Studsvik Inc. announced Wednesday that it will terminate its involvement with the THOR Treatment Technologies LLC. (TTT) joint venture. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will be hosting an open house regarding the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant on June 24. Read More »

China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) Assistant General Manager Li Xiaoming said Wednesday that CNNC plans to build and export nuclear reactors within the next five years. Read More »

NuScale Power LLC President and CEO John Hopkins has been elected vice chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the company said recently. Read More »

Virginia is uniquely positioned to lead the United States into a nuclear future, according to the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy. Read More »

Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Monday that there have been crucial advances in managing radioactive waste in recent years, even though the general public remains unaware of these developments. Amano was speaking at the opening of an international conference on spent-fuel management in Vienna, Austria. Read More »

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently analyzed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan and was forced to consider new nuclear capacity in a separate case analysis because building new nuclear capacity beyond current construction or retirement is not included in the EPA’s major compliance options. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) estimates that nuclear power use will continue expanding in the future and encourages nations with more nuclear energy programs and experience to share their knowledge of radioactive waste and spent fuel management with nations that have less experience. Read More »

HeadlineIAEA team reviews Armenia's regulatory framework for nuclear, radiation safetyBodyLate last week, a team of safety experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) completed a 13-week visit to the Republic Armenia. Read More »

Unit 3 Steam Generator will convert water into steam. Read More »

Just in time for the increased energy demands of summer, Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) completed a substation expansion for West Amwell Township at a cost of $10 million. Read More »

Leading up to the 21st United Nations Conference of Parties, which will be held in Paris this December, the International Energy Agency (IEA) issued its World Energy Outlook Special Report on Energy and Climate Change on Monday. Read More »

Continuing a history of cooperation on civil uses for nuclear technology, U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se signed an agreement on Monday that stands to strengthen the countries’ energy bonds, the  National Nuclear Security Administraton said. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that Matt Young has been named senior resident inspector for the Grand Gulf nuclear power plant (GGNPP) in Port Gibson, Mississippi. Read More »

The U.S. State Department praised the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) approval of an agreement last week between the IAEA and Kazakhstan to establish a bank of low-enriched uranium (LEU) in that country. The LEU facility will provide pieces of LEU to countries that are seeking to research peaceful uses of the material, such as for nuclear energy development. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) said its semiannual public opinion survey indicates the public supports nuclear energy with a high degree. The survey, conducted between Feb. 18 and March 1 in part by Bisconti Research, Inc., and Quest Global Research, found that 83 percent of respondents stated it was important for the U.S. nuclear industry to act as a leading force in global markets. Read More »

Flowserve Corp. said Friday it will introducie a new liquid ring compressor, the SIHI KPHX, at the ACHEMA 2015 international conference running through 19 in Frankfurt, Germany. This new compressor utilizes two impellers and features three stages of compression that can reach 12 bars of pressure. Read More »

Entergy Corp. has announced that Entergy Arkansas Inc. (EAI) President and CEO Hugh McDonald will retire in 2016. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has approved a host-state agreement with the Government of Kazakhstan that would make the country home to a low-enriched-uranium (LEU) fuel bank, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) said on Thursday. Read More »

The Canadian Nuclear Association elected a new Board of Directors responsible for supervising the association’s overall direction and strategy at its annual general meeting. Read More »