Keith J. Drudy

Aug 23, 2024 | ans.org | Keith J. Drudy

The World Nuclear Association's annual World Nuclear Performance Report provides up-to-date details about the nuclear power sector for both existing nuclear electricity generators and reactors under construction. Average capacity factor of nuclear reactors increased by 1 percent—reaching 81.5 percent—last year. The report, published on August 20, shows that nuclear generation increased by 58 terawatt-hours in 2023, providing 2,602 TWh, or 9 percent, of the world’s electricity production.

Nov 13, 2023 | ans.org | Keith J. Drudy

ULC-Energy, a nuclear development and consultancy company based in the Netherlands, has signed a memorandum of intent with Danish carbon emission reduction technology firm Topsoe and Britain’s Rolls-Royce SMR to investigate the production of hydrogen using Topsoe’s solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) technology and electricity and heat from a Rolls-Royce small modular reactor plant.

Nov 2, 2023 | ans.org | Keith J. Drudy

The testing collected data for the Ohio Department of Health to further develop its procedures and policies. “The Portsmouth site has the radioactive source materials while the Ohio Department of Health has the drones,” said Tom Hines, the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office’s nuclear safety oversight lead. “We’re hoping to follow ODH’s lead and incorporate this into the DOE emergency management program.

Oct 30, 2023 | ans.org | Keith J. Drudy

The Department of Energy has released two additional requests for information related to its Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative, which aims to repurpose certain DOE-owned lands—portions of... Just a few hours after a new Speaker of the House of Representatives was elected on October 25, the White House sent a list of funding priorities for “critical domestic needs” to Congress...

Oct 26, 2023 | ans.org | Keith J. Drudy

If you build it, the money will come?The DOE estimates that more than 40 metric tons of HALEU could be needed by the end of the decade, with additional HALEU required each year thereafter to fuel a fleet of advanced reactors. But clear White House support for domestic HALEU enrichment has been lacking, even as the DOEhas taken about two years to build a federal program to support a sustainable commercial HALEU infrastructure.