to achieve a sustainable energy future and address climate change. All of MIT is delighted to welcome him home.”
At the Department of Energy, Moniz led the implementation of President Obama’s commitment to an “all of the above” energy strategy, including the establishment of new programs to foster research on clean, renewable forms of energy and next-generation nuclear power. He also played a crucial role in the negotiations that led to a ground-breaking treaty with Iran to limit that country’s development of nuclear materials. He was often called the best-prepared of energy secretaries by members of both political parties.
“One of the things we really accomplished” during his term at the DOE, Moniz says, “was placing innovation at the center of climate solutions.” Finding ways to push that emphasis forward — encompassing innovation in policy and economic arenas as well as in technology — will continue to be a major focus of his work in coming years, he says. This emphasis echoes the “Mission Innovation” initiative that was adopted, with the help of a strong push by the Obama administration, at the Paris COP 21 climate conference in 2015.
The other area Moniz will be focusing on, nuclear security, also builds on the work he did at the DOE, both in his latest stint as secretary and earlier as undersecretary during the Clinton administration, when nuclear security, including controlling nuclear weapons materials after the collapse of the Soviet Union, was a major focus of his responsibilities. Most recently, Moniz served as one of the two lead negotiators, along with Secretary of State John Kerry, in hammering out the details of the nuclear agreement that has significantly delayed Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons and provided unique verification measures.
The part Moniz played in the Iran agreement negotiations and implementation over the course of two years, in which his Iranian counterpart was an MIT alumnus — a factor that helped to facilitate the negotiations — was “a really novel role,” unlike anything previously undertaken by a cabinet member, he says. The fact that the negotiating team for an international treaty included two cabinet members on each side (including Kerry and himself) was “unprecedented,” he says.
“It was a good time to be Secretary of Energy,” he says, “because the president showed successful global personal leadership in both these areas” of climate change and nuclear security. The Paris climate agreement — the most sweeping, global agreement on the subject to date — “would not have happened without [Obama’s] leadership,” Moniz says.
Continuing that progress, he says, will require not just more research but better communications. He’s concerned that momentum for dealing with this issue, which grew during the previous administration, could prove insufficient, especially in a changed political atmosphere. “We could be slowed down in our needed response to the climate risks if we don’t do a better job of bringing everyone along,” he says. That work, he emphasizes, “is not on a one-year timescale. It’s more like two or three decades. We must — we will — head toward really significant carbon emissions reduction, well beyond those of the Paris targets.”
And while opponents of measures to combat climate change claim that any such action will damage the U.S. economy, Moniz says it’s clear that “ultimately, this will be a net good for the economy.” However, in order to offset impacts on certain sectors of the workforce, he says, it’s paramount that “a focus will be on workers, at national, regional, and state levels.”
What’s needed, he says, is a concentration on “how we can most aggressively march toward the low-carbon future that we need.” Toward that end, he intends to convene a varied group of specialists at MIT, Harvard, and elsewhere, including economists and political scientists as well as scientists and engineers. “It’s got to be a broad-based, multidisciplinary group,” he says. Together, these experts will work toward developing a set of concrete policy proposals over the next few years, keyed to the needs of specific areas. “A regional focus is the only way to eventually get there,” he says, because both the problems and the opportunities of addressing climate change vary so much by location.
While researchers have clear ideas as to the kinds of carbon-free energy sources and policies needed to forestall the most devastating impacts of a changing climate, he says, “the question is how we get there, through a focused effort looking at jobs and centers for innovation.”
“Few have served with greater distinction to this country,” Institute Professor John Deutch, a chemist who specializes in energy research and who has also served in government positions in Washington, says of Moniz. About his return to the campus, Deutch advises, “Welcome him back and enjoy his wit and wisdom, as I certainly shall.”
Before this service in Washington, Moniz was the founding director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), which was established in 2006 by then-MIT President Susan Hockfield. Under his leadership, MITEI supported almost 800 research projects at the Institute, had 23 industry and public partners supporting research and analysis, and engaged 25 percent of the MIT faculty in its projects and programs.
