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    From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written on Thu Sep 10 23:50:30 2026
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    rCLSmall Modular Nuclear Projects Advance Amid Supply Chain ChallengesrCY

    https://www.chemicalprocessing.com/utilities-energy/article/55402978/small-modular-nuclear-projects-advance-amid-supply-chain-challenges

    rCLAdvanced nuclear-energy projects have ramped up this summer, with Dow
    and X-energy announcing several key milestones over the past three
    months for their joint effort.rCY

    rCLIn August, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded X-energy another $1 billion in funding to build four small modular reactors (SMR) at DowrCOs
    Long Mott Generating Station in Seadrift, Texas, said X-energy CEO Clay
    Sell in an earnings call. The additional amount increases the DOErCOs cost share contribution for the proposed nuclear plant to $2.1 billion.rCY

    rCLThe news comes about three months after the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its environmental assessment of the project, issuing a finding of no significant impact.rCY

    rCLNRC is currently conducting its safety review of the site, the final
    step before issuing a construction permit for the project, said Helena
    Alonso, a spokesperson from DowrCOs corporate media relations department.rCY

    rCLDow expects to receive the construction permit by the end of 2026,
    Alonso said in an email response. If approved, the plant would supply
    process heat and electricity to the Seadrift Operations. It would also
    be the first advanced nuclear facility at an industrial site in the
    United States, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.rCY

    Cool.

    Lynn

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  • From kludge@kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) to rec.arts.sf.written on Tue Sep 15 15:17:32 2026
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    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    rCLAdvanced nuclear-energy projects have ramped up this summer, with Dow
    and X-energy announcing several key milestones over the past three
    months for their joint effort.rCY

    This is very good news, but these are really not anything super innovative
    but designs imagined back in the fifties. They are modular but not really
    all that small... certainly not as small as the Westinghouse proposals back then for point-of-demand reactors. But it's good to see anything at all
    being done these days. Hopefully this will lead to some people actually putting work into reactor design again.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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