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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
Enron Creditors to Receive 16.6 Percent
LCG, September 18, 2003Enron Corporation has noted that its creditors can expect to get more of what they are owed. Enron, currently splitting up its assets in bankruptcy court, has pointed out that the value of its assets has improved. Therefore, creditors can expect to recover closer to 16.6 to 19.5 percent recovery, wheras previous estimates were for 14.4 to 18.3 percent. Creditors to the Enron parent company can expect 16.6 percent recovery, while creditors to Enron North America Corp. will probably get 19.5 percent. Enron filed for bankruptcy protection in December 2001. The corporation will likely separate Cross-Country Energy, Prisma Energy International and Portland General Electric (PGE) from its bankruptcy proceedings and is hoping to keep PGE in one piece.
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UPLAN-NPM
The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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UPLAN-ACE
Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
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UPLAN-G
The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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PLATO
Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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