Moniz received a BS in physics from Boston College, a PhD in theoretical physics from Stanford University, and eight honorary doctorates. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Humboldt Foundation, the American Physical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III and of Prince Henry the Navigator, and the Distinguished Public Service Medal of the Department of Defense.
“Ernie’s career is the blueprint for how science can be used as an essential tool to inform policy,” says Maria Zuber, MIT’s vice president for research. “It’s great to have him back and challenging all of us to develop and enhance this important skill.”
Nominated to the cabinet by President Barack Obama in March 2013 and confirmed by the Senate on May 16 in a unanimous vote — a rare occurrence in a polarized political atmosphere — Moniz left the office on Jan. 20, 2017, with the arrival of the Trump administration.
Now, he intends to build upon that experience by working on policy proposals for climate solutions through clean energy innovation, and in the area of nuclear security. In addition to serving in a part-time appointment at MIT as professor of physics post-tenure and special advisor to the president, and as a nonresident senior fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, he also intends to do additional work in clean energy through a nonprofit organization of his own.
“Over the last few years, the United States and the world saw what we at MIT have known for decades: that Ernie Moniz is a brilliant scientist, a gifted leader, and a tireless advocate for positive change,” says MIT President L. Rafael Reif. “I am thrilled that the Institute will again benefit from his wisdom and experience as we continue our critical work to identify practical ways to achieve a sustainable energy future and address climate change. All of MIT is delighted to welcome him home.”
At the Department of Energy, Moniz led the implementation of President Obama’s commitment to an “all of the above” energy strategy, including the establishment of new programs to foster research on clean, renewable forms of energy and next-generation nuclear power. He also played a crucial role in the negotiations that led to a ground-breaking treaty with Iran to limit that country’s development of nuclear materials. He was often called the best-prepared of energy secretaries by members of both political parties.
“One of the things we really accomplished” during his term at the DOE, Moniz says, “was placing innovation at the center of climate solutions.” Finding ways to push that emphasis forward — encompassing innovation in policy and economic arenas as well as in technology — will continue to be a major focus of his work in coming years, he says. This emphasis echoes the “Mission Innovation” initiative that was adopted, with the help of a strong push by the Obama administration, at the Paris COP 21 climate conference in 2015.
The other area Moniz will be focusing on, nuclear security, also builds on the work he did at the DOE, both in his latest stint as secretary and earlier as undersecretary during the Clinton administration, when nuclear security, including controlling nuclear weapons materials after the collapse of the Soviet Union, was a major focus of his responsibilities. Most recently, Moniz served as one of the two lead negotiators, along with Secretary of State John Kerry, in hammering out the details of the nuclear agreement that has significantly delayed Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons and provided unique verification measures.
The part Moniz played in the Iran agreement negotiations and implementation over the course of two years, in which his Iranian counterpart was an MIT alumnus — a factor that helped to facilitate the negotiations — was “a really novel role,” unlike anything previously undertaken by a cabinet member, he says. The fact that the negotiating team for an international treaty included two cabinet members on each side (including Kerry and himself) was “unprecedented,” he says.
“It was a good time to be Secretary of Energy,” he says, “because the president showed successful global personal leadership in both these areas” of climate change and nuclear security. The Paris climate agreement — the most sweeping, global agreement on the subject to date — “would not have happened without [Obama’s] leadership,” Moniz says.
Continuing that progress, he says, will require not just more research but better communications. He’s concerned that momentum for dealing with this issue, which grew during the previous administration, could prove insufficient, especially in a changed political atmosphere. “We could be slowed down in our needed response to the climate risks if we don’t do a better job of bringing everyone along,” he says. That work, he emphasizes, “is not on a one-year timescale. It’s more like two or three decades. We must — we will — head toward really significant carbon emissions reduction, well beyond those of the Paris targets.”
