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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
PG&E Judge Denies Local Governments Special Status
LCG, Dec. 10, 2001--U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali on Friday ruled against a group of California cities and counties that had asked court approval to set up an official committee of government creditors in the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. bankruptcy case.Montali denied a motion by the cities of San Francisco, Berkeley, and San Jose and four California counties to form a separate creditors committee that would have given them more leverage not only in pursuing money they say is owed them but in pressing political issues unrelated to money.The local governments had complained that the existing creditors committee was dominated by energy businesses whose claims are of a different sort than those of the cities and counties.Roger Crane, a lawyer for the cities and counties, said local governments "have special interests that need to be preserved," citing taxes, franchise fees, funds set aside for utility projects, and government investments in utility debt.In response to Montali's ruling, PG&E noted that one of the utility's first actions in bankruptcy court was a request for permission to pay the pre-petition portion of property taxes owed to local governments. On May 16, the court approved the request and the company promptly paid $41.2 million in taxes to the 49 counties in which it operates.The company said "As creditors, the City and County of San Francisco and other local governments have the ability to participate in the case, and many of them have already chosen to do so. We have met with and will continue to meet and confer with many of the cities, counties, and their associations to answer questions they may have about our plan of reorganization. Those questions will also be addressed through the normal confirmation process."
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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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