Items Tagged with 'Nuclear Regulatory Commission'

Published May 1 in the Federal Register with a 42-day comment, the proposed Part 57 rule outlines a “streamlined, risk-informed and flexible licensing pathway” NRC claims could save up to $11.8 billion and shorten construction permit and operating license timelines to one year or less.

TerraPower begins construction of the first U.S. utility-scale advanced nuclear plant—can its Natrium design finally move next-generation reactors into commercial reality?

With federal support and more potential private investment, energy sector eyes restart and expansion, including finishing the abandoned VC Summer reactor.

Holtec International, owner of Michigan plant set to be the first to restart in the U.S., says worker assessing conditions fell into a cavity containing radioactive water 

Michigan plant, the first U.S. commercial reactor set to operate after decommissioning, gains federal approvals despite opponents' strong safety concerns

The project would be the first grid-scale advanced nuclear power facility at an industrial site in North America.

Nation's high court hears arguments in a case weighing the fate of storage facilities for nuclear spent-fuel built and operated by private firms. 

But justices declined to block business group and red state suits against tougher curbs on mercury pollutants from coal-fired power plants and methane emissions from oil and natural gas facilities. 

Contractor will build estimated $629M demo facility in Tennessee for engineer-developer Kairos Power—the first and only advanced nuclear reactor that feds have approved for construction

Global developers are advancing nuclear fusion technology and engineering to scale an energy source they say has zero emissions, no meltdown risk and more security, as data centers and AI push power demand.