And while opponents of measures to combat climate change claim that any such action will damage the U.S. economy, Moniz says it’s clear that “ultimately, this will be a net good for the economy.” However, in order to offset impacts on certain sectors of the workforce, he says, it’s paramount that “a focus will be on workers, at national, regional, and state levels.”
What’s needed, he says, is a concentration on “how we can most aggressively march toward the low-carbon future that we need.” Toward that end, he intends to convene a varied group of specialists at MIT, Harvard, and elsewhere, including economists and political scientists as well as scientists and engineers. “It’s got to be a broad-based, multidisciplinary group,” he says. Together, these experts will work toward developing a set of concrete policy proposals over the next few years, keyed to the needs of specific areas. “A regional focus is the only way to eventually get there,” he says, because both the problems and the opportunities of addressing climate change vary so much by location.
While researchers have clear ideas as to the kinds of carbon-free energy sources and policies needed to forestall the most devastating impacts of a changing climate, he says, “the question is how we get there, through a focused effort looking at jobs and centers for innovation.”
“Few have served with greater distinction to this country,” Institute Professor John Deutch, a chemist who specializes in energy research and who has also served in government positions in Washington, says of Moniz. About his return to the campus, Deutch advises, “Welcome him back and enjoy his wit and wisdom, as I certainly shall.”
Before this service in Washington, Moniz was the founding director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), which was established in 2006 by then-MIT President Susan Hockfield. Under his leadership, MITEI supported almost 800 research projects at the Institute, had 23 industry and public partners supporting research and analysis, and engaged 25 percent of the MIT faculty in its projects and programs.
Moniz received a BS in physics from Boston College, a PhD in theoretical physics from Stanford University, and eight honorary doctorates. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Humboldt Foundation, the American Physical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III and of Prince Henry the Navigator, and the Distinguished Public Service Medal of the Department of Defense.
“Ernie’s career is the blueprint for how science can be used as an essential tool to inform policy,” says Maria Zuber, MIT’s vice president for research. “It’s great to have him back and challenging all of us to develop and enhance this important skill.”
http://news.mit.edu/2017/us-energy-secretary-ernest-moniz-returns-0317
U.S. state secretary says all options on table for Korean Peninsula nuke issue
U.S. state secretary says all options on table for Korean Peninsula nuke issue
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-03/17/c_136136921.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-03/17/c_136136921.htm
Japan court rules government liable for Fukushima disaster
Japan court rules government liable for Fukushima disaster
Tokyo (AFP) March 17, 2017 -
A Japanese court on Friday
ruled for the first time that the government bears responsibility for
the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and ordered it and the plant
operator to pay damages, officials and news reports said.
A massive tsunami triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake smashed into
the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on Japan's northeastern coast on March
11, 2011.
The water overwh ...
morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Japan_court_rules_government_liable_for_Fukushima_disaster_999.html
Tokyo (AFP) March 17, 2017 -
A Japanese court on Friday
ruled for the first time that the government bears responsibility for
the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and ordered it and the plant
operator to pay damages, officials and news reports said.
A massive tsunami triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake smashed into
the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on Japan's northeastern coast on March
11, 2011.
The water overwh ...
morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Japan_court_rules_government_liable_for_Fukushima_disaster_999.html
The Energy Collective Daily: French Election 2017: Where the Candidates Stand on Energy and Climate Change
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Natural gas threatens future of nuclear energy
Natural gas threatens future of nuclear energy
Nuclear power,
the glamorous, high-tech power of the future, may be losing the energy
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China needs to accelerate nuclear power development to meet 2020 target: ex-official
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China needs to accelerate nuclear power development to meet 2020 target -ex-official
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United States Trump budget request up for DOE sites like Hanford; PNNL a mixed bag.
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The Indy Explains: The fight over Yucca Mountain
The Indy Explains: The fight over Yucca Mountain
Courtesy Nuclear Regulatory Commission via Flickr Creative Commons. Yucca Mountain has become synonymous with the fight over where to store ...https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/indy-explains-fight-yucca-mountain
Another step toward getting the nuclear waste off the beach at San Onofre?
