Should You Buy NuScale Power While It’s Below $15?

NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) develops small modular nuclear reactors and has a key first-mover advantage with its nuclear energy technology. The stock surged over the last year, reaching $57 per share in October, but has cooled off significantl…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2530545/should-you-buy-nuscale-power-while-its-below-15/

Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/business/energy-environment/kairos-small-modular-nuclear-power.html

$70.000 boete voor Urenco USA

De Amerikaanse vestiging van de uraniumverrijkingsfabriek van Urenco heeft een boete van $ 70.000,- gekregen van the Nuclear Regulatory Commission voor overtredingen van de veiligheidsregels. Het bedrijf heeft sinds 2016 in ieder geval 35 keer shovels en andere zware werktuigen toegelaten op het terrein waar met uranium wordt gewerkt, zonder eerst verplichte afzettingen te plaatsen. Pas vorig jaar realiseerde men zich dat niet is toegestaan, en dat dit meldingsplichtig is. Urenco kan nog bezwaar maken tegen de boete. De verrijkingsfabriek in Eunice, New Mexico is sinds juni 2010 in bedrijf.
Oktober 2022 kwam naar buiten dat de Nederlandse toezichthouder ANVS zorgen heeft over de veiligheidscultuur bij kernafvalverwerker COVRA. De ANVS heeft geen boete gegeven.

#NuclearRegulatoryCommission #Voorpagina

“Amerikaanse kerncentrales straks niet meer gegarandeerd veilig”

Donald Trump wil dat kerncentrales en kernreactoren in Amerika sneller en goedkoper gebouwd gaan worden. De huidige regelgeving op het gebied van nucleaire veiligheid en het beleid van de onafhankelijke toezichthouder in Amerika op het veilig en verantwoord toepassen van kernenergie, de Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), ziet hij hierbij als hinderpalen. Dus heeft Trump besloten de bevoegdheden van de NRC als onafhankelijke atoomwaakhond sterk in te perken en gezaghebbende mensen bij de NRC te ontslaan. Ook krijgt de NRC voortaan nog maar beperkt tijd om vergunningaanvragen te behandelen en de veiligheid van een nucleair project te beoordelen. In bepaalde situaties mogen kernreactoren voortaan zelfs gebouwd worden zonder toestemming van de NRC! Ook meent Trump te weten dat de gevolgen van blootstelling aan lage dosis ioniserende straling (in de volksmond 'radioactieve straling') geen enkel gezondheidseffect heeft.
Als gevolg van dit alles moet de NRC op korte termijn al haar regelgeving herzien.

Lees het volledige bericht van Wim Turkenburg op Linkedin of het artikel in The Bulletin

#DonaldTrump #NuclearRegulatoryCommission

Just in time for the Hermes 2 hearing, The #NuclearRegulatoryCommission is simplifying procedures for mandatory hearings on licensing commercial nuclear power plants and uranium enrichment facilities. #nuclearenergy #nuclearreactor

https://www.nrc.gov/cdn/doc-collection-news/2024/24-059.pdf

Nuclear Power Plants: #NRC Should Take Actions to Fully Consider the Potential Effects of #ClimateChange

GAO-24-106326 Published: Apr 02, 2024.

"Climate change is likely to exacerbate natural hazards—such as #floods and #drought. The risks to nuclear power plants from such hazards include damage to systems and equipment that ensure safe operation.

"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's oversight process includes addressing safety risks at these plants. However, NRC doesn't fully consider potential increases in risk from climate change. For example, NRC mostly uses historical data to identify and assess safety risks, rather than data from future climate projections.

"We recommended that NRC fully address climate risks to nuclear power plants.

"Climate change is expected to exacerbate natural hazards—including heat, drought, #wildfires, #flooding, #hurricanes, and #SeaLevelRise. In addition, climate change may affect #ExtremeCold weather events. Risks to nuclear power plants from these hazards include loss of offsite power, damage to systems and equipment, and diminished cooling capacity, potentially resulting in reduced operations or plant shutdowns.

"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) addresses risks to the safety of nuclear power plants, including risks from natural hazards, in its licensing and oversight processes. Following the tsunami that led to the 2011 accident at Japan's #FukushimaDaiichi nuclear power plant, NRC took additional actions to address risks from natural hazards. These include requiring safety margins in reactor designs, measures to prevent radioactive releases should a natural hazard event exceed what a plant was designed to withstand, and maintenance of backup equipment related to safety functions.

"However, NRC's actions to address risks from natural hazards do not fully consider potential climate change effects. For example, NRC primarily uses historical data in its licensing and oversight processes rather than climate projections data. NRC officials GAO interviewed said they believe their current processes provide an adequate margin of safety to address climate risks.

"However, NRC has not conducted an assessment to demonstrate that this is the case. Assessing its processes to determine whether they adequately address the potential for increased risks from climate change would help ensure NRC fully considers risks to existing and proposed plants. Specifically, identifying any gaps in its processes and developing a plan to address them, including by using climate projections data, would help ensure that NRC adopts a more comprehensive approach for assessing risks and is better able to fulfill its mission to protect public health and safety."

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106326

#Greenwashing #NoNukes
#NoNewNukes #NuclearPowerPlant #NuclearPlants #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearRegulatoryCommission #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeTemperatures #ExtremeWeather