Nuclear Reactors 854 - Congress Passes Appropriation Act For Fiscal Year 2021 Which Includes Funding For Nuclear Power Projects

The U.S. Congress voted on December 21 to approve the Congressional act titled Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. The appropriations include one and a half billion dollars for the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy. They also include one hundred and fifty million dollars to begin setting up the uranium reserve program aimed at increasing the domestic production of uranium.

Nuclear Reactors 853 - The World Nuclear Association Released A Report Calling For International Standard For Nuclear Power Reactor Certification

     This month, the Cooperation in Reactor Design Evaluation and Licensing (CORDEL) Working Group of World Nuclear Association (WNA). issued a report regarding nuclear plant licensing. Currently, nuclear reactor designs proposed for deployment in a country are assessed by the national nuclear regulators of that country.

Nuclear Reactors 852 - The U.S. Department Of Energy Has Announced New Awards Under Its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program

     The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has just released a list of new awards for the third of three programs under its new Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). The total of the awards is twenty million dollars. The DoE Office of Nuclear Energy selected the projects which will receive Fiscal Year 2020 funding in the ARDP Advanced Reactor Concepts-20 program.

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