Just in time: This past weekend, Aalo Atomics’ design reached criticality. It’s the fourth reactor in the DOE pilot program to hit that breakthrough (following Deployable Energy’s announcement on July 1, which fulfilled President Trump’s goal for three critical reactors by Independence Day).
HALEU-lujah: Meanwhile, Centrus Energy has finalized an agreement to receive $900M from the DOE to scale up HALEU production at its facility in Ohio.
While we’re on nuclear: The NRC is looking to scrap the controversial “as low as reasonably achievable” (ALARA) radiation standard for nuclear plants, which many experts say lacks solid evidence. This would be replaced with “more objective“ rules, according to the agency.
Molly Glick
Energy Central Team
Tue, Jul 7