Jim Amundsen commended for developing beneficial technological solutions. Read More »

Problems with V.C. Summers nuclear project to blame for expected downgrade. Read More »

HeadlineCentrus Reverses 2013 Loss With Net Income of $298 million in 2014BodyIn a year of transition for the company, Centrus Energy Corp. turned its business around, recording net income of nearly $298 million for fiscal year 2014 after suffering a loss of approximately $159 million in 2013. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is scheduled to meet on Tuesday at a public hearing with two power utilities that have nuclear plants under construction. During the hearing, the NRC will learn more about the work underway at Southern Company's two Westinghouse AP1000 units under construction in Vogtle, Georgia, about 26 miles southeast of Augusta. Read More »

FirstEnergy Corp. said on Thursday that Jerry Sue Thornton, 68, has been elected to the company's board of directors. Thornton, former president of Cuyahoga Community College (TRI-C) in Cleveland, Ohio, currently serves as president emeritus at TRI-C and is CEO of Dream Catcher Educational Consulting. Read More »

The European Union considers nuclear energy to be the future of energy for the continent, as stated during the first formal discussion by the European Council about the European Commission’s Energy Union Strategic Framework on Thursday in Brussels, Belgium. Read More »

AREVA INC. has been granted a multi-million dollar contract to develop and deliver a replacement reactor vessel head for a U.S. utility; as part of the agreement, AREVA will also provide the utility with control rod drive mechanisms. Read More »

HeadlineSouthern Company presents national award for nuclear development BodyThe National Labor and Management Public Affairs Committee (LAMPAC) has recently named Southern Company Chairman, President and CEO Thomas A. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold a public open house Wednesday in Salem, New Jersey, to review the agency’s annual safety performance evaluation of the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear power plants. Read More »

Discussions at two nuclear industry events focus on how workers can train for disasters. Read More »

Reinsch a prominent executive in global nuclear power business. Read More »

Customers of New Hampshire-based Eversource Energy are expected to reap $300 million in savings as the result of the sale of 12 of the company's power plants. Read More »

Consumers may get some relief from steadily increasing electricity rates thanks to lower fuel costs paid by their utilities. They could use a breather. In 2014, the average customer's electricity bill jumped 3.1 percent from the previous year. That was the biggest gain since 2008. Read More »

HeadlinePublic Comment Period on Yucca Mountain Storage Site Slated for Late SummerBodyLate this summer Nevadans should have the opportunity to comment on a draft supplement to the U.S. Read More »

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell outlined the administration's energy-policy agenda for the next two years in a speech on Tuesday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). “It is no coincidence that our economic recovery has been accompanied by the biggest energy transformation of our lifetimes,” Jewell said. Read More »

Following a publically involved one-year routing process, the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) has selected an ultimate route for its Stegall to Scottsbluff Transmission Line Project, set to enhance system dependability in the panhandle region of western Nebraska. Read More »

EnergySolutions announced Sunday that it will acquire MHF Services, a packaging, transportation and logistics supplier for radioactive, hazardous and nonhazardous materials. Read More »

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officials in the Region I office in King of Prussia, Pa, said last week that Amar Patel has been named Senior Resident Inspector at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey Township, N.J Patel, who joined the agency back in 2002, has worked as Hope Creek’s resident inspector in Lower Alloways Creek Township, N.J., and as a reactor inspector in other Northeastern plants. Read More »

Southern Company said Monday that the Edwin I. Hatch Electric Generating Plant's Unit 2 reactor went back online last week and is fully operational. Read More »

GE recently announced that its new chief communications officer will be Deirdre Latour, as the man currently filling the position, Gary Sheffer, will retire at the end of 2015. Read More »