📰 2026-04-08

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Nuclear News Daily—4/8: Proposed budget / AP1000 DC / EIRP report

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Apr 08, 2026

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In this issue: A budget request from the White House, Westinghouse files to update the AP1000 design certification, a new report from the Energy Innovation Reform Project, the possibilities of 3D printing impact limiters, and more. Let’s dive right i...

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도입부: In this issue: A budget request from the White House, Westinghouse files to update the AP1000 design certification, a new report from the Energy Innovation Reform Project, the possibilities of 3D printing impact limiters, and more.

Proposed FY 2027 DOE, NRC budgets ask for less

The White House is requesting $1.5 billion for the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy in the fiscal year 2027 budget proposal, about 9 percent less than the previous year. The request from the Trump administration is one of several associated with nuclear energy in the proposal, which was released Friday. Congress still must review and vote on the budget. Go deeper on Nuclear NewsWire.

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The DOE announced

$49.7M in awards to 10 university-led projects to develop nuclear safety training and workforce development. DOE

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The Energy Innovation

Reform Project released a new assessment analyzing the three obstacles blocking U.S. fuel recycling over the past 50 years: economics, waste management, and proliferation risk. Utility Dive

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At least four states

—Tennessee, Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah—have officially responded to the DOE’s RFI for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. Axios

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Joel Bradburne

and the DOE-EM leadership team visited the Idaho Cleanup Project, highlighting progress in nuclear waste processing, fuel management, and facility demolition. DOE

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The Grainger College

of Engineering at UIUC has launched the Illinois Nuclear Power Institute to lead advancements in reactor technologies, safety, and workforce development, enhancing Illinois’s role in nuclear energy innovation. UIUC

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The IAEA detailed

six different ways it uses nuclear techniques to support global health, including expanding access to radiotherapy, supporting zoonotic disease detection, and more. IAEA

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The Nuclear Threat Initiative

convened a roundtable with 25 experts to examine the challenges and opportunities associated with advancing U.S.-China engagement on nuclear risks. NTI

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GE Vernova

Hitachi Nuclear Energy announced its entrance into an agreement with Swedish engineering and project management company AFRY to support the deployment of BWRX-300s in Sweden. GVH

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Avalanche Energy

is developing radiovoltaics to improve energy capture in fusion reactors. They received $5.2M from DARPA for nuclear battery materials. TechCrunch

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Westinghouse submits AP1000 design revision to NRC

Yesterday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has received an application from Westinghouse to renew and update the design certification for its AP1000 reactor. This application seeks to formally incorporate the lessons learned from the construction of Vogtle-3 and -4 into the design control document of the AP1000. Go deeper on Nuclear NewsWire.

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3D printing possibilities: Additive manufacturing impact limiters for transportation casks

With the significant advances in additive manufacturing, otherwise known as 3D printing, Orano Federal Services and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte recently re-examined the capabilities to print impact limiters for transportation casks used to ship spent nuclear fuel. Impact limiters protect transportation casks (sometimes also referred to as transportation overpacks) and their contents during an accident. Go deeper on Nuclear NewsWire.

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EnergySolutions to be reacquired by investment firm ECP

The investment firm Energy Capital Partners (ECP) is to reacquire nuclear services company EnergySolutions from TriArtisan Capital Advisors, it was announced yesterday. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals, were not disclosed. Go deeper on Nuclear NewsWire.

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