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Atomic Show #278 – Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR) project partners USNC, GFP and...
Global First Power (GFP), Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) recently announced that they had formed a joint venture called Global First Power Limited...
View ArticleTranscript: Atomic Show #278 – Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR) project partners...
Atomic Show #278 transcript, lightly edited for clarity. Intro music (00:15): [inaudible] Rod Adams (00:21):This is Rod Adams and it’s time for Atomic Show show number 278. Yes, these Atomic Shows are...
View ArticleEconomy of Scale?: Is Bigger Better?
It is possible for engineers to make incredibly complex calculations without a single math error that still come up with a wrong answer if they use a model based on incorrect assumptions. Pick up...
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Atomic Show #287 – Darren Gale, VP Commercial Operations, X-Energy talks...
X-Energy is the lead recipient for one of two industry groups selected to receive $80 M in Department of Energy (DOE) funding as part of a public-private partnership program to demonstrate advanced...
View ArticleChina’s high temperature reactor – pebble bed modular (HTR-PM) achieves its...
On the morning of September 12, 2021, reactor number 1 of the eagerly awaited HTR-PM project was taken critical for the first time. Initial criticality for any new reactor is a big deal for the people...
View ArticleWhat makes smaller nuclear power systems so exciting?
Let me start by dispelling the notion that I think smaller, modular, manufactured nuclear power systems – often called SMRs or micro reactors – are the be all and end all solution to anything,...
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Catching Oklo — a rising star!
Artist rendering of an Aurora Power House Update: On Jan 6, 2022, the NRC denied Oklo’s COA application “without prejudice.” Power published an article titled NRC Dismisses Application for Oklo...
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Why are smaller reactors attracting so much interest?
Small modular reactors (SMRs) are gaining increased attention as a major opportunity in clean power production. They are a welcome tool in the necessary transition from an energy system dominated by...
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Atomic Show #303 – Bret Kugelmass, CEO Last Energy
Rendering of Last Energy’s 20 MWe installations (Last Energy) Last Energy is an innovative new company governed by a philosophy of avoiding the invention of anything that has not been done before....
View ArticleAtomic Show #306 – Dr. Rita Baranwal, Westinghouse AP300
Westinghouse, one of the world’s first nuclear power plant vendors, recently announced a new small modular reactor (SMR) design called the AP300. It is described as a simplified version of the AP1000,...
View ArticleWhy did the Carbon Free Power Project get cancelled? What does that mean for...
I’ll start with a disclosure. I’m still long on NuScale in my personal portfolio and have no intention of changing that position in the near future. I believe that the company has a good product and...
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