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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
Austin Energy Selects Gemini for 30-MW, Solar Project
LCG, March 6, 2009--Gemini Solar Development Company LLC announced yesterday that it was selected by Austin Energy to construct a 30-MW, solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Texas. The solar facility will be built approximately 25 miles east of Austin at a 300 acre site owned by the City of Austin. The facility is scheduled to be completed and generating electricity by the end of 2010.
Gemini Solar is a joint venture formed in October 2008 between Suntech Power Holdings Co., a Chinese manufacturer of PV modules, and MMA Renewable Ventures, a subsidiary of Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC. Gemini Solar announced that it will own and operate the solar electric generating station, and Austin Energy will buy the electricity under a 25-year, non-escalating power purchase agreement (PPA).
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The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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