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LCG, November 6, 2025--X-energy Reactor Company, LLC, (X-energy) and the U.S. Office of Nuclear Energy today announced the start of confirmatory irradiation testing at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to qualify X-energy’s proprietary TRISO-X fuel pebbles for commercial use in the Xe-100 Small Modular Reactor (SMR). (TRISO stands for TRi-structural ISOtropic). This is the first time that TRISO-X fuel pebbles will undergo irradiation testing in a U.S. lab, which is a critical step in meeting requirements set forth by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the commercial deployment of advanced reactors that will use the fuel.
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LCG, October 28, 2025--NextEra Energy and Google yesterday announced two agreements that will help meet growing electricity demand from artificial intelligence (AI) with clean, reliable, 24/7 nuclear power and strengthen the nation's nuclear leadership. First, Google signed a new, 25-year agreement for power generated at the Duane Arnold Energy Center, Iowa's only nuclear power facility. The 601-MW boiling water reactor unit was shut down in 2020 and is expected to commence operations by the first quarter of 2029, pending regulatory approvals to restart the plant.
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Anne F. Appleby has joined Oglethorpe Power Corp. as vice president for finance. Most recently, she was senior vice president for credit products with Bank of America, leading a team of debt specialists in Georgia and Tennessee.Stephen L. Baum, vice chairman, president and chief executive of Sempra Energy Inc., has been appointed chairman, succeeding Richard D. Farman, who has retired from the company.Kevin Fox has been named senior vice president and general manager of the commodity services group of Aquila Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of UtiliCorp United Inc. He most recently was vice president and portfolio manager, responsible for all aspects of electricity trading.David Kyle, president of Oneok Inc., has been elected chairman and chief executive officer, succeeding Larry Brummett, who died last week of cancer. Kyle began his career with Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. in 1974.Greg A. Lohnes has joined Great Lakes Gas Transmission Co. as president and chief executive. He moves to Great Lakes from TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., where he most recently was vice president for global strategy and business development in the company's international business unit.Rebecca P. Mark has resigned as a director of Enron Corp.. She has also resigned as chairman and chief executive of Azurix Corp., a water resources company spun off from Enron.DeathsLarry W. Brummett, chairman and chief executive of Oneok Inc., and a long-time community leader in Tulsa, has died following a two-year battle with cancer. He was 49. Brummett became chairman, chief executive and president of Oneok in 1994. He joined Oklahoma Natural Gas in 1974.
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UPLAN-NPM
The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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UPLAN-ACE
Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
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UPLAN-G
The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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PLATO
Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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