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Framatome Joins Four Utilities to Advance VVER 440 Nuclear Fuel Design

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:59:00 +0000

Longtime France-headquartered nuclear energy group Framatome and representatives from four utilities have signed a contract to advance the development of Framatome’s 100% sovereign European VVER 440 fuel design.

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Framatome Joins Four Utilities to Advance VVER 440 Nuclear Fuel Design

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:46:04 +0000

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Nuclear Recycling Has Reached a Prime Moment—and the U.S. May Be Running Out of Time

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:35:56 +0000

A new think tank assessment argues that economics, proliferation concerns, and waste management barriers have shifted enough to make commercial nuclear fuel recycling viable in the U.S.—but only if Washington acts before the window closes. A think tank has warned the Trump administration that it has a narrow window to make the U.S. the first […]

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Keeping the Lights On: How Cuba Is Fighting an Energy Crisis Under Tightened Sanctions

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:06:41 +0000

The current state of the national power grid in Cuba is a response to an exceptionally complex scenario, marked by the intensification of the U.S. embargo and its direct impact on fuel supplies. This was the message delivered by First Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines, Argelio Jesús Abad Vigoa, during his appearance on the […]

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DOE’s Section 202(c) Emergency Orders Since May 2025: 43 and Counting

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:25:56 +0000

Since May 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued more than 40 emergency orders and extensions under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act—more than in any comparable period in the past two decades. The orders have fallen into two broad categories: retirement deferrals, which compel utilities and grid operators to keep specific generating […]

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FluxPoint Energy Enters Race to Build First New U.S. Uranium Conversion Plant in Nearly 70 Years

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:35:34 +0000

A new Texas-based startup has launched an effort to build what would be the first U.S. uranium conversion facility in more than seven decades to restore a domestic capability it says has become “an unacceptable chokepoint” in America’s nuclear fuel supply chain. FluxPoint Energy made its public debut this week at CERAWeek by S&P Global, […]

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CPUC Backs Renewable Natural Gas Contract from Anaergia Facility

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:24:34 +0000

Anaergia Inc. said the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has conditionally approved a long-term biomethane procurement contract supported by Anaergia’s SoCal Biomethane LLC facility, Anew Climate LLC, and Southwest Gas. The project will be the first to supply renewable natural gas (RNG) under California’s Senate Bill (SB) 1440 Biomethane Procurement Program.

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Nuclear Sprint: DOE and Industry Race to Meet Trump’s Target

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:08:45 +0000

The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources convened March 19 for a full committee hearing to examine the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) implementation of President Trump’s May 2025 nuclear energy executive orders. Three witnesses—DOE Assistant Secretary Theodore Garrish, Kairos Power CEO Dr. Michael Laufer, and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Director Dr. John C. Wagner—testified, […]

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GE Vernova, IHI Achieve 100% Ammonia Combustion in F-Class Gas Turbine Test

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:57:17 +0000

GE Vernova and Japanese integrated heavy industry group IHI Corp. have demonstrated for the first time that full-scale combustor components for GE Vernova’s F-class gas turbines can operate on 100% ammonia at full-load conditions, clearing a critical technical barrier in their joint effort to decarbonize dispatchable power. The test was conducted at IHI’s Large-Scale Combustion […]

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China’s Advanced Nuclear Efforts Are Pushing Frontiers

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

While the bulk of focus on advanced nuclear technology has honed in tightly on the U.S., from enrichment and conversion to advanced fuels, reprocessing strategies, and fast-spectrum systems, several other

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