Five key resilient features of small modular reactors.
Office of Nuclear Energy | U.S. Department of Energy
Government Administration
Washington, District of Columbia 90,666 followers
Advancing new technologies to rapidly expand nuclear energy in the United States ⚛️.
About us
The Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) mission is to advance nuclear power to meet the nation's energy, environmental, and national security needs. Under the guidance of three research objectives, NE resolves barriers to technical, cost, safety, security, and proliferation resistance through early-stage research, development, and demonstration to: -Enhance the long-term viability and competitiveness of the existing U.S. reactor fleet. -Develop an advanced reactor pipeline. -Implement and maintain national strategic fuel cycle and supply chain infrastructure.
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https://www.energy.gov/ne/office-nuclear-energy
External link for Office of Nuclear Energy | U.S. Department of Energy
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- Government Administration
- Company size
- 10,001+ employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Founded
- 1977
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- Energy policy, research and development, science, nuclear energy
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Meet Maryland’s only nuclear power plant 👋 Calvert Cliffs provides nearly 40% of the state’s power and has blazed the trail for many U.S. reactors in operation today. Constellation
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Idaho National Laboratory just cracked the code on molten salt fuel production. The lab demonstrated a new process to expedite fuel production for the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment—the world’s first fast-spectrum, salt-fueled reactor test. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4igleFU
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Will be the first retired commercial reactor to restart in U.S. history.
"U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright today announced the release of the second loan disbursement to Holtec for the Palisades Nuclear Plant. Today’s action releases $56,787,300 of the up to $1.52 billion loan guarantee to Holtec for the Palisades project, which will provide 800MW of affordable, reliable baseload power in Michigan." https://lnkd.in/eUq-pYKk
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers just developed a new way to monitor molten salts in real time. The lab used a laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy technique to create a microplasma in a molten salt aerosol stream. The light emitted from the plasma was rapidly analyzed using spectrometers to track the aerosols and gases. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ic4mA2
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NEWS: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency perform the world’s first safety test on a high burnup fast reactor fuel in more than 20 years. The agencies plan to test a mixed oxide fuel in addition to the metallic alloy fuel under development in the United States and of interest to Japan. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eYNQzBFW
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