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The energy future in Utah and the West

By: By Amy Joi O’Donoghue
Utah has been identified as a “first mover” state when it comes to the deployment of advanced nuclear technology in its partnership with the Idaho National Laboratory. The Frontiers project aims to foster deployment in states with economic development. That can be something like a microreactor used in manufactory technology to lower emissions. Or, it could be something like the Natrium project in Wyoming by TerraPower. It is sited near a coal-fired power plant and could deliver up to 345-megawatts of power via a molten salt cooled reactor.
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Energy Frontier: The Wyoming Landscape Episode 32: From Submarines to National Labs, Nuclear Energy with Todd Allen

By: School of Energy Resources at the University of Wyoming
Professor Todd Allen is the Chair of Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan. After serving in the Navy, he earned a PhD in nuclear engineering and has spent his career working on issues related to the nuclear industry. In this episode, Dr. Allen and Dr. Krutka discuss his career, the important role of national labs, the development of advanced nuclear reactors, and his dedication to ensuring that the national and international discussion of nuclear energy includes voices far more diverse than just nuclear engineers.
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2024 Frontiers Initiative Impacts Report

Washington State Goes One for Three on the Pragmatic Climate Scale…Maybe

By: Paul Fundingsland
On the Washington boarder to the east, the state of Idaho is embracing and promoting nuclear with it’s Idaho National Laboratory Frontiers Initiative. The 2024 Frontiers Initiative Impacts Report, released today, (Oct. 24) highlights the initiative’s impacts on first-mover states identified as actively pursuing advanced nuclear energy to encourage economic development.
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Curtis: Utah ‘ready’ to be a big player in nuclear energy

The Frontiers Project meeting was a daylong event hosted by the Idaho National Laboratory, the premier U.S. Department of Energy laboratory focusing on nuclear energy and located just a couple of hours north of Salt Lake City.

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Nuclear Energy – Basin Electric’s Team Evaluates

Special guest speaker Dr. Steven Aumeier, nuclear engineer and senior advisor for strategic programs at Idaho National Laboratory, recently shared perspectives on the deployment of advanced nuclear energy to the Basin Electric Board of Directors. Dr. Aumeier touched on several topics including the fundamentals of nuclear energy, and the drivers, risks, and opportunities available in […]

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TerraPower selects Kemmerer, Wyoming as the preferred site for advanced reactor demonstration plant

November 16, 2021

TerraPower today announced Kemmerer, Wyoming as the preferred site for the Natrium™ reactor demonstration project, which is a TerraPower and GE-Hitachi technology, and is one of two competitively-selected advanced reactor demonstration projects (ARDP) supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The company selected the Kemmerer location, near the Naughton Power Plant, following an extensive evaluation process and meetings with community members and leaders.

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Eielson AFB Announced as Site for Air Force Micro-Reactor Pilot

October 15, 2021

The Department of the Air Force has selected Eielson Air Force Base (AFB) to pilot its first micro-reactor. The next-generation energy capability will provide the installation with a clean, reliable, and resilient nuclear energy supply technology for critical national security infrastructure.

The micro-reactor pilot was initiated in response to the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act requirement to identify potential locations to site, construct, and operate a micro-reactor by the end of 2027. The micro-reactor will be commercially owned and operated and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensed.

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