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The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has reversed its earlier decision on subsequent licence renewals for Turkey Point units 3 and 4 in a legal, procedural decision related to the specific wording of some of the documentation in the renewal process.

The US Department of ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß has set its strategic plans to secure a clean energy supply chain. For nuclear, DOE's goals are to enable continued operation of existing US nuclear reactors, enable deployment of advanced nuclear reactors, develop advanced nuclear fuel cycles and maintain US leadership in nuclear energy technology.

US electricity generation and transmission cooperative Dairyland Power has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NuScale Power to evaluate the potential deployment of NuScale's small modular reactor technology.

Framatome has received approval from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission of a licence amendment allowing its shipping containers to be used to transport fresh nuclear fuel with enrichment above 5%.

The legislative body for San Luis Obispo County has expressed its support for keeping open the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, voting to ask California Governor Gavin Newsom to ensure Pacific Gas & Electric Company has the necessary permits to keep the state's only remaining nuclear power plant in operation.

Vogtle unit 3 is now expected to be in service by the end of the first quarter of 2023, with unit 4 following by the fourth quarter of 2023, Georgia Power has announced. In addition, the company said its share of total Vogtle capital costs has increased about USD920 million.

Days after it launched a USD6 billion programme to support the continued operation of existing nuclear power plants, the Department of ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß has set in motion its programme to invest USD9.5 billion in clean hydrogen technologies which may include the use of nuclear power.

Counterfeit, fraudulent, and suspect items are present in operating US nuclear power plants, a special inquiry by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Inspector General has found.
 

The Tennessee Valley Authority has announced a new nuclear programme to explore advanced nuclear technology as part of its decarbonisation goals. One of its first tasks will be to pursue a construction licence application for a light-water, small modular reactor at the Clinch River site.

The US Department of ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Office of Environmental Management is to deactivate and demolish the land-based prototype for a reactor plant used in the first nuclear-powered submarine. The Submarine 1st Generation Westinghouse was built inside a section of a submarine hull at the Naval Reactors Facility in the Arco Desert, west of Idaho Falls.

California-based Oklo Inc and Argonne National Laboratory have signed an agreement formalising their commitment to commercialising recycling technology for advanced reactor fuel as part of a US Department of ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß-funded project.

Alaskan cooperative utility Copper Valley Electric Association and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation have agreed to determine the feasibility of building the first commercial installation of a Micro Modular Reactor ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß System in the US state.