Holtec announced Nov. 5 that the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant has swiftly completed transferring its spent nuclear fuel from wet-to-dry storage.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, operated by NextEra’s subsidiary Florida Power & Light, loaded up 12 of Holtec’s HI-STORM FW cask systems, transferring spent fuel from the plant’s spent fuel pool to the independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI). Holtec said 444 spent fuel assemblies were transferred.
Holtec said its Global Site Services team averaged pool-to-pad duration of 2.8 days per multi-purpose canister, with the fastest loading completed in 56.15 hours. Each canister contained 37 pressurized water reactor fuel assemblies.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) and JobsOhio announced that it has created a $100 million energy fund initiative to provide economic assistance to energy related projects, particularly for natural gas and nuclear power.
According to the Oct. 29 press release, the fund will be used over the next five years for engineering and construction costs, site preparation for small modular reactors (SMRs), nuclear workforce and supply chain purposes.
“To continue Ohio’s growth and to create jobs, we must focus on energy,” DeWine said. “Ohio must have an energy policy that ensures we have the supply we need for current and future demand, which will help keep costs reasonable.”
Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA), the Department of Energy’s operations contractor for the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is on the lookout for potential office space around Idaho Falls, according to an online procurement notice.
As it kicks off its market research, the prime contractor is asking for expressions of interest (EOI) from providers capable of leasing suitable local office space, according to the notice posted Tuesday.
The EOI was posted online in the federal government’s System for Award Management (SAM.gov). Responses are due before 2 a.m. Eastern Time on Nov. 29, according to the notice.
Deep Fission announced Wednesday that it has promoted Mike Brasel to be its chief operating officer.
Brasel previously worked as the Berkeley, Calif.-based nuclear company’s vice president of nuclear programs. Prior to Brasel’s tenure with Deep Fission, he held key management roles at NuScale Power.
“Everyone at Deep Fission is thrilled to see Mike [Brasel] step into the role of chief operating officer,” Elizabeth Muller, Deep Fission co-founder and CEO, said in the release. “Mike has been a key part of Deep Fission’s success from early on, bringing both technical depth and operational leadership that will be essential as we look to build our first reactor in 2026 as part of the Department of NovEnergy’s Reactor Pilot Program.”