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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
Entergy, NYPA Close Sale of Indian Point 3, FitzPatrick
LCG, Nov. 22, 2000--Entergy Corp. and the New York Power Authority yesterday closed the sale ofNYPA's two nuclear power plants, Indian Point unit 3 in Buchanan, N.Y., and the James A. FitzPatrick plant near Oswego, N.Y. The two organizations announced the deal last March.Entergy said in a statement that the acquisition is its largest yet in its nuclear growth program and, at $967 million, is the highest price yet paid for nuclear assets in the U.S.Entergy Nuclear Northeast now has three plants to operate. Entergy purchased the Pilgrim NuclearStation at Plymouth, Mass., in July 1999 from Boston Edison Co. in the first sale in the U.S. of anuclear power plant in a competitive bidding process. With Indian Point 3 wrapped up, Entergy will now pursue its acquisition of Indian Point 2 and the mothballed Unit 1 from Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, and hopes to close that transaction by next summer. Con Edison is replacing the steam generators in Indian Point 2 and hopes to have the plant running by the end of the year.
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UPLAN-NPM
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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