Nuclear
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Backed by several venture firms, The Nuclear Company, plans to build a fleet of nuclear plants throughout the US.
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Nuclear Fuels has appointed Gregory Huffman as chief executive officer, president and director, effective immediately.
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A stalled bill to extend tax breaks for data centres in Michigan has been touted as the bellwether for a co-generation comeback.
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Duke Energy has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Nucor to develop power contract terms with electric utilities in North Carolina and South Carolina, with the goal of lowering the cost of building new nuclear technologies and batteries.
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Nuclear fission company Oklo has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Atomic Alchemy to produce isotopes, necessary for creating and recycling fast reactors.
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AltC, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) run by former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has purchased and combined with nuclear technology company Oklo for $306 million.
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CPS Energy has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Constellation for 200MW of capacity beginning summer 2024.
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Alberta, Canada-based Capital Power has cancelled its $2.4 billion Genesee carbon capture and storage (CCS) project after determining the project was not financially viable.
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Nuclear technology company Oklo has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 50MW project with major oil producer Diamondback Energy.
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The Department of Energy's (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has awarded energy equipment supplier Holtec $1.52 billion to restore its 800MW Palisades nuclear-generating station in Michigan.
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Nuclear power plant operator Constellation Energy has offered $900 million in green senior notes due 15 March, 2054, PFR has learned.
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Vistra Corporation has closed on the sale of the Richland and Stryker power plants to Rockland Capital, one of the final puzzle pieces in the closing of its $6.3 billion merger with Energy Harbor.
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The Government of Canada has closed its second green bond issuance, a C$4 billion ($2.9 billion) 10-year green bond, becoming the first sovereign borrower to issue a green bond that includes nuclear expenditures.
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Electricity and power generation company Vistra has received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to acquire Energy Harbor. It is the final approval needed in a $6.3 billion merger that will rebrand Vistra as renewables mega firm Vistra Vision.
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Nuclear company Westinghouse has hired former vice president of strategy and innovation at Kairos Power, Lou Martinez Sancho, as its chief technology officer.
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Large nuclear plants may overtake previously trending small modular reactors (SMRs) in the market as both private and federal funds are zeroing in on the sector to meet ever-growing grid demand.
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Capital Power Corporation and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) have joined forces to assess the development of grid-scale, small modular reactors (SMR) in Alberta, Canada.
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Siemens Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Santa Clara, California-based fast fission clean power company Oklo to become its preferred supplier as it scales up its advanced fission power plants.
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The US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicle Directorate has selected Westinghouse to power its advanced space research program.
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Small modular nuclear reactor and fuel business X-Energy Reactor Company (X-energy) has completed a $80 million Series C financing round.
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Independent power producer NRG’s president and chief executive officer Mauricio Gutierrez has departed the company and resigned from its board, leaving Lawrence Coben in the role for the interim.
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The Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) and NuScale Power Corporations (NuScale) have terminated their Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) located at the Idaho National Laboratory.
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Uranium mining company Cameco Corporation and Brookfield Renewable Energy have closed on the joint acquisition of nuclear services business Westinghouse Electric Company on November 8, 2023.
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Nuclear power plant operator Constellation has completed the $1.75 billion acquisition of its 44% ownership stake in NRG Energy’s South Texas Project Electric Generating Station (STP).
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X-Energy Reactor Company (X-energy) has reached the joint decision with publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company Ares Acquisition Corporation (Ares) to drop their previously announced acquisition, effective October 31, 2023.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has approved AB1172 on fusion energy policy as one of the 900 bills that came across his desk this week, all of which require signature or veto by Saturday.
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Xcel Energy has continued to make changes at the top, naming a new group president of utilities and chief customer officer.
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Texas-based Vistra Corp is issuing both secured and unsecured senior notes to fund part of the $3 billion cash component of the company’s pending Energy Harbor acquisition.
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Nuclear power provider Xcel Energy has named Chris Church as its new chief nuclear officer.
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X-Energy Reactor Company and the US Department of Defense (DoD) have expanded their agreement to develop a nuclear microreactor prototype for use in remote military locations.
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