NRC licensing

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    Legal & Regulatory

    Oklo Completes Key Siting Milestone for First Commercial Nuclear Fast Reactor at INL

    Advanced nuclear developer Oklo announced it has successfully completed borehole drilling for site characterization work at its Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site, marking a pivotal milestone as the company progresses toward constructing its first commercial Aurora Powerhouse—a liquid sodium–cooled fast reactor designed for scalable deployment. The standard nuclear project development step, involved “drilling of several […]

  • X-energy’s Xe-100 is a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) that operates at over 750C. Its fuel system uses 200,000 continuously cycling pebbles, each embedded with 18,000 TRISO particles, containing a uranium core protected by carbon layers. The compact design contains over 99.99% of byproducts, reducing the need for large containment structures. Helium, which absorbs heat without becoming radioactive, drives the reactor’s steam turbine. The reactor has a 60-year-lifetime, producing baseload, carbon-free power. Courtesy: X-energy
    Legal & Regulatory

    Dow and X-energy Advance Landmark Nuclear Project in Texas With Construction Permit Filing

    Advanced reactor developer X-energy and global materials science company Dow have submitted a construction permit application (CPA) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a first-of-its-kind small modular reactor (SMR) project at Dow’s Union Carbide Corp. (UCC) Seadrift Operations in Calhoun County, Texas. The filing marks a major step forward for the much-watched commercial-scale […]