The West Virginia Public Service Commission (PSC) has agreed to settlements for recovery of tree-trimming, higher-fuel and purchased-power expenses incurred by FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison, the utilities said recently. Read More »
Westinghouse Electric Co. said it recently completed testing on a containment vessel to be used at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant, currently under construction in the Shandong Province of China. Read More »
AREVA TN said recently that it has entered into a strategic partnership with China's Shanghai Apollo Machinery Co. Ltd. Read More »
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said this week that it will hold a public meeting on Thursday, Jan. 7, regarding reactor-safety issues tied to the Fukushima plant accident in 2011 in Japan. Read More »
Energy-industry infrastructure solutions company Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. (CB&I) said recently that it has been contracted to provide modification and maintenance services for an unnamed nuclear plant in the Northeastern U.S. Read More »
Canadian uranium mining company Cameco said recently that it has named Don Kayne to the board of directors, effective Jan. 1, 2016. Read More »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) seeks public comments for its second draft supplement to an environmental study associated with the license renewal for the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, New York, the NRC said this week. Read More »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said this week that a confirmatory order has been issued to the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant in Monticello, Minnesota. Read More »
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed the acceptance review of Westinghouse Electric Co.’s seismic option, the company said this week. Read More »
Kazatomprom Chairman Askar Zhumagaliyev and China General Nuclear Power Corp. (CGNPC) CEO Zhang Shanming reached a cooperative agreement recently for design and construction of a fuel-assemblies plant and joint development of uranium mines in Kazakhstan. Read More »
Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin said late last week that state support for construction of the Hanhikivi Nuclear Power Plant in Finland is a solid investment. Read More »
The European Commission (EC) issued an annual report this week that indicates there were no reported cases of misuse of nuclear materials in the European Union (EU) during 2014. Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) introduced a consent-based siting process for future spent-nuclear-fuel and waste facilities in the U.S. this week. Read More »
AREVA NP said on Monday that it has been hired to carry out decontamination operations at the Krümmel Nuclear Power Plant, partially owned by Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy, near Hamburg, Germany. Read More »
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) issued a statement late last week following the conclusion of the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) that took place earlier this month in Paris. Read More »
The Unit 2 reactor at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania, returned to full power late last week following a maintenance outage. Read More »
Dominion Voltage Inc. (DVI), a Virginia-based smart-grid software subsidiary of Dominion Resources, said late last week that it is partnering with OMNETRIC Group to expand the use of DVI’s voltage-optimization technology, EDGE. Read More »
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a 40-year license renewal for a Prairie Island dry-cask spent-fuel storage facility late last week. Read More »
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said late last week that it has named Christopher Highley a new resident inspector at Millstone Nuclear Power Plant in Waterford, Connecticut. Read More »
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) COP21 Delegation Head David Shropshire discussed the climate-change conference in Paris in an interview late last week with the IAEA Office of Public Information and Communication. Read More »
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