The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced Monday an opportunity for the public to request a hearing on a request from an Entergy subsidiary company to renew its early site permit for the Grand Gulf site in Mississippi.
System Energy Resources was issued the early site permit in 2007 and it is set to expire on April 5, 2027. The renewed permit would allow for a construction permit or combined license application to reference the permit for an additional 20 years in the current permit, according to a Jan. 27 notice in the Federal Register.
NRC said the request for a hearing or to intervene must be filed by March 30. According to the 2007 filing, System Energy Resources is permitted to build up to 8,600 megawatts thermal adjacent to the existing Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Port Gibson, Miss.
Swedish nuclear services company Studsvik Nuclear AB has signed a multi-year agreement with Korean Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) Nuclear Fuel and the Belgian Nuclear Research Center.
The contract, which will run from the end of 2025 through 2030, includes a program of performance testing of irradiated high-performance alloy for nuclear application (HANA) fuel and analysis to support KEPCO Nuclear Fuel’s development of advanced nuclear fuel technologies, according to the company’s Thursday press release. The work will cover both pre-and post-irradiation testing, as well as power ramp testing.
Allied Power has hired Chinmay Patel this week as its senior vice president of its newly established engineering division.
In Patel’s role, he will oversee the growth of the engineering division through organic and strategic and reinforcing coordination between engineering, nuclear and other teams, according to Allied Power’s Tuesday press release.
Prior to his appointment, when used to work at Enercon Services he worked on business development and client services for the Department of Energy national labs and prime contractors.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has appointed Christopher Carroll to be its chief financial officer effective immediately, NRC said in a Jan. 26 press release.
Carroll has been working as the acting CFO for the agency since May 2025. He joined NRC in 2024 as the deputy CFO after 24 years of service in the Air Force, with his most recent role as director of budget programs in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Management and Comptroller in Washington D.C.
Carroll led the team responsible for the Department of the Air Force future years’ budget. He also served as deputy director of Budget Investment Programs with the Air Force deputy assistant secretary for budget at the Pentagon.