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TNS Tipoffs - FERC Newsletter for Thursday April 23, 2026 ( 6 items )  

DOE Report Assesses Duane Arnold Transport Routes
WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Storage and Transportation, through Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, issued 'NPP Site Evaluation - Supplement 22 - Duane Arnold' on March 21, 2026, under report number PNNL-35730, with authors Steven J. Maheras, Miriam Juckett, Virgil O. Peoples, Veronica M. Wilson, Jeffrey Moore, and Kathy Langan. The report reviews site conditions and transport infrastructure at the Duane Arnold site as part of DOE's work on remo  more

DOE Report Weighs Rail Access for Three Mile Island Fuel Removal
WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Storage and Transportation, through Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, issued 'NPP Site Evaluation - Supplement 21 - Three Mile Island' on March 21, 2026, under report number PNNL-35730, with authors Steven J. Maheras, Miriam Juckett, Virgil O. Peoples, Veronica M. Wilson, Jeffrey Moore, and Kathy Langan. The report reviews site conditions and transport infrastructure at the Three Mile Island site, now renamed the Cr  more

PNNL Report Analyzes How Well PMUs Can Monitor Oscillations From Large AI Data Centers
WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued Measurement Adequacy for Monitoring Data Center Oscillations as PNNL-39191 in April 2026, and the authors are Kaustav Chatterjee, Jim Follum, Antos Varghese, Shuchismita Biswas, Evangelos Farantatos, and Lin Zhu. The report focuses on whether existing measurement systems can accurately track load-induced oscillations caused by AI training data centers. It compares phasor measurement units, or PMUs, with point-on-wave  more

PNNL Report Surveys Hydrogen Production and Storage Options for Air Force Installations
WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued Emerging Technologies Review Hydrogen Production and Storage as PNNL-35475 in March 2024, and the authors are Candace D. Briggs, Kendall M. Parker, Gerad M. Freeman, and Marcy Whitfield. The report explains how hydrogen can support Air Force mission resilience by providing a storable energy carrier that can back up electricity, fuel vehicles, and support other operations. It focuses mainly on how hydrogen is produced  more

PNNL: Dry Storage Modeling Shows Cladding Heat Risks Vary by Cask and Load Pattern
WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory prepared 'Temperature-Time Modeling of Spent Fuel Cladding in Dry Storage Casks' for the U.S. Department of Energy's Spent Fuel and Waste Science and Technology program; the authors are David J. Richmond, Ben J. Jensen, Justin Clarity, Megan E. Higley, and Nicholas Kucinski, and the report number is M3SF-24PN010203025. The report is dated March 31, 2024, and it examines how spent nuclear fuel cladding heats and cools in dry   more

PNNL: Sitka Energy Game Surfaces Four Priorities for 2050
WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued 'SCRES Energy Quest Workshop Technical Report' as report PNNL-39090 in 2026, and the authors are Sarah Troise and Molly Grear, with contributions from Bri Gabel, Noelani Boise, and Ian Hermanson. The report describes Energy Quest Sitka's Path to 2050, a game-based workshop tool built for the Sitka Community Renewable Energy Strategy to help residents weigh choices about their energy future. Over several months, 84 co  more