The San Diego Union-Tribune - 7 hours ago
Trump's proposed budget calls for $120 million to store nuclear waste,
including bringing back Yucca Mountain. The Trump administration's
”skinny budget” found some money for nuclear waste. And that may reflect
a sense of momentum on Capitol Hill to ...
Draft Budget Nuclear Waste Plans Anger Nevada
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A stipulation in the draft “skinny budget” released by the Trump
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Site officially back on the table — and Nev. members fume
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for a national nuclear waste dump in the desert ...
Re: Town hall meeting held regarding nuclear waste burial [Village News, 3/9/17]
Fallbrook / Bonsall Villlage News - 7 hours ago
Your article about the town hall meeting regarding nuclear waste at San
Onofre repeats one of the erroneous statements made at the meeting by
the Public Watchdog group that storage of the waste will begin on
January 13, 2018. At the present time nearly ...
Trump asks for $120M for Yucca
Nevada Appeal - 17 hours ago
FILE - This April 9, 2015, file photo shows the south portal of the
proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump near Mercury, Nev. Nevada's
congression... AP | AP. FILE - In this April 13, 2006, file photo, Pete
Vavricka conducts an underground train ...
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FILE - This photo shows the south portal of the proposed Yucca Mountain
nuclear waste dump near Mercury, Nevada, April 9, 2015. Share. Share on
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Print. WASHINGTON —. The White ...
Nevada delegation vows to stop Trump plan to fund nuclear waste dumping at Yucca Mountain
News3LV - 18 hours ago
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A "no trespassing" sign outside the proposed nuclear waste dump site of
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Trump proposes restarting Yucca Mountain licensing in fiscal 2018
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President Donald Trump unveiled Thursday a budget proposal for fiscal
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restarting DOE's licensing activities associated ...
Nevadans in Congress nearly united against nuke dump funding
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nuclear waste dump in the desert outside Las ...
Trump's Budget Revives Yucca Mountain After Harry Reid And Obama Killed It
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repository and initiate a robust interim storage program,” according to
a budget summary. “These investments would accelerate progress on
fulfilling the Federal Government's obligations to address nuclear
waste, enhance national security, and reduce ...
GOP senator slams Trump's Yucca Mountain proposal
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proposal Vulnerable GOP senator criticizes healthcare plan MORE (R-Nev.)
is slamming President Trump's ...
Commentary: Laxalt comments on Yucca revival
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In the coming years, I will continue to battle the poster-child for
federal overreach – a battle over an unwanted nuclear waste repository
at Yucca Mountain in our beloved Nevada. My Solicitor General's Office,
senior staff and outside experts, working ...
Nevada lawmakers asked to fund fight against nuke waste site
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FILE - This April 9, 2015, file photo shows the south portal of the
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lawmakers are being asked to commit about $3.75 million over the next
two years to fund the fight against a federal ...
Texas sues Energy's Rick Perry over Yucca Mountain
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday sued energy secretary
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issued its budget blueprint ...
White House Considering Revival of Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site
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The Yucca Mountain project has been stalled for years due to lawsuits
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Texas' Lawsuit Over Radioactive Waste Could Bring That Same Waste to Texas
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concrete canisters that will house drums of nuclear waste. David Bowser
for Texas Tribune. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is ...
Nuclear Industry Hopeful Congress Will Resolve Spent Nuclear Fuel Impasse
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out spent fuel predicament. Speaking at CERAweek by ...
Texas Sues Federal Agencies to Force Action on Yucca Mountain
POWER magazine - Mar 16, 2017
Texas has filed a lawsuit in federal court to stop the Department of
Energy (DOE) from spending tax dollars on consent-based siting activity,
and to force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and other relevant
federal agencies to complete licensing ...
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Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) got a nasty surprise this week when he
discovered that President Donald Trump's proposed budget would revive
the Yucca Mountain storage facility for nuclear power plant waste in his
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Nevada lawmakers speaking out against plan to revive Yucca Mountain
KTNV Las Vegas - Mar 16, 2017
The 2018 budget plan for the U.S. Department of Energy includes $120
million to restart licensing for the proposed dump. Yucca Mountain has
been studied since the 1970s as a potential repository for the nation's
radioactive waste. President Obama ...
