Advanced nuclear energy is on the upswing thanks also to supportive state policy, expected load growth, technology companies’ interest in “clean firm” power and federal tax incentives that largely ...

The NRC (from 1974-2022) has certified six other designs: the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor, System 80+, AP600, AP1000, the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor and the APR1400. Designs for ...

GE Hitachi, the US-Japanese nuclear joint venture, has opened talks with British regulators to secure approval for its Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR). 24 November 2009 – GE ...

The EBWR is the Atomic Energy Commission’s Experimental Boiling Water Reactor at Argonne National Laboratory 25 miles southwest of Chicago, and Congressman Carl T. Durham of North Carolina ...

[STP, 14 May] Sargent & Lundy have been chosen to act as Owner's Engineer to South Texas Project (STP) on its forthcoming project to build two new reactors. The new units are to be General Electric's ...

Hitachi had bought both sites hoping to develop Advanced Boiling Water Reactor plants totaling 5,800 MW. But failing to secure a financial deal with the government, the company mothballed the ...

General Electric (GE) has submitted its Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) for inclusion on a shortlist for approval in the UK. The country is facing the shutdown of its reactor fleet, ...

Several advanced reactor technologies, including gas-cooled, liquid metal, or molten salt designs, will require LEU+ at 6% or HALEU at 19.75%.