A 17-member U.S. nuclear energy industry delegation hit the ground running at the 10th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) in Vancouver. The CEM10 and a companion 4th Mission Innovation meeting includes 26 Minister-level government officials as well as corporate leaders, international organizations, investors and researchers to advance clean energy...
U.S. Nuclear Industry Council's letter asks agency to remove restriction as it transforms into new entity BY JACQUELINE TOTH (Morning Consult) March 1, 2019 Nuclear industry advocates are pushing the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation to reconsider the development agency's restriction against funding nuclear generation projects as OPIC consolidates with a U.S. Agency for International Development entity to form a new agency with a bigger budget. In a letter sent Friday, the U.S. Nuclear Industry Council asked for the prohibition to be removed as OPIC transforms into the new U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, a federal entity that will have a maximum contingent liability of $60 billion. The new corporation could be operational as early as Oct. 1, according to OPIC...
Department acknowledges need for a fast-spectrum test reactor, which U.S. nuclear energy developers support BY JACQUELINE TOTH (Morning Consult) March 1, 2019 The national laboratories will be moving forward with development of a conceptual design for a versatile test reactor, after the Energy Department determined there is a need for a research reactor in the United States with fast-spectrum irradiation capabilities to help test advanced nuclear fuels, sensors and other equipment... David Blee, president and chief executive of the U.S. Nuclear Industry Council, said Thursday that the move is "vitally important to the next wave of advanced nuclear," especially for the developers working on advanced materials and other attributes...
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) new Clean Energy Talks series and a University of California San Diego-led Career Fair with scholars from the college's world renown Jacobs School of Engineering launched a three-day Advanced Reactor Summit VI in California.
Energy for Humanity, a key global advocate for solving environmental challenges and enabling universal access to modern energy services, will receive the 2018 Advanced Reactors Summit Trailblazer Award at an awards reception at the Summit VI in recognition of its work in espousing technology-inclusive solutions in pursuit of the "fastest, most cost-effective, most feasible outcomes for people and nature..."
Four leading national organizations are calling for "urgent action" on funding of crucial nuclear waste management program activities related to Yucca Mountain licensing review and consolidated interim storage before the current Congress adjourns...
Beyond Advanced Fission: The Nexus with Fusion Technologies will be a featured discussion with world class innovators and developers during the Advanced Reactors Summit VI symposium at UC San Diego on January 29-31. Both advanced nuclear fission and fusion technologies face common challenges for advanced and innovative technology development, with one of the biggest challenges being materials to accommodate extreme operating conditions from high temperatures to corrosion to tolerance of high levels of radiation induced damage. The panel will highlight fusion systems under development and common challenges and joint opportunities for addressing these challenges...
The new lead for the Nuclear Energy Agency's Nuclear Technology Development and Economics Division Dr. Sama Bilbao y León will headline the Advanced Reactors Summit VI at UC San Diego's "Global Perspectives" panel discussion at the January 29-31 symposium. The discussants will include leading international entities. NEA Director-General William D. Magwood, IV, provided the International Keynote at the AR Summit V at Texas A&M...
The Advanced Reactors Summit VI at the University of California San Diego has partnered with UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering to feature a Nuclear Energy Career Fair with leading students from one of the world's top programs for engineering, technology and computer sciences. The Career Fair includes the school's corresponding affiliate programs: Corporate Affiliates Program; Center for Energy Research; and Office of Research Affairs...
Lee Mason, a lead technologist for the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA), will provide a special Trailblazers address at the Lee Mason, a lead technologist for the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA), will provide a special Trailblazers address at the Advanced Reactors Summit VI & Showcase @ UC San Diego in January...
"Sustaining and Advancing Nuclear" in the Pacific Rim and "Renaissance Expectations and Opportunities in India" were the themes of the 21st Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (PBNC) and India Nuclear Business Platform held in San Francisco and Mumbai, respectively, in October...
Newly appointed President and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) Rumina Velshi and the recently U.S. Senate-confirmed Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Commissioner David Wright will provide a featured regulatory and safety keynote at a U.S.-Canada nuclear energy leadership summit on August 28-29 in Toronto...
The U.S. Nuclear Industry Council (USNIC) has been appointed to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee (NEAC). The DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy announced the new appointment this week of 13 new science, business and nuclear industry leaders to the advisory committee...
We welcome the President's continued recognition of the geostrategic importance of American nuclear energy leadership as well as the multi-faceted consequences inherent in the premature closings of nuclear plants that have been a cornerstone of U.S. energy and national security, economic prosperity and clean energy leadership. The sustained viability of the current nuclear energy fleet is also vital to advanced nuclear energy deployment and the vibrancy of the U.S. supply chain, which are trailblazing a new generation of commercial nuclear technology innovation and economic competitiveness...v
Given the importance of the NRC’s mission – and critical pending issues such as licensing modernization and reform, an in-progress small modular reactor design certification and ongoing new plant construction at Vogtle, among others – we wholeheartedly applaud the NRC’s return to a full complement of five Commissioners after an unprecedented three and a half-year hiatus. We congratulate the commissioners on their long-overdue and long-awaited Senate confirmations...
The U.S. Nuclear Industry Council (USNIC) praised the House Energy and Commerce Committee on advancing four bills "to address key challenges facing America's nuclear energy industry at a hearing this week on legislation addressing development, regulation and competitiveness of advanced nuclear energy technologies."
