Commercial shipping accounts for roughly 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, while diesel-powered port operations contribute to air pollution and growing electricity demand.
Small modular reactors (SMRs) could provide reliable, low-carbon power for ports, supporting shore power, electrified equipment and energy-intensive industrial operations.
If the United States wants to quadruple nuclear energy capacity by 2050, there’s going to have to be a lot more advanced nuclear power plants built. Now, researchers from Idaho State University (ISU), the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and industry partners are exploring how to construct those facilities faster and without sacrificing safety.
The Department of Energy (DOE) has offered Constellation Energy a conditional loan commitment of up to $5 billion to finance nuclear power uprates and modernization at eight plants in Illinois, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The proposed investments could add nearly 1.1 GW of generating capacity to the nation’s existing nuclear fleet.
American Electric Power, Amazon and X-energy are exploring development of a 960-MW advanced nuclear project at a former coal plant site in Sullivan County, Indiana, the companies announced Monday.
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The facility would utilize 12 of X-energy’s Xe-100 small modular reactors, each capable of producing 80 MW.
Last Energy announced on October 7 that the U.S. Department of Energy approved the final Documented Safety Analysis for the company’s PWR-5 pilot reactor at Texas A&M–RELLIS. The Last Energy PWR-5 approval moves the project into DOE’s readiness review, the last step before the department could authorize startup activities involving criticality and reactor operations.
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