Duke Energy’s Harris nuclear power plant’s 24th refueling outage began in early October. The plant, located in New Hill, N.C., is a 964-MWe Westinghouse three-loop pressurized water reactor that started commercial operation in May 1987.
General Atomics’ SiGA-cladded test rods complete irradiation testing in the ATR
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced last week that unfueled test rods featuring the company’s SiGA fuel cladding—made of a silicon carbide composite...
Disney World should have gone nuclear
There is extra significance to the American Nuclear Society holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, this past week. That’s because in 1967, the state of Florida passed a law allowing...
N.S. Savannah and the American Nuclear Society
The American Nuclear Society was formed in 1954 in the wake of President Eisenhower’s seminal Atoms for Peace speech. Around the same time that Congress was debating the Atomic Energy Act...
DNFSB to hold public meeting on aging management
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, which provides safety oversight of Department of Energy sites, is holding a public hearing on August 14 on benchmarking of best practices in the...
Words from Westinghouse: The nuclear supply chain impacts and challenges
Power generation from nuclear fission as a clean and stable source of electricity has secured the interest of policymakers and industry leaders around the globe. Last fall, the United States...
Duke partnering with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Nucor on energy security
Duke Energy announced agreements yesterday with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Nucor to accelerate clean energy deployments in the Carolinas through a new rate structure proposal.The company...
Duke Energy cuts jobs, refocuses on clean energy
Duke Energy has confirmed “limited” layoffs across its territories as part of a company reorganization focused on clean energy.In a statement, the company said, “Duke Energy is entering...
NRC approves changes to Palisades’ emergency planning requirements
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted Holtec Decommissioning International’s request to revise the emergency preparedness plan for the Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert, Mich.,...
N.C. lawmakers trample veto of bill promoting nuclear energy
The North Carolina General Assembly has overridden Gov. Roy Cooper’s October 2 veto of S.B. 678—a measure aimed at incentivizing the development of nuclear power facilities in the state....
N.C. governor rejects pronuclear measure
Early last month, Newswire reported that a pronuclear bill under consideration in North Carolina looked likely to make its way to Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk, but less likely to be signed into...