The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) released a report on Thursday, detailing the size and space requirements for the different forms of generating renewable energy. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has completed the safety evaluation of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station in Japan, the agency announced on Monday. Read More »

Hudson Energy announced on Monday that it has completed the expansion process into the Duke Energy and Dayton Power & Light service areas in Ohio. Read More »

FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. (FENOC) announced Friday that it has selected Raymond Lieb to take on the role of senior vice president of Fleet Engineering. Read More »

AREVA Inc. announced on Thursday that it has completed the first orders of their GAIA lead test assemblies for the U.S. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a final safety evaluation report on Friday for proposed renewal operating licenses for two Illinois nuclear power plants. Read More »

Norway's Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) and Lightbridge have entered an agreement to test irradiation of the company's metallic nuclear fuel samples, they announced on Thursday. Read More »

A group of companies based in Ontario, Canada, unveiled a new tooling system that will allow Bruce Power to enhance its maintenance and inspection capabilities, the company said on Thursday, when the Bruce Reactor Inspection and Maintenance System (BRIMS) was unveiled at ATS Automation Tooling Systems' headquarters in Cambridge, Ontario. Read More »

Entergy Corp. said on Wednesday that Unit 3 at the Indian Point Energy Center has been manually shut down after operators noticed fluctuating water levels inside a steam generator.The company said operators shut down the reactor after it was apparent that one of the condensate pumps, which is part of the system that feeds water into the steam generators, had shut down automatically while the reactor was at full operational capacity. Read More »

The U.S. branch of AREVA has a new spent nuclear fuel storage canister and transport container -- the NUHOMS 32PTH2 and the MP197HB transport cask -- that will be available to the U.S. Read More »

Researchers within the G.S. Ansell Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MME) at the Colorado School of Mines received an award from the Department of Energy (DOE), the school announced Wednesday. Read More »

Russia and the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD NEA) have agreed to continue collaboration on nuclear reactor development, they announced Thursday. Read More »

The Hoover Institute of Stanford University released a series of essays that details an approach to nuclear power and how it can be improved. Read More »

Westinghouse Electric Co. of Latin America Vice President Carlos Leipner said Tuesday that nuclear energy would likely play a large role in the future of electricity generation in Mexico. Read More »

Energy Fuels CEO and President Stephen Antony issued a letter to company shareholders Wednesday detailing the acquisition of Uranerz Energy Corp. Read More »

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Director General Yukiya Amano welcomed ratifications of the amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) by Italy and Turkey on Wednesday. Read More »

The S.C. Electric & Gas Co. (SCE&G) announced Tuesday that significant progress has been made in building Reactor Unit 3 at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station in Fairfield County. Read More »

The MP100 backpack radiation detection system from Rapiscan was awarded a Government Security News (GSN) award for the best nuclear and radiation detection solution, the company announced July 7. Read More »

Southern Co. has named Michael Britt vice president of the company's new Energy Innovation Center (EIC), the company announced Tuesday. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Tuesday it has scheduled a hearing for July 30 on arguments challenging a license amendment of Unit 2 of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant in Buchanan, New York. Read More »