nuclear Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/nuclear-2/ The power industry's trusted source for generation technology, O&M, and legal & regulatory news for coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, wind & solar power plants; power jobs Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:59:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-p-power-32x32.jpg nuclear Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/nuclear-2/ 32 32 Looking Back at 2025 to Look Forward for 2026: Navigating Policy Shifts and Market Surges https://www.powermag.com/looking-back-at-2025-to-look-forward-for-2026-navigating-policy-shifts-and-market-surges/ https://www.powermag.com/looking-back-at-2025-to-look-forward-for-2026-navigating-policy-shifts-and-market-surges/#respond Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:52:55 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=246080 The past year saw a multitude of factors driving up electricity prices, including rapid growth in electricity demand, supply chain tightness, deployment delays for transmission and production projects, and an uncertain political and permitting climate. We expect all of these trends to continue in 2026. Changing economics have turned the justification for project development in […]

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The Duane Arnold Energy Center, Iowa’s only nuclear power plant, began commercial operation in February 1975. Located in Palo, Iowa, about 9 miles northwest of Cedar Rapids, it was built in a low-seismic-risk area near the Cedar River and designed to withstand major flooding. After a derecho in August 2020 caused severe damage to its cooling towers, the 615-MW facility was retired earlier than its planned date in 2025. Originally licensed to operate until 2034, the plant is now undergoing decommissioning under the NRC’s SAFSTOR method. Courtesy: NextEra Energy

]]> https://www.powermag.com/looking-back-at-2025-to-look-forward-for-2026-navigating-policy-shifts-and-market-surges/feed/ 0 INL Taps AWS, GE Vernova, Oil Majors for First MARVEL Microreactor Experiments https://www.powermag.com/inl-taps-aws-ge-vernova-oil-majors-for-first-marvel-microreactor-experiments/ https://www.powermag.com/inl-taps-aws-ge-vernova-oil-majors-for-first-marvel-microreactor-experiments/#respond Thu, 04 Dec 2025 19:01:10 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=246024 Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has selected the five commercial teams that will potentially demonstrate advanced applications—including data center integration—at its much-watched Microreactor Application Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) platform, an 85-kWth/20-kWe liquid-metal-cooled test bed currently under construction at the lab. The initial selections, unveiled on Dec. 4, mark the “first potential end users for MARVEL,” […]

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MARVEL, under development at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), is a 85-kWth/20-kWe sodium-potassium-cooled microreactor that will help researchers explore advanced reactor applications, including microgrid integration, remote monitoring, and autonomous control technologies. TRIGA International recently began fabricating fuel for MARVEL, with the first shipment expected by spring 2025. Fuel loading is planned for 2026, and the reactor is projected to be operational by 2027. Source: DOE

]]> https://www.powermag.com/inl-taps-aws-ge-vernova-oil-majors-for-first-marvel-microreactor-experiments/feed/ 0 Framatome Selected to Deliver Critical Digital Control Upgrades at Columbia Generating Station https://www.powermag.com/framatome-selected-to-deliver-critical-digital-control-upgrades-at-columbia-generating-station/ https://www.powermag.com/framatome-selected-to-deliver-critical-digital-control-upgrades-at-columbia-generating-station/#respond Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:30:09 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=246018 Framatome said it has been awarded a contract to upgrade several digital control systems at Energy Northwest’s Columbia Generating Station. The scope of the project includes system design, engineering, manufacturing, testing and installation for new digital feedwater level control and feedwater heater vents and drains systems. The upgrades announced December 4 are part of Energy […]

