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NRC will prepare environmental statement for nuclear fuel facility

Posted at 4:26 pm December 17, 2022
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TRISO-X has proposed a nuclear fuel fabrication facility on 110 acres at Horizon Center in west Oak Ridge. (Photo from TRISO-X environmental report to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced Friday that it will prepare an environmental impact statement for a proposed nuclear fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge that could help power advanced reactors for electrical and chemical use, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The project could partially benefit from last year’s federal infrastructure law, specifically about $1.1 billion appropriated for a clean energy supply.

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Filed Under: Business, Federal, Front Page News, Government, Government, Oak Ridge, Premium Content, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, advanced reactors, ARDP, EIS, environmental impact statement, fuel fabrication facility, HALEU, high-assay low-enriched uranium, Horizon Center, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, infrastructure law, NRC, nuclear fuel, nuclear fuel facility, nuclear reactors, small modular reactors, TF3, TRISO fuel, TRISO-X, TRISO-X Fuel Fabrication Facility, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, uranium fuel, X-energy, Xe-100

Test reactor would help with decarbonization, supporters say

Posted at 3:55 pm November 23, 2022
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Kairos Power has proposed a Hermes test reactor at the Heritage Center, the former K-25 site in west Oak Ridge. A model of the test reactor is pictured at a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission meeting in Oak Ridge on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

Note: This story was updated at 11:20 a.m. Dec. 1.

A nuclear test reactor proposed in west Oak Ridge could help as the United States tries to lower carbon dioxide emissions and reduce the effects of climate change, supporters said during a public meeting last week.

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Filed Under: Business, Federal, Front Page News, Government, Government, Oak Ridge, Premium Content, Slider Tagged With: construction permit, DOE, EIS, environmental impact statement, fluoride salt-cooled reactor, HALEU, Heritage Center, Hermes, Hermes test reactor, high-assay low-enriched uranium, Jim Hopf, K-31, K-33, Kairos Power, Molten Salt Reactor Experiment, NRC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Peyton Doub, Scott Burnell, test reactor, Tracy Boatner, TRISO, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Test reactor could be built at Oak Ridge, Idaho

Posted at 12:08 pm August 6, 2019
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory Sign
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory are being considered as potential sites for a test reactor, where fuels and materials could be tested for new types of nuclear power reactors.

It’s not clear where the test reactor would be built at ORNL, if it’s built there.

The fast-neutron reactor, called the Versatile Test Reactor, would be sodium-cooled and small, about 300 megawatts thermal. It would be based on the GE Hitachi PRISM power reactor. That’s a small module design based on the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II, which operated for more than 30 years in Idaho, the U.S. Department of Energy said in a notice published in the Federal Register on Monday. (Fast neutrons are highly energetic neutrons that travel at speeds ranging from tens to thousands of kilometers per second.)

The Versatile Test Reactor would be a pool-type reactor and use metal alloy fuels that could include uranium, plutonium, zirconium and other alloying metals. It would not be a power reactor, and it would not generate electricity. It could generate at least 4×1015 neutrons per square centimeter per second.

Reactor operations could start as early as the end of 2026, DOE said. Fuel for the reactor could be fabricated at Idaho National Laboratory or the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: DOE, EIS, environmental impact statement, fast neutron, Federal Register, GE Hitachi PRISM power reactor, Idaho National Laboratory, National Environmental Policy Act, NEPA, Nuclear Energy, nuclear power, nuclear power reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Rick Perry, Rita Baranwal, Savannah River Site, test reactor, thermal neutron, U.S. Department of Energy, Versatile Test Reactor

NRC recommends early site permit for Clinch River Nuclear Site

Posted at 8:48 am April 8, 2019
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TVA Clinch River Site

The Clinch River Site in west Oak Ridge is pictured above. The road running from bottom to top on the right (east) side of the Clinch River connects to Bear Creek Road in southwest Oak Ridge. Highway 58 is off to the top left of the photo and the Heritage Center is to the north. (Photo courtesy TVA)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 11:30 a.m.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a final environmental impact statement, and the staff has recommended, based upon the environmental review, issuing an early site permit for the Clinch River Nuclear Site in west Oak Ridge, where two or more small modular nuclear reactors could be built.

The final environmental impact statement, or EIS, was issued by the NRC on April 3. A notice of the EIS and the staff’s recommendation was published in the Federal Register on Monday, April 8.

The 935-acre Clinch River Nuclear Site is located in Roane County along the Clinch River. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Federal, Front Page News, Government, Government, Oak Ridge, Slider Tagged With: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Clinch River Nuclear Site, Clinch River Site, early site permit, EIS, environmental impact statement, Federal Register, Jim Hopson, NRC, nuclear power, small modular nuclear reactors, small modular reactors, SMRs, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

TVA decides coal combustion residuals more safely stored in place, including at Bull Run

Posted at 9:44 pm July 31, 2016
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Bull Run Fossil Plant Ash Impoundment Closure

The Tennessee Valley Authority will move forward with a plan to permanently and safely store coal ash and other coal combustion residuals on TVA property at 10 locations across the service area, including the Bull Run Fossil Plant in Claxton, officials said Friday.

The decision follows a year-long review of the potential environmental impacts detailed in an environmental impact statement, which addressed comments from 10 public open houses and additional opportunities for public input, a press release said.

See the final environmental impact statements, including for Bull Run Fossil Plant, here.

The EIS looked at two options for the future storage of coal combustion residuals, or CCR: closure-in-place and closure-by-removal. The preferred option for the 10 impoundments is closure-in-place, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Front Page News, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Bull Run Fossil Plant, CCR, closure by removal, closure in place, coal ash, coal combustion, coal combustion residuals, coal plants, EIS, environmental impact statement, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, John McCormick, Tennessee Valley Authoritiy, TVA

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