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29 June 2021 Share The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has informed the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that it intends to construct an Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) Micro Modular Reactor on its campus. The university said the submission of the Letter of Intent is the first step in the NRCs two-step process to license the new research and test reactor facility. The Micro Modular Reactor design (Image: USNC) UIUCs Grainger College of Engineering (and its Departme...

Follow Us We are first in your inbox with the most important news in the industry―keeping you smarter and one-step ahead in this ever-changing and competitive market.Start your free subscription USNC’s MMR Project Becomes First SMR in Canada to Enter Formal Licensing Phase  Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.’s (USNC’s) 5-MWe (15 MWth) Micro Modular Reactor (MMR) has entered formal licensing review with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) as part of its proposed project spearheaded...

News Highlights: GE Hitachi forms a new SMR technology company in Canada GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has formed a new company in Canada to help bring its

945 views Canadian SMR Developer Gets $20M boost from New Brunswick Province Brookfield Looks at Option to Cash Out Westinghouse Investment GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Announces Formation of Canadian SMR Business Estonia / Fermi Energia ‘Raising Capital’ To Begin SMR Licensing Process Rolls-Royce on Track for 2030 Delivery of UK SMR Construction License for 1st Gen Russian Fast Reactor The  state legislature of Montana,  in the Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee, this week passe...

By Christina Haley ONeal, posted Feb 11, 2021 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has formed a new business in Canada to help bring its Small Modular Reactor technologies to market. The company has created GEH SMR Technologies Canada Ltd. to "support the deployment of the BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor (SMR) in Canada," GE Hitachi officials said in a news release. The company has also named Lisa McBride ( right) as country leader for SMRs, stated the release. The new business entity wil...

917 views Holtec Submits a Key Topical Report on SMR-160 to the NRC China Starts Building a Second CFR-600 Fast Reactor Call For Nuclear Coalition To Challenge Rising Influence Of Russia And China DOE Announces Strategy To Develop Nuclear Power For Space Exploration Holtec Airs Plans for 160 MWe SMR at Oyster Creek (NucNet)  Holtec International announced this week it is considering building a next-generation small modular reactor (SMR) at the site of the former Oyster Creek nuclear power stat...

County Councilor Robinson Shares Midterm Update After what has felt like an eternity, 2020 has come to an end. As the clock struck midnight, I cheered the end to a challenging year, but also the official halfway point for my term on Council. When I announced my candidacy in 2018, I focused on four areas that I would like to work on as a Councilor to improve Los Alamos County. These four areas are: Tourism and Recreation. With the new year, I would like to provide a brief update on what progres...

990 views MIT Study Cites Changes to Design and Fabrication as Key Drivers of Overruns EDF Commits to Success Factors on Costs for Next EPRs to Be Built in France Three DOE National Labs Team Up to Get Synergies for Hybrid Energy Systems Kairos Power to Deploy Molen Salt Test Reactor at ORNL site GE-Hitachi Passes NRC Milestones in Licensing Effort for BWRX-300 Nuclear energy is too expensive to build and it is also too important, relative to dealing with climate change, to have its future left...