Chemicals & Process Industries

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1003+ words) Holtec International has begun loading fuel into the 805-MW Palisades reactor in Michigan for the first U.S. restart of a shuttered nuclear power plant. Federal regulators also approved excavation for two SMR-300 small modular units totaling about 680 MW. Holtec International said…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (237+ words) Walterboro Live Air, Water & More at Proposed, Giant Canadys Power Station Will Be Subject of Tuesday Hearing in Walterboro - Application seeking coverage under the NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Construction Activity for clearing portions of the site, along…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (391+ words) Oak Ridge National Laboratory rigger/iron workers Trenton Hayes and Damon Parks help prepare to ship two tons of solid lithium fluoride and beryllium fluoride salt, known as FLiBe, to Natura Resources’ research reactor at Abilene Christian University in Abilene....

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (676+ words) Holtec plans to deploy two small modular nuclear reactors at the Palisades Energy Center in Covert Township, Michigan. A U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission exemption authorizes early excavation support and site work, not full plant construction. Holtec says the units are expected…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (478+ words) This filing also contributes to an expanding regional momentum for this specific reactor technology. Blue Energy has taken a major step toward building a new reactor in Texas by contacting federal regulators. The company has formally submitted the first part…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (251+ words) A reactor unit at the controversial Czech nuclear power plant Temelín was shut down unexpectedly on Wednesday after a malfunction, the plant's operator CEZ said. Reactor unit 2 was disconnected from the grid after a fault was detected in the control…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (287+ words) Skyharbour Partner Company Purecore Commences Data Compilation and Target Generation at The Yurchison Uranium Property Data Compilation and Target Generation: Yurchison has been subject to historical airborne and ground geophysical surveys, geological mapping, prospecting, geochemical sampling and historical drilling. Much…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (185+ words) Holtec International, owner of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, has been granted approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to install permanent support-of-excavation and cutoff-wall systems for its planned small modular reactors at the site. Holtec says the NRC on August…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (102+ words) Swedish Advanced Reactor Company Collaborates With Microsoft To Advance AI-Driven Nuclear Licensing NucNet Swedish Advanced Reactor Company Collaborates With Microsoft To Advance AI-Driven Nuclear Licensing Blykalla says documentation process can be reduced from years to months Want to know more?...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (214+ words) Around 10 unmanned aerial vehicles reportedly struck the Metafrax Chemicals plant in Russia on September 11, causing the facility to halt operations, according to Exilenova+. The strikes reportedly hit production units manufacturing formalin, pentaerythritol, urea and hexamine, as well as a nitrogen-oxygen…...