Duke Energy unveiled the company’s 2015 Power Partners this week. Read More »

State Rep. Scott Allen (R-WI) released a statement this week praising his colleagues in the Wisconsin State Assembly for passing a measure that eliminates a 30-year-old moratorium on nuclear-energy generation in the state. Read More »

The University of Bristol's (UB) South West Nuclear Hub and the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) recently signed a memorandum of understanding to finalize the working relationship between the Hub and NNL as part of efforts to spur growth in the U.K.'s technical nuclear-energy sector, UB said this week. Read More »

KIC InnoEnergy launched its annual Call for Innovation Proposals this week in its ongoing effort to nurture innovations in sustainable energy. Read More »

The Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA) has given U.S. supplier Lightbridge Corp. permission to conduct irradiation testing of its metallic fuel at the Institute for Energy Technology’s Halden Research Reactor in Halden, Norway, Lightbridge said this week. Read More »

Virginia-based Lightbridge Corp., a nuclear energy firm, and North Carolina-based BWTX Nuclear Energy Inc. have entered into an agreement to evaluate ways to fabricate and to prepare a fabrication plan for Lightbridge-designed partial-length nuclear fuel samples at BWXT facilities in the U.S., Lightbridge said this week. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Special Commission has begun an inspection of Japan's nuclear plants, and the commission is expected to complete all inspections by Friday, Jan. 22, Russia's TASS news agency said this week. Read More »

Energy Northwest (EN) said late last week that it has contracted with Global Nuclear Fuel Americas LLC (GNF), which will supply reloads of fuel assemblies to EN's  Columbia Generating Station near Richland, Washington,  through 2027. Read More »

Pancontinental Uranium Corp., based in Ontario, Canada, said recently that it has reached a debt settlement with creditors. Read More »

Canada's Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said this week that it is committed to refurbishing its Darlington Nuclear Generating Station.  Read More »

The Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) of France released details on the Cigéo nuclear-waste storage-site project this week. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) said late last week that a team of researchers was able to develop a model that simulates the physics of a nuclear reactor core. Read More »

Nuclear technology company Terrestrial Energy said late last week that it has raised approximately $7 million in Series A funding. Read More »

Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Senior Vice President for Governmental Affairs Alex Flint outlined likely trends for the nuclear industry in 2016 on the NEI website. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said this week that new technology for storing low-level radioactive material has the potential to create safer storage and transportation methods. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said recently that registration is open for the NRC’s annual Regulatory Information Conference (RIC) March 8-10  at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel, 5701 Marinelli Road, in Bethesda, Maryland. Read More »

In a recent op-ed piece published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bart Hinkle, deputy editor of the editorial pages of that newspaper, wrote that “climate change activists can be deniers, too.” Read More »

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said recently that it has initiated a consultation period for its proposed strategic and business planning. Read More »

Westinghouse Electric Co. celebrated the 130th anniversary of the company's founding late last week. Read More »

Denison Mines Corp. is expected to begin drilling for uranium in the Athabasca Basin region in the Canadian Shield this week, the company said recently. Read More »