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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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Industry News
Construction Begins on 2,300 Megawatt Arizona Plant
LCG, May 24, 2001--TECO Power Services Corp. and Panda Energy International Inc. announced jointly this morning that they have begun initial construction and site preparation work on their 2,300 megawatt Gila River power station in Gila Bend, Ariz.The big plant will be brought on line in four phases, the joint venture said, without revealing the size or timing of the phases. The companies did say that the natural gas-fueled plant would begin commercial operation in the summer of 2003.Michael Schuyler, a TECO official, said the facility "will be one of the largest facilities in our generating portfolio. We look forward to providing needed energy to the fast-growing region of thecountry it will serve."The companies said power from Gila River will be sold into the Arizona wholesale electricity market with excess output available to wholesale customers in California, Nevada and New Mexico.TECO Power Services is an affiliate of Florida utility Tampa Electric Co.
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The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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