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LCG, November 6, 2025--X-energy Reactor Company, LLC, (X-energy) and the U.S. Office of Nuclear Energy today announced the start of confirmatory irradiation testing at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to qualify X-energy’s proprietary TRISO-X fuel pebbles for commercial use in the Xe-100 Small Modular Reactor (SMR). (TRISO stands for TRi-structural ISOtropic). This is the first time that TRISO-X fuel pebbles will undergo irradiation testing in a U.S. lab, which is a critical step in meeting requirements set forth by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the commercial deployment of advanced reactors that will use the fuel.
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LCG, October 28, 2025--NextEra Energy and Google yesterday announced two agreements that will help meet growing electricity demand from artificial intelligence (AI) with clean, reliable, 24/7 nuclear power and strengthen the nation's nuclear leadership. First, Google signed a new, 25-year agreement for power generated at the Duane Arnold Energy Center, Iowa's only nuclear power facility. The 601-MW boiling water reactor unit was shut down in 2020 and is expected to commence operations by the first quarter of 2029, pending regulatory approvals to restart the plant.
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Industry News
S. Korea to Build Four Nuclear Plants
LCG, August 12, 2002-Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has signed contracts to have four nuclear generators constructed.KHNP, a unit of Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), expects the plants to be finished in 2009 and 2010 at a total construction cost of $6 billion.DOOSAN Heavy Industries and Construction Company, as well as Korea Power Engineering Company, Inc. and Westinghouse Electric Co., have been contracted to work on the four generators.Shin-Kori 1 and 2 will be built in Pusan Metropolitan City, while Shin-Wolsong 1 and 2 will be built in Kyungju-City.KHNP operates some 16 nuclear generators, currently providing 13,716MW of capacity.
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The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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