The Kyushu Electric Power Company of Japan said it began refueling Nuclear Power Unit 1 at the Sendai Nuclear Power Station on Tuesday after a pre-service inspection by the Japanese Nuclear Regulatory Authority. Read More »

Nuclear power contributes significantly to the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) and in cutting carbon emissions, a Tuesday report on a recent study by Brattle Group economists indicated. The study found that nuclear power has made electricity more affordable, created approximiately 475,000 full-time positions and contributes approximately $60 billion to GDP annually. Read More »

BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT) has released tax basis allocation information following its spin-off from Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc. (B&W), the company announced on Monday. Read More »

The 23rd International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE) was held in May, with representatives from around the world in attendance at the five-day conference. Read More »

U.S. nuclear energy provides almost 20 percent of the country’s electricity, while the plants contribute some $60 billion a year to the nation’s gross domestic product, according to economists at The Brattle Group, in a new report, The Nuclear Industry’s Contribution to the U.S. Economy. Read More »

Exelon Generation said late last week that it has selected Rick Libra to serve as vice president of the Limerick Generating Station in Limerick Township, Pennsylvania.“I look forward to the new role and working with Limerick’s team of talented and dedicated employees,” Libra said. Read More »

A recent study by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) indicated that the Nuclear Uniform Curriculum Program (NUCP) is leading to more graduates finding employment after schooling, the NEI said late last week. The NUCP is a partnership between the NEI and several two-year colleges and universities that unifies education in six disciplines related to nuclear energy. Read More »

A recent regulatory summary released by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) indicated that current regulations and guidance are adequate to keep fraudulent items out of the nuclear supply chain, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) said Friday. Read More »

Brett Reynolds has been selected to take a position as FirstEnergy Corp.'s vice president of the corporation's product division beginning on July 27 of this year. Read More »

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) said late last week that it has identified a preferred transmission-line route to increase electric reliability and growth in Rickman, Tennessee, and the surrounding region. Read More »

CB&I said on Monday that Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) awarded it a $75 million contract to handle maintenance, modifications and supplemental labor at the utility's fossil-fuel and nuclear plants in Nebraska."This contract underscores CB&I's expertise and capabilities in power maintenance," Chip Ray, president of CB&I's Capital Services operating group, said. "CB&I is committed to working with Omaha Public Power District to ensure the highest levels of performance, quality and safety." Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on Thursday that it will hold an open-house discussion on July 21 in Richland, Washington, on the agency's annual safety-performance review of the Columbia Generating Station nuclear power plant. Read More »

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano visited Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and other officials on Thursday. Read More »

Dominion Va. Power announced on Thursday that it will begin to cease operations of its oil-burning unit at the Yorktown Power Station. Read More »

AREVA held an inauguration ceremony on Wednesday to celebrate the expansion of the company’s CEDOS equipment maintenance and decontamination facility in Sully-sur-Loire, France.The extension aims to improve the operational capacity of the facility in advance of a plan by Électricité de France(EDF) to modernize 1,300-megawatt reactors in France. Read More »

Miguel Cañete, European commissioner for climate action and energy, stated that the nuclear energy generation would play an important role in the energy security of the European Union (EU), FORATOM announced on Thursday.  Read More »

Elected officials in New Jersey welcomed the beginning of construction on Holtec International's Technology Campus, among them being acting Gov. Kim Guadagno, the New Jersey governor's office announced on Wednesday. Read More »

Nuclear Energy Institute Vice President for Suppler and International Programs Daniel Lipman said Monday he is hoping Congress will reauthorize the charter of the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of the United States, which expired Tuesday. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on Tuesday that Laura Dudes has been named the new deputy regional administrator of construction for the Region II office in Atlanta. In this position, she will oversee NRC inspection and licensed construction-site activity on a national scale. Dudes holds bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on Tuesday that it has named Matthew Fannon as the new resident inspector for the nuclear power plant in Limerick, Pennsylvania.Fannon holds a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Tennessee. Prior to being selected as a resident inspector, Fannon served as a reactor engineer in the Region I Division of Reactor Projects and previously served in the U.S. Navy's nuclear propulsion program. Read More »