X-energy is the inventor of the Xe-100 high temperature gas cooled small modular reactor (SMR). They announced on April 4th that their wholly owned subsidiary, TRISO-X LLC, has selected the Horizon Center Industrial Park in Oak Ridge to site their TF3 plant which will initially produce eight tons of fuel per year. This is enough to provide fuel for twelve Xe-100s.
Researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health recently conducted a study on metal concentration in U.S. community water systems (CWS) and patterns of inequality. The study revealed that metal concentrations were particularly concentrated in CWSs serving semi-urban, Hispanic communities independent of location or region, highlighting environmental justice concerns.
The Russian troops who took and held the shuttered Chernobyl nuclear power plant have moved out and turned the plant back over to the Ukrainians on March 19th. The two hundred Ukrainians who were at the plant when the Russians took over on February 24th, were held hostage for twenty-five days with no relief workers allowed in.