KELLY MCPHARLIN | NEI February 4, 2019 As the founder of one of the world’s most recognized and successful companies, Bill Gates receives a lot of attention for what he says and does. When Bill Gates talks, people listen. And today, Bill Gates is talking about nuclear energy. In his 2018 year-in-review blog post, Gates said: “Nuclear is ideal for…
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Office of Nuclear Energy February 12, 2019 | Updated: February 14, 2022 So … it’s been a while since nuclear has put itself out there. Let’s be honest, nuclear doesn’t have a lot of time to worry about its appearance. It pretty much works around the clock with a capacity factor north of 90%. And while it’s helped…
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Matt Fisher | Idaho Nation Laboratory January 31, 2022 Machinists at INL’s Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) have successfully fabricated a full-scale, electrically heated prototype for the Department of Energy’s Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) project in just nine months. So, what are microreactors? Broadly speaking, they’re similar to the nearly 450 nuclear power reactors currently in operation around the globe. They use nuclear fission to power electricity-generating turbines as well as heat…
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Jeffrey Donovan | IAEA Department of Nuclear Energy Paula Calle Vives | IAEA Department of Nuclear Safety and Security April 1, 2022 The IAEA has launched a new initiative bringing together policy makers, regulators, designers, vendors and operators to develop common regulatory and industrial approaches to SMRs. Small modular reactors (SMRs) could make an important contribution to achieving global…
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David Dalton March 22, 2022 Kathryn Huff told a Senate energy and natural resources committee hearing that if she is confirmed to head the Department of Energy’s office of nuclear energy she will prioritise activities to preserve the existing fleet of nuclear power plants, deploy advanced reactor technologies, manage spent nuclear fuel and work with…
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Office of Nuclear Energy March 29, 2021 Nuclear reactors are the heart of a nuclear power plant. They contain and control nuclear chain reactions that produce heat through a physical process called fission. That heat is used to make steam that spins a turbine to create electricity. With more than 440 commercial reactors worldwide, including 94 in the United…
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Benjamin Storrow February 17, 2022 New York passed a law in 2019 requiring the state to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 2040. But over the last two years, the exact opposite has happened: CO2 from power plants has climbed nearly 15 percent, according to EPA data. New York’s experience is hardly unique.…
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Blue Wave will help Constellation reduce nuclear operating and fuel costs far into the future
The Nuclear Energy Institute recognized Blue Wave AI Labs with a TIP award for “Moisture Carryover (MCO) Predictions through Neural Networks.”
