The advanced reactor company, based in Bellevue, Washington, is seeking permission to build its Natrium reactor in Kemmerer, Wyoming as part of a demonstration project supported by the U.S. Department of Energy.

U.S. uranium production has soared in 2024, NRC improving access to its ADAMS database, upcoming ANS conferences, Senate Committee hearing role of nuclear in meeting energy demand, and more.

There is a mix of good news and bad in the latest Nuclear Engineering Enrollment and Degrees Survey, 2021–2022 Data.

Charting the course at the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy is no easy task; however, some amazing folks have served our nation in the Assistant Secretary of Energy for the Office of Nuclear Energy role. Join us as we gather some of those stellar leaders that have shaped the current state of innovation and growth around nuclear energy and hear additional perspectives about where we have to go from here.

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President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve in his administration:

For decades, nuclear power has been the largest source of clean energy in the United States, accounting for 19% of total energy produced last year. The industry directly employs nearly 60,000 workers in good paying jobs, maintains these jobs for decades, and supports hundreds of thousands of other workers.

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy, Water Development, and Related Agencies, joined Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) to discuss the importance of nuclear energy and hydropower to an all-of-the-above energy approach.

The following statement may be attributed to Judi Greenwald, executive director of the Nuclear Innovation Alliance: “Advanced nuclear energy has the potential to be a key source of firm clean energy to support the transition to a decarbonized energy system. But potential project developers and investors have been hesitant to announce specific early mover projects or to make significant funding commitments to them. “Our new report identifies the key factors hindering further commitments, including the uncertainty in the ultimate project cost and the long and expensive project development process. It also outlines potential actions by private-sector actors, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and Congress to accelerate commitments to additional advanced nuclear energy projects by reducing and sharing risks facing early mover projects. We hope these conclusions will be useful to the broad range of organizations and entities considering deployment of advanced nuclear energy technologies. We have no time to waste in deploying advanced nuclear energy if we are to ensure we meet mid-century climate commitments.”

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