DOE, NRC to start on licensing strategy for NGNP this year

Washington (Platts)--12Jun2006

DOE and NRC staff plan to begin developing a licensing strategy this year for
the Next Generation Nuclear Plant Project, Dennis Spurgeon, assistant
secretary of nuclear energy, said today. Testifying before the Senate Energy
and Natural Resources Committee, Spurgeon said DOE is making progress on the
NGNP project, which calls for building a very high-temperature gas-cooled
reactor at Idaho National Laboratory that can produce both electricity and
hydrogen. Idaho Senator Larry Craig, who chaired the hearing, said the
committee wanted an update on the project's status. Spurgeon said DOE was
making progress toward deployment of a demonstration plant by 2021. Two others
testifying -- Regis Matzie of Westinghouse Electric Co. and Dan Keuter of
Entergy Nuclear -- said they supported the project but urged DOE to make its
highest priority the Nuclear Power 2010 program to build new LWRs.


 

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