Posted: April 1, AM. Updated: April 1, PM. Top Stories Aha! Adding area code to calls starts Sunday. Walla Walla closes all city parks immediately due to high winds. A third design was developed that leverages more advanced technology and higher power levels that could be ready in time for a Mars mission. Rocket engines based on NTP technology are designed to propel a spacecraft from Earth orbit to Mars and back.
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion for spaceflight has a number of advantages over chemical-based designs. In particular, NTP provides a low mass capability that allows astronauts to travel through space faster, thereby reducing supply needs and lowering their exposures to cosmic radiation. The complaint, filed in the U. District Court of New Mexico on March 29, seeks a declaratory judgment that the NRC is acting beyond the scope of its authority and an injunction preventing the licensing from moving forward.
A letter sent from the NRC to Holtec earlier this month said more information is needed to complete the safety evaluation report. Also, the agency delayed completion of the report until the firm submits the requested data and the agency can evaluate it. Holtec International wants to build an interim storage dry cask facility for spent nuclear fuel near Hobbs, NM in the southeast corner of the state.
Holtec is seeking a year license to build it. State officials claim that New Mexico could become a permanent dumping ground for the radioactive material. NM cited the potential for disruption of oil and gas development which is a major industry in the region.
The state also raised concerns about a similar project planned just across the state line in Andrews, TX, and for the same reasons. On a technical basis that fear is pretty much unfounded as the spent fuel would be stored in dry casks. The bone dry region has little surface or ground water to act as a transport mechanism. Holtec has said the site in New Mexico, about 35 miles from Carlsbad, is remote, bone dry, and geologically stable.
The same conditions exist just across the Texas border where another firm. The commission has held public hearings during the licensing process and an environmental review was done. It will use a low enriched uranium fuel that will allow the plant to have a smaller safety perimeter compared to traditional plants, according to the partnership.
A week ago, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. X-energy specifically wanted to be in Washington state for its first project and partner with Energy Northwest after seeing how Swatzke had dramatically improved operations of the Columbia Generating Station over the past decade.
But the critical element was the way the market in the state is being shaped by the Clean Energy Transformation Act passed in , he said. New Mexico Gov. Australia needs a royal commission into nuclear power, says Kevin Scarce. Fmr Extinction Rebellion activist: No climate change if world embraced nuclear energy…. This website uses cookies to improve your experience.
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