ADVANCED REACTOR
INL-based modular reactor project secures $1.4B in federal funding
Post Register | 10/16/2020
A
project that would bring nuclear power to eastern Idaho and many cities
throughout the West through new technology received a large round of
funding Friday.
The
Department of Energy announced it was granting $1.355 billion in
cost-sharing funds aiming to keep energy costs low for the Carbon Free
Power Project. Companies and energy leaders involved say it’s a crucial
step forward in the effort to build 12 small modular reactors that would
provide new research opportunities as well as commercial power to parts
of Utah and Idaho.
Portland-based
NuScale Power is designing the small modular reactors, which will
produce 720 megawatts and which the Utah Associated Municipal Power
Systems plans to build at Idaho National Laboratory’s desert site west
of Idaho Falls. The plant is expected to be operational in 2029.
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Don't forget to register for the upcoming Advancing Alliances: STEM and Workforce Development webinar!
The Advancing Alliances: STEM and Workforce webinar will be held virtually on Thursday, October 29, 2020 12:00 PM to 3:15 PM ET.
ECA will address STEM initiatives as they related to workforce development and training across the nuclear complex.
ECA welcomes Dr. Rita Baranwal,
Assistant Secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy in the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) as the opening keynote speaker.
The webinar agenda can be viewed here.
Registration is free.
Registration and more information can be found here.
CLEANUP
Workers Achieve Historic Cleanup of Uranium Enrichment Complex
DOE-EM | 10/13/2020
A
decades-long effort to clean and transform the former Oak Ridge Gaseous
Diffusion Plant is complete, resulting in a historic first-ever removal
of a uranium enrichment complex.
“It’s
hard to convey the magnitude of what our workforce just achieved,” said
Jay Mullis, manager of DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental
Management.
Oak
Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch, pictured below, provided remarks about
reaching another historic milestone in the cleanup of East Tennessee
technology Park (ETTP). Mayor Gooch commented "On behalf of our 30,000
residents, I express our sincere gratitude and congratulations to Jay
Mullis and his team at the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management,
and Ken Rueter and the UCOR team. They have been
great stewards of taxpayers' dollars and great partners to Oak Ridge.
This milestone is on time and on budget. Promise made; promise kept."
Mayor
Gooch also highlighted the two initiatives that are underway: the K-25
History Center and a general aviation airport. Both initiatives have the
power to be transformative. The future is clearly bright in Oak Ridge.
ADVANCED REACTOR
‘Game changer.’ Could Tri-Cities be the future home of an advanced nuclear reactor?
Tri-City Herald | 10/18/2020
Energy
Northwest is the partner in two projects picked for a new Department of
Energy program to demonstrate new advanced nuclear power reactor
designs.
It raises the possibility that one might eventually be built near Richland.
“The
selection of these projects is an absolute game-changer for our state
and makes it official: Tri-Cities, Washington, is a global leader in
nuclear energy innovation,” said Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash.
The
Department of Energy last week announced that X-energy of Rockville,
Md., and TerraPower, of Bellevue, Wash., partnered with GE Hitachi
Nuclear Energy, were each awarded $80 million under the new Advanced
Reactor Demonstration Program.
The companies developing the reactors will match the grants.
Nov. 9 Understanding
the Outlook for New, Advanced Nuclear Technologies and Fuels with Dr.
Everett Redmond, NEI; Virtual [Closed to ECA Members Only]
Nov. 12 ECA and ECOS: Analyzing the 2020 Election; Virtual
Nov. 17-18 Annual Intergovernmental Meeting; Virtual [Closed to ECA Members Only]
Dec. 2020 New Nuclear Webinar; Virtual
Feb. 2021 Annual ECA Meeting; Virtual
Sept. 8-10 National Cleanup Workshop 2021
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Download ECA’s Key Points and FAQs on the issue to better understand
what ECA believes are the potential benefits of implementation.
Interested in learning more? Read the ECA report “Making Informed Decisions on DOE's Proposed High Level Waste Definition” at www.energyca.org/publications
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new site profiles detail DOE's 13 active Environmental Management
cleanup sites and national laboratories, highlighting their history,
missions, and priorities. The profiles are a key source for
media, stakeholders, and the public to learn more about DOE site
activities, contractors, advisory boards, and their surrounding local
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