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Texas A&M University researchers have received USD 5.4 million in federal funding to investigate the reuse of spent nuclear fuel in advanced reactor systems. The three-year project will study whether materials recovered from nuclear waste can be processed for...

Westinghouse Electric Company is investing approximately US$1 billion to expand nuclear fuel manufacturing capacity at its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Hopkins, South Carolina. Construction is underway on a new factory designed to produce Low Enriched Uranium Plus (LEU+)...

Goldwind has completed the installation of all six wind turbines at the Breti Wind Power Project in Georgia, marking a key construction milestone for the 43.2 MW facility. Developed by Vento Energy, the project uses Goldwind’s GWH182 turbine platform...

Officials in Cumberland County, Virginia, have voted to approve a key local permit for Dominion Energy’s proposed 3,000 MW natural gas-fired power plant, the Cumberland Energy Center. The project would add large-scale electricity generation capacity to the utility’s system,...

Amazon is funding feasibility work for a proposed 960 MW nuclear power project in Sullivan County, Indiana, as X-energy and American Electric Power (AEP) assess plans to deploy 12 small modular reactors at a retired coal-fired power station. The...

AtkinsRéalis Group, Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative and the State of Indiana have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore a potential 6 GW nuclear power development using up to eight Candu reactor units. The proposed Candu nuclear project...

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 14 hydropower projects to enter negotiations for testing assistance through the Hydropower Testing Network, supporting developers working to advance technologies toward commercial deployment. The selected projects span several areas, including new power...