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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
PSEG to buy 35 Percent of Polish Power Plant
LCG, Aug. 31, 2001--U.S. utility holding company Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. said yesterday that it will take a 35 percent interest in Elektrownia Skawina, a coal-fired power plant that supplies a fifth of the power needs of the Krakow area in Poland."We are expecting to sign a deal around September 15," said George Holoyda, manager of PSEG's Polish unit. The Polish treasury said it would likely sign a sales agreement with PSEG by the end of September.PSEG, which will pay $25 million for its share of the 590 megawatt plant, beat out rival bids from French utilities Electricit de France and Snet. Under terms of the purchase, the American company will be allowed to increase its stake to more than 50 percent by investing in the facility.Skawina is the last of Poland's conventional power plants to be sold under the country's privatization program, which is expected to be completed in 2005. Three cogeneration plants and one electric distribution firm remain to be sold this year.
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