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NRC Completes Safety Review for Kairos Nuclear Test Reactor Within 18 Months

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has wrapped up a final safety evaluation for Kairos Power’s 35-MWth Hermes “non-power” demonstration reactor, which the firm has proposed to build at the East Tennessee…


Updates on Five Big Nuclear Energy Developments POWER Was Watching in 2022

In January 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) published a list of five nuclear energy stories to watch in 2022. Here’s an update on…


How NRIC Is Helping Advance Technology for the Nuclear Power Industry
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The National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) is a national Department of Energy (DOE) program led by the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) that allows collaborators to harness the world-class capabilities of…


Ansaldo, Westinghouse Partner on Nuclear Plant Based on Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor Design

Westinghouse and Ansaldo Energia’s Switzerland-based nuclear arm, Ansaldo Nucleare, will cooperate in developing a nuclear power plant based on lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR) technology. The two companies, which have separately…


Curtiss-Wright Receives the First ASME III Division 5, Class A & B Certification for Design and Fabrication of Metallic Components for Use in High Temperature Advanced Reactor and Small Modular Reactor Designs

BREA, CA ­­ – Curtiss-Wright’s Nuclear Division announced today that its Middleburg Heights, Ohio facility has received a Certificate of Authorization from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for…