ENTEL Wire

Energy Northwest portal · 17 Oct

Four buys open at Columbia, the first closes 21 October

Why it matters: A feed water heater level control upgrade closes 21 October 2026, and none of the four appears in ENTEL's mirror of SAM.gov. A public power agency buying for its own plant has no federal posting duty.

Federal Register · 14 Oct

AP1000 design updates to Revision 20, built from Vogtle

Why it matters: This is a direct final rule, so Revision 20 takes effect 28 December 2026 unless significant adverse comments arrive by 13 November. The default is that it happens.

Federal Register · 6 Oct

NRC takes comment on Vogtle's accident-tolerant fuel test

Why it matters: Southern Nuclear wants to run four accident-tolerant fuel test assemblies at Vogtle for a third cycle. Comments close 5 November 2026, hearing requests 7 December 2026.

Federal Register · 2 Oct

Indiana takes over NRC materials authority

Why it matters: Materials licensing in Indiana now runs through the state, so a supplier handling sources there applies, gets inspected and gets enforced against by a different regulator.

Federal Register · 24 Sep

NRC opens comment on a wholesale rewrite of reactor rules

Why it matters: Comments go in on Docket NRC-2025-1138 by 9 November 2026. A rulemaking this wide is where a supplier's procedural burden gets set, and the comment window is the only way in.

Federal Register · 21 Sep

NRC revises how it reviews non-light-water materials

Why it matters: Comments close 5 November 2026. The revision adds an appendix describing what staff have been looking for, which is the evidence a materials supplier needs ready before a customer's application goes in.

Federal Register · 11 Sep

Dominion moves to renew the North Anna site permit

Why it matters: Hearing requests and petitions to intervene are due 10 November 2026. That window is where a routine renewal either stays routine or acquires a contention.