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ATM No 03 2025 APR 03
Application lodged for construction of Texas SMR plant
- ndustrial giant Dow and X-Energy Reactor Company have submitted a construction license application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the proposed advanced nuclear project at Dow's Seadrift site in Texas.
- The project is focused on providing Dow's Union Carbide Corporation Seadrift Operations manufacturing site with safe, reliable, and clean power and industrial steam replacing existing energy and steam assets that are near end-of-life.
DOE relaunches bid for staffers to resign ahead of deeper cuts
- The Energy Department on Monday reinstated a program that would give staffers a chance to voluntarily leave before the administration’s mandatory cuts take place, according to a memo obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News.
- In a memo to staff, Energy Secretary Chris Wright noted that President Donald Trump on Feb. 11 signed an executive order that requires agency heads to promptly prepare to initiate large-scale reductions in force.
- “This is a difficult but necessary effort to make government more efficient and accountable,” said Wright.
Teaming agreement signed for Estonian SMR project
- Estonia's Fermi Energia and South Korea's Samsung C&T Corporation Engineering & Construction Group have signed a teaming agreement to collaborate on the deployment of two BWRX-300 small modular reactors in Estonia.