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The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) states that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) needs to refine its processes or determine which rule proposals do offer safety and security benefits, they announced July 23. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) said late last week that it has called on the U.S. Senate to block a measure that would allow a bilateral nuclear trade agreement with China to expire. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tom Cotton (R-AK) introduced a resolution that disapproves of the agreement on earlier this month. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released a photographic essay on Monday that details the agency's efforts at facilitating peace and security on an international scale. Read More »

Plateau Uranium said on Monday that it has begun the process of updating the Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) of its Macusani Plateau uranium projects in Peru. Read More »

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology will hold a hearing on the licensing process of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Wednesday. NRC Chairman Stephen Burns is scheduled as the hearing's only witness. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published its final report detailing the environmental impacts of renewing the operating licenses of the Byron Station nuclear power plant in Illinois, concluding that the impacts would not preclude renewing the plant’s licenses for an additional 20 years. Read More »

NEI applauds move to reauthorize Federal Export-Import Bank through Sept. 30, 2019. Read More »

Certrec announced Tuesday it has added Steve Tipps to its licensing and compliance team, where he will provide support to clients of several nuclear fleets including the Southern Nuclear, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and the company's Regional Utilities Group. Read More »

The China General Nuclear Power Group has initiated the construction of a one-gigawatt nuclear reactor at the Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant. Read More »

In a Monday event report, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said the Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant in Red Wing, Minnesota, has proceeded with a planned outage of certain computer systems. Read More »

Alliant Energy Corp. said on Monday that Deborah Dunie and Thomas O'Toole have been selected to serve on the company's board of directors. Dunie has served as vice president and chief technology officer at CACI International, an information solutions company. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) released a statement on Tuesday after presidential candidate Hillary Clinton unveiled her energy framework plan.The NEI said nuclear energy needs to play a larger role than that put forward in the plan and that Clinton's vision of “deep decarbonization” for America by 2050 cannot be achieved absent notable contributions from nuclear energy. Read More »

HeidelbergCement announced Wednesday that it and Italmobolire have entered a purchase agreement for 45 percent of the latter's subsidiary Italcementi. Read More »

Energid Technologies announced Wednesday that an Articulated Inspection Arm (AIA) powered by its software has been deployed to Hefei, China for testing. Read More »

Eros Resources Corp. announced on Wednesday that they have discovered a zone of uranium mineralization in the Murphy Lake joint venture area in the Athabasca Basin. Read More »

Denison Mines Corp. announced Wednesday that in a recent drilling operation at the Murphy Lake project in Saskatchewan, it discovered uranium mineralization in the Athabasca Basin. Read More »

Southern Co. announced its second-quarter earnings for 2015 on Wednesday with earnings amounting to $629 million. Read More »

A market research report released by Infiniti Research this week indicates that installed global nuclear capacity is expected to grow. Read More »

Alliant Energy Corp. President and CEO Patricia Kampling announced on Wednesday that Robert Durian will be taking on the role of vice president. Read More »