At Texas A&M’s Innovation Forward conference, experts gathered to discuss the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and nuclear energy, highlighting the university’s role in developing advanced technologies. Venture capitalist Ray Rothrock, an A&M graduate, emphasized how AI is increasing energy demands, requiring a more reliable [Read more…]
Texas is advancing plans to integrate small modular reactors (SMRs) into the state’s energy grid to enhance reliability and reduce grid stress. Unlike traditional 1,200-megawatt nuclear reactors, SMRs range from 100-300 megawatts, allowing for faster production and deployment across remote areas, industrial sites, and [Read more…]
NuScale Power has installed a small modular reactor (SMR) simulation laboratory at Texas A&M University’s Center for Advanced Small Modular and Micro Reactors (CASMR), making it the third such facility in the United States. The simulator provides [Read more…]
Texas A&M University and Lightbridge Corporation, a leading nuclear fuel technology company, are collaborating on a groundbreaking study to evaluate the performance of Lightbridge Fuel in NuScale Power’s small modular reactor (SMR). The study, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), aims to advance nuclear fuel technology and enhance the efficiency, safety, and commercialization of advanced [Read more…]
Texas A&M University is at the forefront of nuclear energy innovation through its Center for Advanced Small Modular and Micro Nuclear Reactors (CASMR). Established in 2021 in response to the Texas power grid failure, CASMR aims to develop safe, reliable, and sustainable small and micro modular nuclear [Read more…]
Within the framework of the Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program, representatives of the Idaho National Laboratory and the Thermal-Hydraulic Research Laboratory met reactor engineers at the plant. The laboratory is collaborating with the INL in the development of new advanced computational [Read more…]
