IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano visited the Barakah nuclear power plant construction site in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), last weekend, praising the nation's recently launched nuclear program and the progress being made on the nation's first nuclear plant. Read More »
Centrus Energy Corp. said late last week that it has finished its demonstration cascade of American Centrifuge machines at its plant in Piketon, Ohio, but plans to continue developing the technology at its facilities in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, thanks to ongoing funding from the Department of Energy through its Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Read More »
Fortune magazine ranked NextEra Energy the No. 1 company in the electric and gas utilities category for its 2016 “World’s Most Admired Companies" lists, NextEra said late last week. Read More »
The U.K.'s EDF Energy said this week that it has been awarded a two-year electricity contract to provide service for the Energy Consortium’s (TEC) portfolio, which includes museum and university facilities in England and Wales. Read More »
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee recently hosted the Advanced Reactors Technical Summit III to discuss nuclear-technology innovations with more than 180 industry participants from the academic, government and industrial sectors. Read More »
Duke Energy said this week that it has launched a website that contains expert advice, stories and insights on innovations, environmental concerns and other issues tied to the energy industry. Read More »
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) received the 2015 Excellence in Enterprise Information Award from the Association for Enterprise Information (AFEI) recently at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. Read More »
The Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, near Fort Gibson, Mississippi, began a scheduled refueling outage late last week, owner Entergy Corp. said. Read More »
The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved Georgia Power's latest Vogtle Construction Monitoring (VCM) Report, which includes $148 million in costs, Georgia Power said late last week. Read More »
In the high desert of Idaho is a research facility spanning 890 square miles. Read More »
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said this week that it has established a web page with background data and updates on the higher levels of NRC oversight on the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, Massachusetts, since problems were found in a recent inspection. Read More »
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will host the International Conference on Human and Organizational Aspects of Assuring Nuclear Safety next week. Read More »
Westinghouse Electric Co. said this week that it was hired to provide refueling outage and inspection services for Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar and Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plants. Read More »
The U.S. Senate recently passed the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act -- an amendment to a larger energy bill -- that aims to facilitate partnerships between private companies and universities, and federal laboratories to help develop advanced nuclear technology. Read More »
Entergy said this week that it has appointed Charles Hall vice president of power-plant operations for its Mississippi unit. Read More »
U.K. nuclear power firm EDF Energy released its annual financial results for 2015 this week. Read More »
Duke Energy said this week that its nuclear plants set company and industry records in 2015. Read More »
Cyber-security company WizNucleus said this week that it has released a new version of its Cyberwiz-Pro (CWP) software. Read More »
Pennsylvania subsidiaries of FirstEnergy Corp. have received authorization from the state to carry out planned infrastructure improvements, FirstEnergy said this week. Read More »
The board of directors at Sweden's OKG said this week that Unit 1 at Oskarshamn Nuclear Power Plant in Oskarshamn will begin the decommissioning process in June 2017. Read More »
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