President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing the federal government to launch an initiative to drive the adoption of small modular nuclear reactor technology across national defense and space exploration programs.
Read More »Mark Peters Named Battelle Lab Operations EVP
Mark Peters, director of Idaho National Laboratory, will join Battelle as executive vice president for laboratory operations. Peters will work with INL and other national labs within Battelle’s portfolio to advance science and technology initiatives and facilitate community engagement and operations, the lab announced Thursday.
Read More »BWXT, Westinghouse, X-energy Secure DoD Nuclear Microreactor Design Contracts
The Department of Defense has awarded BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT), X-energy and Westinghouse's government services business separate two-year contracts worth potentially $39.8M combined to design a mobile nuclear reactor model.
Read More »CTC’s Ed Sheehan to Present at Nuclear Energy Leadership Summit in October
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 13, 2017 — Concurrent Technologies Corp. President and CEO Ed Sheehan Jr. is a speaker at the Nuclear Energy Leadership Summit and Showcase in October and will discuss the company’s work at the Center for Advanced Nuclear Manufacturing in Pennsylvania, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The two-day event will commence on …
Read More »Perry: Hackers are a Current, ‘Real’ Threat to US Nuclear Reactors
Criminal hackers targeting U.S. nuclear power plants and other energy providers present a substantial and “real” threat to the U.S. electric grid Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Tuesday. However, “the good news” is that the Energy Department has substantial resources to counter the threat and has been “working on this for …
Read More »Bechtel Subsidiary Navy Nuclear Lab Mgmt Contracts Extended for $13B; Craig Albert Comments
A Bechtel subsidiary will continue to operate and manage two atomic power laboratories for the U.S. Navy and Energy Department under two-five year extensions worth $13 billion combined. Bechtel Marine Propulsion will work at the Bettis and Knolls facilities until at least Sept. 30, 2018 under the Naval Reactors Program, Bechtel said …
Read More »Lockheed to Help Develop Power Plant Safety Systems in China; Jim Gribschaw Comments
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and China’s State Nuclear Power Automation System Engineering Co. have partnered to engineer and assess a power plant safety technology intended to address the country’s demand for safe nuclear energy. The two companies will use a field programmable gate array model to build a prototype of …
Read More »CGI’s ‘Nuclear Options’: Signs ID/IQ with NRC; George Schindler Comments
CGI (NYSE: GIB; TSX: GIB.A) signed an eight-year ID/IQ with a $20 million ceiling with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) support and migration initiative. According to the firm, “CGI will focus on information technology support services, technical expertise, and project …
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