Trump Administration Would Resurrect Yucca Mountain And Nuclear Energy
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Recall Yucca Mountain, the site that was intended to be the permanent
burial for the nation's 70,000 tons of radioactive nuclear waste? It has
laid practically lifeless since 2010, although it may now get a new
lease on life given that the Trump ...
White House proposes reviving Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump
Wisconsin Gazette - Mar 16, 2017
The White House's fiscal 2018 budget plan for the U.S. Department of
Energy includes $120 million to restart licensing for the proposed Yucca
Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada, a project stalled for years by
lawsuits and local opposition. The move ...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission gives early OK to new reactor
Nuclear Regulatory Commission gives early OK to new reactor
In a March 7 letter, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or NRC, gave notice to NuScale Power that its design certification application for the ...http://www.aikenstandard.com/news/nuclear-regulatory-commission-gives-early-ok-to-new-reactor/article_efdddea4-0a7a-11e7-86a8-1b8a57bf95dd.html
Nuclear Regulatory Commission gives early OK to new reactor
Aiken Standard - 16 hours ago
A rendering from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission breaks down
components of a new reactor developed by NuScale Power. prev. next.
Another hurdle has been cleared in the effort to approve small modular
nuclear reactors. In a March 7 letter, the ...
First small modular reactor design in US moves closer to production
The Augusta Chronicle - 20 hours ago
Designs for a first-of-its-kind nuclear power reactor that cannot melt
down are one step closer to production after the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission deemed the plans worthy of a full review. The NRC accepted
designs for the first American small ...
Fluor's NuScale Power small modular nuclear reactor design to get NRC review
Electric Light & Power - Mar 16, 2017
NuScale Power, in which Fluor Corp. is the majority investor, has
received notice that its design certification application has been
accepted for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. By
accepting the completed application for review, the ...
NRC Accepts NuScale Small Modular Reactor Design Certification Application
POWER magazine - Mar 16, 2017
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted NuScale Power's
small modular reactor (SMR) design certification application and will
provide a design review schedule soon. The NRC's acceptance marks a
major milestone for the first SMR design ...
NuScale's Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Keeps Moving Forward
Forbes - Mar 16, 2017
NuScale Power is a company with a mission – to build the first small
modular nuclear reactor in America. As of now, they are certainly on
track. In January, NuScale submitted the first design certification
application for any SMR in the United States ...
NuScale Power's SMR Design Accepted for NRC Review
Power Engineering Magazine - Mar 16, 2017
Fluor Corp. announced NuScale Power, a company that has Fluor as its
majority investor, was notified its design certification application for
small modular nuclear reactor technology was accepted for review by the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
NRC Accepts NuScale SMR Design For Review
Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers (press release) (blog) - Mar 16, 2017
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will proceed with a technical review
of NuScale Power's small modular reactor (SMR) design, the company said
on Thursday. NuScale design NuScale said it had received notice that is
design had been accepted for ...
NRC Accepts NuScale Power's Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Tech for Review
ExecutiveBiz (blog) - Mar 16, 2017
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted for review Nuclear
Power's design certification application for a company-made commercial
nuclear power generation technology. NuScale, which Fluor holds a
majority stake in, filed an application in ...
Regulatory commission accepts SMR application
Post Register - Mar 15, 2017
The U.S. National Regulatory Commission likely will spend 40 months
reviewing the application, a NuScale spokesman said. The reactor is
slated for construction at the U.S. Department of Energy's desert site,
south of the U.S. Highway 20 and 26 junction ...
Fluor's (NYSE:FLR) NuScale Power design certification application has been accepted for review by NRC
Benchmark Monitor - Mar 16, 2017
Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) announced that NuScale Power (NuScale), in
which Fluor is the majority investor, has received notice that its
design certification application has been accepted for review by the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
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