The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said this week that it is seeking public input on a draft environmental study supplement to the LaSalle County Nuclear Generating Station's license-renewal application. Read More »

Nikolai Spasskiy, Rosatom's deputy CEO for International Affairs, and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya met for annual consultations this week. Read More »

India has delivered its instrument of ratification of the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) this week. Read More »

Fluor Corp. said this week that it has been awarded a five-year, $1.4 billion contract from the Department of Energy (DOE) for services related to the Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP). Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) expressed concerns this week over the Obama administration's unwillingness to make significant cost-cutting measures in its fiscal 2017 budget request for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Read More »

The International Thorium Energy Organization (IThEO) detailed a recent report from Energy Process Developments Ltd. (EPD) on the feasibility of molten salt reactors (MSR). Read More »

Anthony Pietrangelo, chief nuclear officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), issued a statement this week regarding tritium leakage from Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, New York. Read More »

Researchers working on the International Daya Bay Collaboration said this week that progress has been made in measuring anti-neutrinos, highlighting weaknesses in current theories in this area of physics. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) called on Wall Street analysts to recognize nuclear energy's value during a briefing on Thursday in New York City, during which NEI representatives noted industry progress, including plant expansions at Plant Vogtle, V.C. Summer and Watts Bar in Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, respectively, as well as small modular reactor development. Read More »

AREVA said this week that the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX Project), near Aiken, South Carolina, is 70 percent complete. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued a report this week detailing the Technical Meeting on Topical Issues in the Development of Nuclear Power Infrastructure, which took place earlier this month at IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Read More »

AREVA NP said this week that its latest batch of ATRIUM 10XM fuel assemblies for boiling-water reactors (BWR) features its third-generation FUELGUARD debris filter (3GFG). Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) submitted a proposed operating budget of $970.2 million for fiscal 2017 to Congress this week. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said this week that it has approved two licenses for two more reactors at Nuclear Innovation North America’s (NINA) South Texas Project. Read More »

Nuclear-fuel technology company Lightbridge Corp. said this week that it will make a presentation at the CleanEquity Monaco 2016 conference, that is set to take place March 3-4 at the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) began a special inspection of the River Bend Nuclear Station near St. Francisville, Louisiana, this week. Read More »

FirstEnergy Corp. launched a new campaign, “The Switch is On," this week to highlight the company’s efforts in supporting clean-energy sources and development. Read More »

Ukrainian officials said late last week that the first Westinghouse Electric Co. shipment of nuclear fuel assemblies has arrived under a new contract. Read More »

Todd Allen has been selected to serve as a senior visiting fellow with nuclear-energy advocacy group Third Way, providing technical support for the group's efforts in advancing nuclear technology, Third Way said this week. Read More »

Southern Company said this week that refueling and other maintenance activities have begun under a planned outage at the Edwin I. Hatch Electric Generating Plant near Baxley, Georgia, this week. Read More »