POWERING MICHIGAN: Fermi 2 is a single-unit boiling water reactor that churns out enough reliable power for more than 1 million homes in the Wolverine State. It first connected to the grid on this day back in 1986 and entered commercial operation two years later.
Office of Nuclear Energy | U.S. Department of Energy
Government Administration
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Advancing new technologies to rapidly expand nuclear energy in the United States ⚛️.
About us
The Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) mission is to advance nuclear power to meet the nation's energy, environmental, and national security needs. Under the guidance of three research objectives, NE resolves barriers to technical, cost, safety, security, and proliferation resistance through early-stage research, development, and demonstration to: -Enhance the long-term viability and competitiveness of the existing U.S. reactor fleet. -Develop an advanced reactor pipeline. -Implement and maintain national strategic fuel cycle and supply chain infrastructure.
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- Government Administration
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- 10,001+ employees
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- Washington, District of Columbia
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- 1977
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- Energy policy, research and development, science, nuclear energy
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THE HEAT IS ON: Westinghouse Electric Company just reached a key milestone for its eVinci microreactor. The advanced reactor prototype completed criticality testing earlier this month, reaching core temperatures upwards of 1,000°C as the company gathered valuable data on its performance. The transportable, heat-pipe-cooled reactor design runs on TRISO fuel and is designed to produce 5 megawatts of electricity on sites as small as two acres of land, providing resilient 24/7 energy for 8+ years without refueling. Data gathered from these experiments will help Westinghouse refine its design and increase certainty around the cost, manufacturability and schedule for eVinci, which was selected in August 2026 for the next phase of the Janus Program — the U.S. Department of the Army’s next-generation nuclear power initiative to power U.S. military installations with microreactors. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eRZ284cF
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Hello from Paris! The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Mike Goff is at OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Roadmaps to New Nuclear this week to talk real solutions for deploying more nuclear energy around the world. ⚛️ Tune in: https://lnkd.in/e2tE5_-8
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The Golden Age of Nuclear is Here ✨ This week, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Ted Garrish testified in front of House Energy & Commerce, speaking on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. The goal? Fully implementing the country’s full nuclear fuel cycle. Selected states will oversee the full nuclear supply chain including conversion, enrichment, deconversion, fuel fabrication, recycling, storage, and disposition. By taking a coordinated approach to recycling, storage, and disposal, DOE can establish lasting solutions for managing waste that prioritize safety, security, and responsible use of taxpayer resources. Watch the full hearing ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/e85j_Rvv
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BEAT THE HEAT 🔥: For the past 14 years, researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have been studying passive safety systems that remove heat from a nuclear reactor using basic physics — no human intervention, electrical power, or cooling pumps required. That research project is now complete, yielding one of the most comprehensive data sets to date on these next-generation safety technologies. The team tackled an exhaustive list of experiments at Argonne’s Natural Convection Shutdown Heat Removal Test Facility (NSTF), gathering mountains of data about the performance of air- and water-based passive safety technologies under a wide range of conditions. Findings from the NSTF will be used to validate computer models and increase confidence in the safety calculations for our newest reactor concepts, which could make advanced reactor designs safer, cheaper, and faster to test and build. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eHJB4yGQ
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NUCLEAR 101: Gas-cooled reactors operate at very high temperatures (750° Celsius) that can be used to provide electricity or support non-electric applications such as water desalination, hydrogen production and chemical processing. The high temperature output improves efficiency and online refueling allows for high availability. These reactors can be scaled to be modular and small with 75-megawatt electric output, or as large as current light-water reactors.
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HAPPY LABOR DAY 🇺🇸: America’s nuclear energy workforce keeps the nation's nuclear power plants running around the clock, generating reliable electricity all year long. Nuclear energy jobs include some of the highest-paying jobs in the entire energy industry, and many don’t require an advanced degree. And with President Trump’s executive orders driving a nuclear energy renaissance, the need for qualified nuclear workers in the United States is poised to surge in the coming years. Check out our breakdown of the top trends in U.S. nuclear energy jobs in 2025: https://lnkd.in/eE-5FY_R
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