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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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Melissa Bockelmann has joined WGL Holdings, Inc. the parent holding company for Washington Gas Light Co. as director of investor relations. She moves over from Columbia EnergyGroup, where she occupied the same position.Virgil E. Brill will retire effective February 28 as vice president for energy supply followingmore than thirty-eight years with Empire District Electric Co. Brill, who has also served as a director of the company since 1989, will retire from the Board on April 25, when his current term expires.Allen Franklin has been named chief executive of The Southern Co., effective March 1. Currently president and chief operating officer of Southern, he replaces A.W. Dahlberg as chief executive and will also retain the title of president. Dahlberg will retire as Southern's chairman with the spin-off of Mirant Corp., formerly Southern Energy, planned for April 2.Gale Klappa will become chief financial officer of The Southern Co., effective March 1, replacing Larry Westbrook, who is retiring after 37 years with the company.Harry J. Pearce has been elected lead director, a new position on the board of directors of MDU Resources Group Inc. Among other functions, the lead director has authority to call a meeting of outside directors as may be necessary and conduct an annual performance evaluation of the chairman of the board.David A. Perdue has been appointed to the board of directors of Alliant Energy Corp. He is president of the Reebok brand for Reebok International Limited, based in Canton, Mass.Mike Tingus has joined Capstone Turbine Corp. as president of its new Capstone California unit. He has served in the City of Calabasas Planning Commission for the past six years and has been chairman of the commission for the last two years.Dennis Vermillion has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Avista Energy, the energy trading affiliate of Avista Corp. He most recently was vice president for risk management and pricing with the unit.Ed Wallis, chief executive of Powergen Plc since privatization more than 10 years ago, said he would step down. He will be replaced by Nick Baldwin, an executive director who has run the UK business since February 1998, and has been with Powergen in a number of roles since its formation in 1989.
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