Russian state nuclear company Rosatom detailed progress in the development of the BN 800 sodium-cooled fast reactor late last week. The BN-800's design is derived from the BN-600, which is currently in operation at the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant, and Rosatom said this is the only reactor of its kind in operation. For the BN 800, design and technological improvements have allowed it to implement an active protection system for the unit and a passive system that can activate should an accident Read More »

The City Council on the Welsh Isle of Anglesey was pleased with the news of the incorporation of Hitachi Nuclear Energy Europe Ltd. this week, which was seen as a step closer to getting the proposed Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant project off the ground. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) late last week detailed the development of a thorium-based nuclear fuel assembly from Lightbridge Corp. Read More »

EDF said recently that the U.K. government has approved a grid connection for the planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset, England. Read More »

One of the most promising materials in modern science is graphene, a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice of carbon that won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. Read More »

The Institute for Energy Research (IER) said this week that since the closing of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Vernon, Vermont, at the end of 2014, natural gas usage has grown in the New England region. Read More »

Rosatom said this week that the foundation pit dig has begun for the future Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant in Pyhäjoki, Finland. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) this week explained in detail the auditing process in relation to verifying nuclear compliance. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) named Donald Krause a resident inspector at Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, owned by Xcel Energy, in Monticello, Minnesota, this week. Read More »

The National Nuclear Laboratory of the U.K. (NNL) completed a study of how well NuScale Power's Small Modular Reactors (SMR) can process and utilize mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (MOX) fuel, the company said this week. Read More »

AREVA Inc. said this week that the company signed approximately $300 million in uranium-enrichment contracts with four U.S. utilities in 2015. Read More »

Marty Richey will be overseeing operations at the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, as its new site vice president, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) said this week. Read More »

Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, New York proved to be an integral part of the state and U.S. economies by contributing $1.6 billion to New York’s economy annually and $2.5 billion to the country’s economy, according to a recent independent analysis by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). Read More »

South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. (SCE&G) recently released a YouTube video that documents the construction progress on the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station expansion project, near Jenkinsville, South Carolina. Read More »

EDF received a ministerial order from the French government late last week detailing the anticipated impact of the Cigéo nuclear-waste storage project on the company's finances. Read More »

A team of researchers from General Atomics and the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) have developed a technique that could lead to controlled nuclear-fusion technology -- and potentially a limitless supply of clean energy --- the university said this week. Read More »

Nuclear-industry veteran Thomas Mitchell has been elected to FirstEnergy Corp.’s board of directors this week. Read More »

Toshiba Corp. unveiled a new fuel-removal system (FRS) this week that will be used at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan. Read More »

Anton Khlopkov, director of the Energy and Security Center of he International Valdai Discussion Club, this week warned of risks associated with the Middle East's limited professional infrastructure to support nuclear projects. Read More »

Testing of instruments and control (I&C) systems began recently on Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant's Unit 3 reactor in Eurajoki, Finland. Read More »