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LCG, October 6, 2026--Google and Constellation Energy today announced a long-term strategic clean energy collaboration to bring 890 MW of new, reliable, carbon-free nuclear capacity onto the PJM Interconnection grid to meet growing demand and increase grid reliability. The first uprate is expected to be delivered by 2028.
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LCG, October 5, 2026--The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) today announced a conditional loan commitment of up to $4.2 billion to finance nuclear uprates and modernization across Vistra’s nuclear fleet in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The projects are expected to preserve nearly 4 GW of carbon-free, baseload power and add 433 MW of new nuclear capacity that will support the growing electricity demand across the PJM region.
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Industry News
Nuclear Regulator Apologizes for Tokaimura Accident
LCG, July 10, 2000--Japans Nuclear Safety Commission apologized in a report submitted to the cabinet Friday for the accident last September that took two lives at the Tokaimura nuclear fuel processing plant 75 miles northeast of Tokyo.Two workers died and a third was badly injured as a result of radiation exposure that occurred when they inadvertently started a nuclear chain reaction. The three had been using ordinary buckets to mix uranium and nitric acid in an unprotected tank. One of them said they were using the shortcut to save time.The commissions report blamed a lack of safety culture for the accident, and took responsibility for not establishing such a culture.We deeply regret that the commission could not fulfill its duties, and we feel tremendous responsibility over being unable to respond to the publics trust, the report said.The commission was more than willing to share the blame with the plants operator, Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute. JCN, it pointed out, had instituted procedures not authorized for nuclear installations and then had not even followed its own procedures.
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The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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