Vol. 19, No. 13 
New England, other states show growing interest in nuclear power
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Budget & Policy
White House fiscal 2027 request would trim NRC, DOE-NE toplines
The Donald Trump administration rolled out its very high-level budget proposal for fiscal 2027 this Friday, April 3, which requests $53.9 billion in discretionary budget authority for the Department of Energy. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) fiscal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
OPG submits operating license for first Darlington SMR
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has submitted its operating license application to Canada’s nuclear regulator for the company’s first small modular reactor (SMR) at the Darlington nuclear site in Clarington, Ontario. The March 25 application also seeks permission… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Palisades Plant inches closer to restart; SMR plans advance
Holtec International completed major refurbishment projects for the shuttered Palisades reactor in Michigan and is on track to restart the plant probably in the first half of this year, the company said this week. Site preparation is also getting underway for a… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Advanced nuclear companies confident of meeting July 4 deadline
Executives with advanced reactor companies sounded upbeat during a Tuesday webinar on their projects chances of reaching criticality by Independence Day under the Department of Energy’s reactor pilot program. Officials from Aalo Atomics, Antares Nuclear and Radiant… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Constellation confirms 2027 restart target for former Three Mile Island reactor
The former Three Mile Island Unit 1 should be back online by the second half of 2027, a Constellation Energy spokesperson told Exchange Monitor this week. According to a March 26 Reuters article, the grid operator PJM Interconnection said the former Three Mile… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Amentum-led JV awarded $406 million contract for UK SMR program
An Amentum-led joint venture has won a $406 million (£300 million) contract by Great British Energy – Nuclear to serve as the owner’s engineer for the small modular reactor (SMR) project in the United Kingdom. The Litmus Nuclear, joint venture between partners… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
Utah picks site for potential DOE nuclear lifecycle campus
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) formally announced the state’s bid for a Department of Energy’s nuclear lifecycle hub at a March 27 press conference held in Tooele County, Utah. Utah state officials gathered were on hand as Cox announced that Tooele County would… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Urenco USA brings fourth cascade online at N.M. plant
Urenco USA has hit the halfway mark in its U.S. enrichment capacity expansion program after installing the fourth new cascade of gas centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant in New Mexico, the company said Thursday. Urenco USA, an affiliate of the European Urenco… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Data Centers & Energy Demand
Entergy Louisiana, Meta look to add more nuclear to power $10 billion data center
Entergy Louisiana and tech giant Meta signed a new agreement to support the construction and operation of Meta’s new data center in northern Louisiana. Under this new deal, Entergy Louisiana and Meta will look to support several energy sources, including nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
USW wants to ensure worker protections don’t slip in advanced reactors
While the United Steel Workers (USW) union supports advanced nuclear projects for its members, it wants to ensure that employee health and safety remain protected at advanced reactor projects That’s the gist of supplemental comments filed with the Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
New Hampshire considers more nuclear in its energy future
New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) issued an executive order to explore adding more nuclear power to the state’s energy mix. In the March 26 executive action, Ayotte ordered state agencies, led by New Hampshire’s Department of Energy, to do a review of regulatory… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Kentucky invests in GLE’s Paducah laser enrichment facility
Wilmington, N.C.-based Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) received nearly $100 million in funding from the state of Kentucky and McCracken County for GLE’s proposed Paducah, Ky.-based enrichment facility. The performance-based incentive package will provide up to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Round Up: NASA’s Artemis II launching; Air Force RFI for SMRs; Holtec SMR-300 UK makes progress; NRC makes two personnel moves
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched Artemis II this week, beginning its string of upcoming lunar missions. NASA’s Artemis II 10-day, four person mission is to verify Orion spacecraft and systems that are designed to travel into deep… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]