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Columbia Generating Station

]]> https://www.powermag.com/framatome-selected-to-deliver-critical-digital-control-upgrades-at-columbia-generating-station/feed/ 0 Antares Raises $96 Million in Series B Funding to Accelerate Nuclear Microreactor Development https://www.powermag.com/antares-raises-96-million-in-series-b-funding-to-accelerate-nuclear-microreactor-development/ https://www.powermag.com/antares-raises-96-million-in-series-b-funding-to-accelerate-nuclear-microreactor-development/#respond Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:58:06 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245978 Antares, an advanced nuclear energy startup, announced the close of its $96-million Series B funding round, which was led by Shine Capital with participation from Alt Capital, Caffeinated, FiftyThree Stations, Industrious, and other investors.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/antares-raises-96-million-in-series-b-funding-to-accelerate-nuclear-microreactor-development/feed/ 0 Shimane 2 Highlights Progress in Japan’s Nuclear Restart Program https://www.powermag.com/shimane-2-highlights-progress-in-japans-nuclear-restart-program/ https://www.powermag.com/shimane-2-highlights-progress-in-japans-nuclear-restart-program/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:56:21 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245532 The Unit 2 reactor at the Shimane nuclear power station resumed operation in January 2025, more than a decade after it, and all other reactors in Japan, were taken offline. Japanese officials want restarted nuclear units to help supply needed power and lower the cost of energy across the country.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/shimane-2-highlights-progress-in-japans-nuclear-restart-program/feed/ 0 POWER DIGEST [December 2025] https://www.powermag.com/power-digest-december-2025/ https://www.powermag.com/power-digest-december-2025/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:54:27 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245528 Framatome has been selected by Electrabel, part of ENGIE Group, to modernize the rod control system of the Tihange 3 nuclear reactor in Belgium.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/power-digest-december-2025/feed/ 0 Delivering Nuclear Energy: Promise vs. Regulatory Reality https://www.powermag.com/delivering-nuclear-energy-promise-vs-regulatory-reality/ https://www.powermag.com/delivering-nuclear-energy-promise-vs-regulatory-reality/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:53:46 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245531 In the race to decarbonize and secure America’s energy future, nuclear power is once again in the spotlight. From advanced reactors to fusion breakthroughs, the promise of nuclear energy is clear.

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Nuclear Mirion Technologies

]]> https://www.powermag.com/delivering-nuclear-energy-promise-vs-regulatory-reality/feed/ 0 Research Group: U.S. Exits Coal by 2040 as Solar, Nuclear, Natural Gas Surge https://www.powermag.com/research-group-u-s-exits-coal-by-2040-as-solar-nuclear-natural-gas-surge/ https://www.powermag.com/research-group-u-s-exits-coal-by-2040-as-solar-nuclear-natural-gas-surge/#respond Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:45:34 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245197 An energy research group said U.S. power generation capacity will be led by solar power in the short term, natural gas in the mid term, and nuclear power in the long term as coal-fired units continue to be retired.

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Solar array and transmission lines

]]> https://www.powermag.com/research-group-u-s-exits-coal-by-2040-as-solar-nuclear-natural-gas-surge/feed/ 0 Modernizing Nuclear Power Facilities with Digital Protective Relays https://www.powermag.com/partner-content/modernizing-nuclear-power-facilities-with-digital-protective-relays/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:49:19 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?post_type=partner-content&p=243188 Discover how today’s digital protective relays outperform legacy electromechanical systems in reliability, diagnostics, and overall availability. Modern digital protective relays are redefining reliability across mission-critical power systems. This technical paper presents decades of operational data and new analysis demonstrating how self-diagnostics, firmware validation, and lifecycle improvements have made digital relays the superior choice for safe, […]

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]]> Successfully Closing a Power Plant? It’s All in the Details https://www.powermag.com/successfully-closing-a-power-plant-its-all-in-the-details/ https://www.powermag.com/successfully-closing-a-power-plant-its-all-in-the-details/#respond Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:26:00 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=244858 The retirement of older thermal power generation facilities, driven by a transition to cleaner forms of energy, has increased in recent years as utilities and other power generators mothball plants that are uneconomic or simply no longer needed.

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Figure 2 - NRC_C

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