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 ...

In gen-II GE BWRs specifically, its integrated water pumps can send between 6,400 to 32,000 U.S.-standard gallons of purified, distilled water per minute (0.40 to 2.02 m3/s)) through the reactor ...

[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 ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s application to build a BWRX-300 small modular reactor at its Clinch River site in Tennessee has been accepted for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC ...

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, ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) application to build a small ...

GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH), in partnership with Ontario Power Generation (OPG), recently received official approval to proceed with the ...

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 ...