Michigan residents are being warned to be prepared for another season of harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy is advising people on what to do if they encounter the algae. One environmental group is convinced it s being caused by thermal discharge from nuclear plants. .
Environmentalists and Southwest Virginia residents are concerned about proposed sites for small modular nuclear reactors. The LENOWISCO Planning District s final feasibility study shows these reactors will be near local businesses, schools and residential neighborhoods. Nuclear energy has been met with mixed reactions for its role in bolstering a state s climate goals. .
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The Energy Department announced Wednesday it is providing $30 million to U.S. companies seeking a breakthrough in developing smaller nuclear reactors.
The grant funding from the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program comes on top of $160 million the DOE distributed in October to two companies that intend to develop and construct small nuclear reactors that can be operational within five to seven years.
The new money is going to five additional companies for “risk reduction projects.” These projects are in their earliest phases with technical hurdles to overcome and remain farther away from being ready for deployment some 10 to 14 years from now. All of the awards are cost-share agreements between the government and industry.