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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
Enel Orders Turbines for Kansas Project
LCG, January 3, 2007--Enel North America has ordered 56 wind turbine units for the Smoky Hills Wind Farm in Kansas. Vesta, which made the announcement yesterday, will manufacture the 1.8-MW turbines and plans to deliver, install and commission the equipment in the third quarter of 2007.
The Smoky Hills Wind Farm will be constructed about 25 miles west of Salina, Kansas. The project will be completed in phases, with the initial, 100-MW phase targeted for completion by the end of this year. The planned electric generating capacity of the entire project is 250 MW.
The wind farm is being developed by TradeWind Energy, LLC, which formed a joint development agreement with Enel North America in September of 2006. On December 14, 2006, Sunflower Electric Power Corp., wholesale power supplier, announced its agreement to purchase 50.4 MW of wind energy from TradeWind's Smoky Hills Wind Farm.
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The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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