Blue Energy submits first construction application to NRC

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Blue Energy submits first construction application to NRC

https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/blue-energy-submits-first-construction-application-to-nrc

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Blue Energy submitted an initial construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a planned facility at the Port of Victoria site in Texas. The filing requests approval for early construction work and a sequencing method that builds natural gas infrastructure before integrating small modular reactors. The project ultimately aims to supply electricity to nearby data center operations.

Blue Energy has submitted the first part of its construction permit application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for its planned gas-to-nuclear project in Texas. ;

The application relates to the first nuclear unit at the Port of Victoria site and includes a request to start "limited construction activities, including deep foundation and shaft works to house the power plant's first small modular reactor".

Blue Energy said it also included a request to approve its "unique approach to build nuclear faster by first constructing the natural gas portion and balance-of-plant of the gas-to-nuclear plant - that balance-of-plant will subsequently also be utilised by the nuclear reactors".

Read the full article at World Nuclear News:
https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/blue-energy-submits-first-construction-application-to-nrc