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X-energy Commences First Irradiation Tests of Advanced TRISO-X Nuclear Fuel at Idaho National Laboratory

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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NextEra Energy and Google Collaborate on Accelerating Nuclear Power Deployment

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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Wisconsin Utility Buys 3 New York Power Plants

LCG, Dec. 27, 2001--The holding company for Wisconsin Public Service Co. said yesterday that its unregulated electric generation subsidiary has agreed to buy three New York power plants from CH Resources Inc. for $61 million.

WPS Resources Corp. subsidiary WPS Power Development Inc. will purchase from Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based CH Resources Inc. three plants with a combined capacity of 257 megawatts. They are located in Beaver Falls, Niagara Falls and Syracuse.

The facilities consist of the 109 megawatt combined-cycle Syracuse Generating Facility, the 95 megawatt combined-cycle Beaver Falls Generating Facility and the 53 megawatt fluidized-bed Niagara Falls Generating Facility.

Power from the plants will be sold into the New York bulk power market through bilateral agreements and into the wholesale and retail open-market using WPS-Energy Services Inc., the WPS energy marketing subsidiary.

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