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Holtec Signs Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Utah and Hi Tech Solutions to Deploy Nuclear SMRs

LCG, May 1, 2025--Holtec International (Holtec) announced the signing on April 29 of a strategic cooperation agreement with the State of Utah and Hi Tech Solutions, a leading nuclear services provider based in Kennewick, Washington, to collaborate in the deployment of Holtec's SMR-300s (small modular reactor) in Utah and the broader Mountain West region. Hi Tech will play a leading role in the project development and workforce training to support the rise of new nuclear power generation in the region.

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EPA and Texas Railroad Commission Sign Memorandum of Agreement for Permitting Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide

LCG, April 29, 2025--Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) today outlining the state’s plans to administer programs related to carbon storage wells, known as Class VI wells. The MOA signing is a required step in the RRC’s application to be granted authority to permit Class VI wells in the state of Texas. EPA is currently preparing a proposed approval of RRC’s primacy application.

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Southern Unit Plans Increase in Europe Generation

LCG, Feb. 15, 2001Mirant Corp. said this morning at a company press conference in Berlin that it was seeking significant increases in generation capacity on the Continent by 2006.

"We plan to raise our European power generation capacity to 12,000 megawatts from currentlyaround 1,000 megawatts over the next five years," spokesman Markus Baluska said. "The expansion will be made through acquisitions and co-operation agreements with existing producers as well as through new plant projects."

Mirant has already placed orders for turbines for nine cogeneration plants with a combined capacity of about 3,500 megawatts. That equipment is scheduled to be delivered by early 2004.

Stefan Sprick-Schuette, chief of Mirant's German operations said the company was looking at Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland and Italy.

Mirant is the inexplicable new name chosen for the former Southern Energy. It is still a subsidiary of The Southern Co.

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