AREVA Inc. said recently that it has signed a deal with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) to provide training regarding the society’s standards and how they apply to the nuclear industry. Read More »

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano laid out the IAEA agenda for 2016 in an address this week, looking back at 2015 and ahead to this year. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) unveiled a new gamma-ray detector that will help with uranium-enrichment monitoring related to the international agreement with Iran, the IAEA said late last week. Read More »

Richard Wood, formerly with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has joined the nuclear engineering faculty at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville), the university said late last week. Read More »

As part of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative, a White House effort to boost production of carbon-free energy, grants totaling up to $80 million were awarded to X-energy and Southern Company to develop advanced nuclear reactors, the Department of Energy (DOE) said late last week. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) this week detailed its "swipe" sampling technique utilized in the safeguard inspection process. Read More »

Southern Company Services has been awarded a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant of up to $40 million to research and develop advanced reactor technologies, parent firm Southern Company said late last week. Read More »

Exelon Corp. said late last week that the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania, has completed an extended power uprate (EPU) to increase its maximum generation capacity. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) reported late last week that the Indiana State Legislature is considering nuclear energy as an alternative to coal power plants. Read More »

FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) has named David Hamilton the new site vice president of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio, late last week. Read More »

The U.K.'s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said recently that Tony Fountain will become the new chairman of Sellafield Ltd., effective April 1, as Sellafield becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of the NDA. Read More »

Morgan Smith was named the new president and CEO of Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS), effective Feb. 1, the company said late last week. Read More »

Russian state nuclear company Rosatom said late last week that nuclear energy in the Russian Federation has increased to make up 18.6 percent of all energy produced in the nation during 2015, up from 17.2 percent in 2014. Read More »

Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines expressed his support recently for fueling and starting up the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will co-sponsor the International Workshop on the Use of Robotic Technologies at Nuclear Facilities from Feb. 2 through Feb 4 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Read More »

Georgia Power this week released a report detailing the progress that has been made at the Plant Vogtle expansion project near Waynesboro, Georgia, in 2015. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently issued a report, "Radiation Protection of Itinerant Workers," which addresses current safety procedures and rules for nuclear-industry employees who are working at multiple nuclear facilities. Read More »

A study from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy indicates that the Middle East is turning to nuclear energy to meet increasing electricity needs, the university said this week. Read More »

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology advanced the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act this week. Read More »

During a speech at the Platts Energy Podium Newsmaker Event this week, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Stephen Burns stated U.S. nuclear plants are making progress with post-Fukushima upgrades. Read More »