Exelon Corp. said Friday that its LaSalle County Generating Station in Illinois has shut down the second unit in order to perform maintenance. Read More »

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) released a statement on Monday declaring his support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JPCA), which is the agreement between the international community and Iran concerning the nation's nuclear program. Read More »

A report from BCC Research, released on Monday, indicates that renewable energy will begin to grow and take the place of fossil fuel-based electricity generation in Asian, Eastern European and North American countries. Read More »

Black and Veatch (B&V) recently released a report detailing the importance of engineering, global procurement, construction, commissioning (EPC) and startup in infrastructure related projects. Read More »

Duke Energy said last week that it has begun submitting groundwater assessments to the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) for each of the company's 14 coal plants statewide, in an effort to protect groundwater from coal-ash pollution. Read More »

Rating measures amount of carbon emissions per unit of electricity generated Read More »

Fortum Corp. announced on Friday that an annual refueling and maintenance outage will take place at the Loviisa Power Plant. Read More »

AREVA announced on Thursday that they have been selected for the manufacture and eventual installation of an integrated head assembly as a part of the expansion project at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station in South Carolina. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) said on Thursday that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to develop new regulations on emergency-preparedness operations for small modular reactors (SMR) and other new technology related to reactors. Read More »

Ministers representing member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) issued a statement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Acton to rein in Iran's nuclear program, ASEAN said on Thursday. Read More »

Pantex and representatives from Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS), LLC and the Workforce Solutions Panhandle and Amarillo College are hosting a hiring event on Saturday. Read More »

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released a statement on Thursday declaring her support for adoption of the international agreement with Iran on its nuclear program. “I’ve concluded that this is the best available option we have for preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, Read More »

Arrow Zone’s A2 and A3 cores extended with off-scale radioactivity reported Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) offered its support for a proposed rule change to the U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) financial-qualification requirements for the licensing of nuclear reactors, the NEI said on Thursday. Read More »

Yukiya Amano , director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), released a statement on Wednesday after meeting with the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations regarding the Iran nuclear agreement. Read More »

Lightbridge Corp. said on Wednesday that it expects demand for nuclear fuel to increase with the release of the final Clean Power Plan. The plan aims to reduce carbon emissions by 32 percent within the utility power industry by 2030. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) issued a report on the final Clean Power Plan from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its recognition of the impact of nuclear power on Wednesday. Read More »

SRV Group PLC announced on Wednesday that it will join the construction project of the Fennovoima Nuclear Power Plant with an equivalent of a 1.8 percent share as a financial commitment to the project's owner. Read More »

Peninsula Energy announced on Monday that it has appointed Harrison Barker as a non-executive director to its Board of Directors. Read More »

Terrestrial Energy has appointed Ray Johnson, former chief technology officer for Lockheed Martin, to its International Advisory Board, the company announced Wednesday. Read More »