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As the generation that benefitted from nuclear power, it is our responsibility to provide a solution for the spent nuclear fuel. We owe it to future generations to address this issue and should not pass on the burden and costs to them. Learn why federal action is needed below ⬇️   https://bit.ly/4cibw3i

#Palisades Restart: Plant In ‘Superb Material Condition’ As Energy Secretary Hints At Further Support For #Nuclear And Small Modular Reactors. #NuclearPower #NuclearEnergy A conditional loan from the DOE is part of a broad effort to revive the use of nuclear energy in the US https://lnkd.in/eJJFBKE7

Best invest in Building and talking about Fusion power, space, maritime propulsion systems and industry as data centres are. Great Headline, Guardian on Nuclear fission. https://lnkd.in/g8sMZtpR People talk about Nuclear (meaning Fission) and fail to discuss fusion. https://lnkd.in/ge_aeX7M The nuclear fission industry is ignorant of what's happening around it. It must pull its collective uranium heads out of the sand and prepare to enter the commercially growing fusion energy industry. Fission is moving towards obsolescence at an ever-increasing pace, as it is "out of step, out of time, out of place, and soon to be out of Fuel" and merely temporary. https://lnkd.in/gbd_mZqk By 2028, Helion is expected to start producing electricity from its first fusion commercial power plant, which will provide electricity to Microsoft. The plant will produce at least 50 MWe after an initial ramp-up period. https://lnkd.in/gY9J3MQY Now, see what is happening in the world of the fusion industry. https://lnkd.in/g9hMBD7a As fission trebles, fuel shortage is increasingly real, https://lnkd.in/gze5rwpr

As the generation that benefitted from nuclear power, it is our responsibility to provide a solution for the spent nuclear fuel. We owe it to future generations to address this issue and should not pass on the burden and costs to them. Learn more here! https://bit.ly/3kjnyQ1

Nuclear energy is having a moment. Public and private sector leaders – in the U.S. and internationally – have shown increasing interest in this clean power source in recent years. By way of example, in 2023 Poland announced plans for the development of its first nuclear power plants; plans are underway to repower a previously decommissioned nuclear power plant in Michigan with up to $1.5B in related federal, DOE support; and plans for the deployment of small modular reactors are moving forward on many fronts with encouragement of stakeholders including tech companies and data center owners. Full background here: https://lnkd.in/dP_ZiksB

China has made significant strides in expanding its nuclear power capacity over the past decade, with an impressive addition of more than 34 GW. More: https://buff.ly/3UND9ub #NuclearPower

“Scaling up nuclear energy capacity to at least three times its current size requires political will from energy leaders, along with mobilising quickly and efficiently the required financing. We have no time to lose … through Net Zero Nuclear, we hope to facilitate the action our industry needs to grow.” Sama Bilbao y Leon I hope to see Canada join the Net Zero Nuclear initiative and support nuclear energy during COP28!

An excellent overview prepared in a very pedagogic way by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) covering eight terms often used in nuclear power context. https://lnkd.in/dSca3kwV

🎉 You did it! S.870 – the new reconciled version of the Advanced Energy Advancement Act (AEAA) and the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act – passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support last week. That means we are one step closer to seeing the next generation of nuclear power come online. S.870 streamlines the deployment of next-generation nuclear technologies by enabling more efficient and predictable licensing and regulation. The future of nuclear is now! 🗓️ What’s next? The bill now goes back over to the Senate where it is likely to pass quickly. The Senate already passed the ADVANCE Act last year, so we expect a similarly high level of support for this version of the same pro-nuclear legislation. After that, the legislation will go the President’s desk to be signed into law. Then the important work of advancing nuclear energy in the U.S. continues…

Via Utility Dive: " NRC lacks authority to license private, away-from-reactor nuclear waste facility: 5th Circuit: Congress and the Biden administration should see this decision as a wake-up call to enact practical policy solutions for the disposal and storage of spent nuclear fuel, the American Nuclear Society said. " #Energy #Utility #Utilities