The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the National Energy Administration of China (NEA) recently convened their 10th Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology (PUNT) Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) meeting, held in Chengdu, China. The joint meetings develop working groups that examine various issues, including safe nuclear technology and usage, national safeguards, radioactive source security, nuclear-waste management and management of nuclear emergencies. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently scheduled an open house meeting to discuss the most recent assessment concerning the operations at the Braidwood and Dresden nuclear power plants through 2014. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced yesterday it will present details of its annual assessment of the Indian Point nuclear plant at a public meeting in Tarrytown, New York, Wednesday. Read More »

Commission wants to hear public's thoughts on environmental impacts of proposed facility Read More »

Annual assessment of Tennessee Valley Authority plant finds overall the three units operated safely in 2014 Read More »

DTE Electric to receive Combined License for new economic simplified boiling-water reactor Read More »

CB&I said on Friday that its Lake Charles fabrication facility has been given an expanded role in fabricating structural and mechanical modules and other components for the AP1000 nuclear power plant projects in Georgia and South Carolina. "This new development demonstrates the confidence the licensees and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have in our highly skilled work force, nuclear safety culture and operations in Lake Charles," Luke Scorsone, president of CB&I's Fabrication Services oper Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officials will meet with Tennessee Valley Authority representatives on Tuesday in Rockville, Maryland, to discuss the TVA’s Early Site Permit (ESP) application for its Clinch River plant. The meeting will be held 8:30-10:30 a.m. in room O4B6 of the NRC’s One White Flint building, 11555 Rockville Pike. Read More »

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) congratulated DTE Energy on Thursday after the latter acquired a construction and operation license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), allowing the company to fully launch operations.GEH said this is among the first facilities using GEH's Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) to be approved after the NRC approved the reactor last year. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said yesterday it will meet with Global Nuclear Fuel–America Tuesday to review safety performance at the company’s commercial nuclear fuel fabrication plant. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced Friday that it and the Army Corps of Engineers are seeking public comment on a preliminary conclusion of environmental impact of a new reactor in Pennsylvania. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it will hold a public meeting Tuesday in Zion, Illinois, on terminating the license for the nuclear power plant located there. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a violation notice on Tuesday to Honeywell's Metropolis Works plant in Metropolis, Illinois. The agency said the plant failed to report a uranium hexafluoride leak that occurred in October to the NRC. The agency will not levy a fine because the facility has performed well during previous assessments over the past two years and has taken corrective measures. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will be hosting a webinar regarding the annual assessment of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey on Monday. Read More »

Nuclear Regulatory Commission found plant's two units to be safe and operational in 2014 Read More »

Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently schedule an open house to discuss the NRC’s assessment of the safety and operations at the Robinson nuclear plant for the year 2014. The Robinson nuclear plant is located 26 miles northwest of Florence in Hartsville. Read More »

Virginia plant operated safely and efficiently in 2014. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a final rule on Tuesday amending the requirements for packaging and transporting radioactive material. In May 2013, the NRC published proposed changes to the rule for comment. The agency’s current transportation regulations are partly based on standards developed by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Read More »

The Disaster Accountability Project (DAP) released a report, concluding that most jurisdictions outside a 50-mile radius of the Indian Point Energy Center nuclear plant in Buchanan, New York, lack emergency evacuation plans. Read More »

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff have scheduled public meetings for April 22 and 23 to discuss the potential environmental impact of the Turkey Point nuclear plant's proposal to add two reactors. Read More »