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December 10, 2024Potential site would host new facility to advance commercial Aalo-1 microreactor design.Office of Nuclear Energy
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December 3, 2024HALEU is enriched between 5% and 20% in U-235 and is required for most U.S. advanced reactors to achieve smaller designs.Office of Nuclear Energy
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November 27, 2024A typical nuclear reactor can provide enough power to cook around 2.5 million turkeys on Thanksgiving Day.Office of Nuclear Energy
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November 4, 2024Senior leaders from around the U.S. government attended the 68th International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference (GC) September 16-20 in Vienna, Austria, to advance nuclear energy, safety, security, safeguards, emergency preparedness and response, peaceful uses, nonproliferation, and other nuclear-related issues.National Nuclear Security Administration
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November 4, 2024U.S.-Republic of Korea Reach Provisional Agreement on Nuclear CooperationEnergy.gov
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November 1, 2024A software algorithm developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory has reduced the time needed to inspect 3D-printed parts for nuclear applications by 85 percent.Office of Nuclear Energy
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October 31, 2024U.S. Department of Energy awarded the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Phase 1B Contract to West Valley Cleanup Alliance LLC with work to be performed at the WVDP in western New York.Office of Environmental Management
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October 29, 2024About 2,000 gallons of radioactive and chemical tank waste is one step closer to disposal as part of a treatment technology demonstration at the Hanford Site.Office of Environmental Management
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October 29, 2024The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management received concurrence this month from the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that the Savannah River Site has successfully removed waste from Tank 9 and may now proceed to the next step in the closure process for that tank.Office of Environmental Management
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October 29, 2024U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company recently “put the lid” on a project to permanently seal 15 stainless steel containers of spent nuclear fuel, reducing risk at the Hanford Site.Office of Environmental Management