Steam generator components are main focus of U.S. work, with numerous inspections ongoing to revive the 55-year-old Michigan power station; Japan, meanwhile, is forced for a second time to delay restart of its world-record size nuclear plant, shut down since the 2011 Fukushima meltdown.
Three companies gain ten-year task orders to create new supply chains and
innovations to manufacture low-enriched uranium and high-assay low-enriched uranium for
nuclear power generation.
The federal government shutdown may be nearing an end after 41 days, but USDOT, EPA, and the Corps face weeks of delays as agencies reopen under tight funding limits by Jan. 30.
ARCHES hub in California and the Pacific Northwest hub filed appeals to DOE over loss of more than $2 billion in grants, with legal action possible, but they intend to press on with project development.
Pennsylvania landed a rare manufacturing expansion that merges public financing, automation and clean-energy design, potentially remaking the region’s industrial future.
A limited Volcker Alliance study on asset deferred maintenance exposes broad gaps in state transparency—prompting ENR to dig deeper into capital-budget records.
Funding comes as Energy Dept. and FERC are set to push rule to "rapidly accelerate” grid links of power loads larger than 20 MW, such as for data centers
Contractors will be hired state by state for $3.5B rebuild of high-voltage lines in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma and West Virginia—as Energy Dept. and FERC push rule to "rapidly accelerate” grid links of power loads larger than 20 MW, such as for data centers.
Esmeralda Seven's multiple projects now must seek separate approvals to proceed, as administration expands list of renewables targeted for estimated $24 billion in funding cuts.