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Data Center Customer Adds 620 MW Order for INNIO's J624 Gas Engines

LCG, October 23, 2026--INNIO N.V. yesterday announced a 620 MW follow-on order from a developer and operator of mega-scale data center campuses in the United States. Together with the customer's 1.1 GW order announced previously in July, the new order brings cumulative orders from the customer to approximately 1.72 GW this year.

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The Nuclear Company Announces a 6.6 GW Nuclear Project to Commence Construction by 2030 in Kentucky

LCG, October 21, 2026--The Nuclear Company today announced a proposed nuclear energy campus in Kentucky that could potentially provide 6.6 GW of electric generating capacity. The Prosperity One nuclear energy campus, located along the Ohio River in eastern Kentucky, could accommodate up to six Westinghouse AP1000 reactors and would be the largest nuclear power generation site in the nation if fully constructed.

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Senate Votes To Approve Yucca Mtn. As Nuclear Repository

LCG, July 10, 2002--A vote yesterday by the Senate on using Yucca Mountain, Nev., as a national repository for spent nuclear fuel resulted in a 60-to-39 decision in which fifteen Democrats voted with all but three Senate Republicans to approve the site.

The vote, echoing an earlier vote by the House, gives momentum to related activity by the Department of Energy, which will seek approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for licensing waste storage at the Yucca site. Four lawsuits have been brought by Nevada on procedural and constitutional grounds that may delay, if not halt, the Department of Energy's progress.

Supporters of the site have said that without Yucca Mountain serving as a repository, where waste would be stored 1,000 feet below ground, detractors offer no solution as to how to handle radioactive waste produced at nuclear power plants and facilities across the country. Trent Lott, R-Miss., said that nuclear power is a "clean, efficient source," which he noted is produced in 39 states. Without nuclear power, he asked, "How do they propose that we fuel this growing economy in America?"

Opponents, including Tom Daschle, D-.S.D., said that transportation of waste represents an issue that has yet to be fully resolved, as the planned date for storing waste, 2010, approaches. "Once people thoughtfully consider the ramifications of moving 77,000 tons of nuclear waste through 39 states, they're going to have a lot of second thoughts about the advisability of doings so," said Daschle. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., voiced concern that containment of waste at the site has not been insured, risking contamination of groundwater used by Californians.

The Nuclear Technical Review Board, created by Congress in 1987, was charged with reviewing the scientific basis for the Department of Energy's assessment process as the DOE evaluated the suitability of Yucca Mountain. While the board has made no recommendations concerning an ultimate decision on Yucca, its status report in May on the DOE's process concluded that the technical basis for volanic and seismic event-related risk measures was one of the Department's "strengths," and its work on waste containment was one of its "weaknesses."
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