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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
NRC Sets Public Meetings on New Reactor Licenses
LCG, July 10, 2001The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said yesterday that it would hold a two-day open meeting later this month to provide information about possible license applications for new commercial nuclear power plants.The "workshop" will be held at the agency's Rockville, Md. headquarters on July 25 and 26.The purpose of the workshop is to inform the public of current and proposed activities by the NRCstaff to prepare for possible future license applications, discuss opportunities available for publicparticipation during these licensing activities, and obtain views from the public on identified licensing issues, the agency said in a statement.The NRC said it would discuss certification of nuclear power plant designs; the combined licenseapplication process which authorizes construction of a nuclear plant and specifies inspections, tests andanalyses that a licensee must perform before it can operate; construction inspection; reactivation ofconstruction permits for unfinished nuclear power plants; pre-application reviews which encourageearly interaction between applicants and vendors and the NRC; agency rulemaking activities; and NRCactivities, organizational development and staffing.
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UPLAN-NPM
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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