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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
570 Megawatts New Capacity Planned for Las Vegas
LCG, Aug. 17, 2001--Pinnacle West Energy said this morning it plans to develop a natural gas-fired electric generating station 20 miles north of Las Vegas, Nev. The 570-megawatt Silverhawk Power Station is the first project that the Company will develop in Nevada, the company said.Pinnacle West Energy is a subsidiary of utility holding company Pinnacle West Capital Corp. and a sister company of Arizona Public Service Co."Southern Nevada, particularly the Las Vegas area, is growing faster than most areas of the country," said Bill Stewart, president of Pinnacle West Energy. "Building this power plant in Nevada is a very important step in our overall growth strategy and reinforces our position as one of the top power producers in the West."Stewart added that "The site we're developing is ideally situated to meet the energy demands of the people of Nevada while also having transmission access into Arizona."The company said it has started the project engineering and permitting and has purchased major equipment. Construction on the combined-cycle Silverhawk plant, located in the Apex Industrial Park, is scheduled to begin in the Spring of 2002, and the plant is projected to be in service by the Spring of 2004.The company said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Las Vegas-based Southern Nevada Water Authority to be a 25-percent owner of the plant. Total cost of building the plant is expected to be about $400 million.
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