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Following a series of cyberattacks that exposed vulnerabilities in the United States critical infrastructure, President Joe Biden signed an executive order May 12 aimed at bolstering defenses and transparency, including development of a Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) to assess major intrusions.
The recent Colonial Pipeline attack and SolarWinds supply chain hack illustrate that software procurement and distribution is a major vulnerability, according to a senior White House official. We routinely install software with significant vulnerabilities into some of our most critical systems and infrastructure, they said in a Wednesday evening briefing with reporters.
To address this, the executive order requires the use of a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) in government procurements, to allow for more efficient tracking of known vulnerabilities. The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which represents investor-owned utilities, and the North American Transmission Forum (
American coal-fired power plants that have recently closed could be used as sites for small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), according to the head of a Tennessee energy, environment and economic development company.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) president and chief executive Jeff Lyash told a virtual Atlantic Council event last week that shut coal power plants have potential for SMR development because of their available water resources and existing power grid connections. I see those sites as very viable SMR sites,” he said.
Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, added that some of the “better manufacturing sites are the coal-fired power plants”.
BIC Magazine
April 28, 2021
Recently shut U.S. coal-fired power plants could serve as sites for a new generation of small nuclear reactors, the head of the nation s largest public power utility and a U.S. senator from West Virginia said on Wednesday, as reported by Reuters.
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Hundreds of coal plants have been shutting due to competition from cheap natural gas and falling costs for renewable power, resulting in massive job losses in communities that depend on mining and power generation. Since 2010 more than 250 U.S. coal-fired power plants have shut. I see those sites as very viable small modular reactor (SMR) sites, Jeff Lyash, president and chief executive of the Tennessee Valley Authority, or TVA, said during a virtual Atlantic Council event.
Shut U.S. coal plants seen as potential sites for small reactors Reuters 10 hrs ago
By Timothy Gardner
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - Recently shut U.S. coal-fired power plants could serve as sites for a new generation of small nuclear reactors, the head of the nation s largest public power utility and a U.S. senator from West Virginia said on Wednesday.
Hundreds of coal plants have been shutting due to competition from cheap natural gas and falling costs for renewable power, resulting in massive job losses in communities that depend on mining and power generation. Since 2010 more than 250 U.S. coal-fired power plants have shut.
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