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American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 52m

"There has been a lot of discussion lately about reforming the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. But I want to be clear: When it comes to nuclear safety and security, there is no place for partisan politics."

Read more from former NRC chair Dale Klein on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-11...

From renaissance to reality: Infrastructure for a global nuclear fuel cycle

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 1d

Following a meeting last week with President Donald Trump, Japan has announced that it would provide up to $332 billion to support critical energy projects in the U.S., including the construction of nuclear reactor projects.

Read more on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-11...

Japan looks to support U.S. nuclear projects

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 2d

The Illinois General Assembly passed a clean energy bill on October 30 that lifts a 30-year moratorium on new nuclear energy in the state and creates incentives for more energy storage.

Read more on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

Illinois legislature lifts ban on nuclear energy, funds clean energy

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 5d

The DOE, Argonne National Laboratory, NVIDIA, and Oracle have agreed to a public-private partnership to deliver the DOE’s largest AI supercomputers, named Solstice and Equinox.

Read more on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

DOE, NNSA select partners for AI supercomputers

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 6d

Ho Nieh, the Trump administration’s nominee to be a member of the NRC, and four new board members of the TVA were approved in a vote yesterday by the Senate EPW Committee and head to the Senate floor for a final vote.

Read more on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

Ho Nieh, TVA board members, and nuclear fuel recycling bill head to Senate floor

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 7d

The U.S. government has signed an $80 billion deal with Westinghouse Electric Company to build large-scale nuclear reactors to support growing electricity demand from artificial intelligence.

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Westinghouse signs $80B contract to meet AI demand

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 8d

The DOE has a plan for private companies to “dispose of surplus plutonium”—about 19.7 metric tons in both oxide and metal forms—by “making the materials available for advanced nuclear technologies.”

Read more on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

Surplus plutonium for power reactor fuel: What’s on offer

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 9d

The board of directors of South Carolina’s state-owned utility Santee Cooper voted on Friday to approve the proposal from Brookfield Asset Management to complete two new AP1000 power reactors at the V.C. Summer site in Jenkinsville, S.C.

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Santee Cooper opts to reboot Summer reactor project

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 12d

INL has a key role in helping the DOE meet near-term needs by recovering HALEU from federal inventories, providing critical support to help lay the foundation for a future commercial HALEU supply chain.

Read Donna Kemp Spangler’s full feature on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

Leading the charge: INL’s role in advancing HALEU production

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 13d

Four nominees to serve on the TVA's board told the Senate EPW Committee that they support the build-out of new advanced nuclear reactors to meet the increased energy demand being shouldered by the country’s largest public utility.

Read more on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

TVA nominees promise to support advanced reactor development

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 14d

Holtec International has announced that Palisades nuclear power plant has received its first fuel shipment, a key step ahead of its highly anticipated restart by the end of the year.

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Holtec announces new fuel arrival ahead of Palisades restart

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 15d

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and Energy Secretary Chris Wright recently revealed the joint Janus Program, which aims to design next-generation nuclear power and builds on multiple military efforts already underway.

Read more on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

Army’s Janus Program to boost advanced nuclear reactors

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 16d

The DOE Office of Environmental Management announced the start of nuclear vitrification operations at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), also known as the Vit Plant, at the Hanford Site in Washington state.

Read more on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

After decades, Hanford’s WTP begins vitrifying tank waste

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 19d

At INL's Hot Fuel Examination Facility, researchers are currently working on postirradiation examination and testing for Westinghouse next-generation fuel rods.

Read Cory Hatch’s full feature on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

Researchers use one-of-a-kind expertise and capabilities to test fuels of tomorrow

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 20d

ANS sent a letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright with a set of recommendations for the DOE to take to establish an effective national program to manage the storage, reprocessing, and final disposal of U.S. commercial used nuclear fuel.

Read more on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

ANS sends waste policy recommendations to DOE

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 21d

Sellafield Ltd., the company overseeing the decommissioning of the U.K.’s Sellafield nuclear site awarded £2.9 billion in infrastructure support contracts to Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Costain, and HOCHTIEF (UK) Construction.

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Sellafield awards $3.86B in infrastructure contracts to three companies

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 22d

On day 10 of the government shutdown, the National Nuclear Security Administration had yet to furlough workers, but a spokesperson said that could change if members of Congress don’t agree on a continuing resolution to keep the government funded.

Read more here: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

NNSA to use essential—but unpaid—workers to keep weapons stockpile safe if shutdown continues

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 25d

ANS wrote the US Department of Energy in response to Executive Order 14302, offering expert recommendations on the storage, reprocessing, and disposal of used nuclear fuel: ans.org/file/21901/1/1…

https://ans.org/file/21901/1/1…

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 26d

Earlier this year, under the DOE-sponsored Microreactor Project, INL conducted a comprehensive phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) exercise aimed at advancing heat pipe technology for microreactor applications.

Read the full feature on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

The current status of heat pipe R&D

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 27d

During a Senate EPW Committee hearing yesterday, Ho Nieh, President Trump’s nominee to serve as a commissioner at the NRC, was urged to maintain the agency’s independence regardless of political pressure from the Trump administration.

Go deeper on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

NRC nominee Nieh commits to independent safety mission

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 28d

The NRC has approved a license application submitted by Disa Technologies to use high-pressure slurry ablation technology for remediating abandoned uranium mine waste at inactive mining sites.

Read more on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

NRC grants Disa license for novel environmental remediation tech

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 29d

Duke Energy is looking to add SMRs and large LWRs to its fleet in the coming years to meet increased energy demands expected in its southeast region over the next 15 years.

Read more on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

Duke Energy plans new nuclear buildout in 2025 strategic plan

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · Oct 6

The NRC has authorized Urenco USA to enrich uranium up to 10 percent U-235 following changes to plant systems and procedures and an operational readiness review.

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Urenco USA gets OK to enrich uranium up to 10 percent

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · Oct 3

SRNL is working to solve key obstacles in the nuclear fuel supply chain by providing a source of high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel for advanced reactors.

Read Catelyn Folkert's full feature on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/article...

Innovation for advanced fuels at SRNL

American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · Oct 2

The DOE and the NRC will furlough thousands of employees and operate at reduced capacity under a government shutdown that followed a failed congressional vote on a short-term funding bill.

Read more about the shutdown's impact on the nuclear sector on Nuclear NewsWire: www.ans.org/news/2025-10...

DOE, NRC prepare for government shutdown