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Dec 18, 2023 | ans.org | Victoria Fitz |Bradley Balltrip |Matthew Leonard |Matthew Lynch

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Space Vehicle Directorate has selected Westinghouse, Northrop Grumman, and Astrobotic for an advanced space research program that aims to... Sweden’s parliament, the Riksdag, has approved legislative amendments from Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s government that will remove the country’s prohibition on new reactor...

Nov 28, 2023 | ans.org | Victoria Fitz |Bradley Balltrip |Matthew Leonard |Matthew Lynch

The provincial funding, according to Moe, will be used to support licensing and other work for the project, which is scheduled to be completed in 2029, subject to licensing and regulatory processes. The location of the eVinci unit is to be determined as the project progresses.

Nov 6, 2023 | ans.org | Victoria Fitz |Bradley Balltrip |Matthew Leonard |Matthew Lynch

Elektrárna Dukovany II (EDU II), a subsidiary of Czech utility ČEZ, has received final bids for the construction of a fifth reactor at the Dukovany plant, as well as nonbinding bids for... The Department of Energy’s National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) awarded $3.9 million to three advanced nuclear energy developers on October 23 to design experiments to test microreactor...

Oct 27, 2023 | ans.org | Victoria Fitz |Bradley Balltrip |Matthew Leonard |Matthew Lynch

The Etna location, according to the company, was chosen in part for its proximity to universities that have partnered with Westinghouse on the eVinci technology, including Carnegie Mellon, Penn State–New Kensington, and the University of Pittsburgh. Construction on the space began earlier this year and is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2024.

Oct 25, 2023 | ans.org | Keith J. Drudy |Victoria Fitz |Bradley Balltrip |Matthew Leonard

Radiant, Ultra Safe Nuclear, and Westinghouse each received awards through a front-end engineering and experiment design (FEEED) process that will support the design, fabrication, construction, and testing of fueled microreactor experiments. The NRIC, which is charged with demonstrating advanced reactors by the end of 2025, developed the FEEED process to help industry partners progress more quickly toward first-of-a-kind testing of advanced reactors.