The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requires more earthquake risk analyses from two western U.S. nuclear power plants, located in Benton County, Washington, and Avila Beach, California. Read More »

Jay Jenkins, president of the Carlsbad Department of Development, toured the Xcel Energy Monticello Nuclear Power Plant in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last week with New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez and the New Mexico Amigos, a nonprofit corporation that serves as goodwill ambassadors for the state. Read More »

NEI also elects three new board members and re-elects six others. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced yesterday it will present details of its annual assessment of the Indian Point nuclear plant at a public meeting in Tarrytown, New York, Wednesday. Read More »

Commission wants to hear public's thoughts on environmental impacts of proposed facility Read More »

Switzerland’s Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant today awarded a long-term contract for reactor pressure vessel nozzle inspection to Westinghouse Electric Co. and its subsidiary, WesDyne International, according to an announcement from Westinghouse, which has performed these inspections for Leibstadt for 10 years. Read More »

Engineering group will support eight nuclear power plants, two technical centers in the United Kingdom. Read More »

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) announced Tuesday that it intends to target a new segment by offering Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) refueling services, opening the company to a customer base of roughly two-thirds of the world's nuclear reactors. Read More »

Exelon Corp. reports Unit 2 at its Limerick generating station in near Philadelphia returned to full power Sunday after completing a planned refueling outage that started April 13. Read More »

Energy Northwest’s Columbia generating station set a record for its longest continuous operation – 683 days – before its reactor was shut down Saturday for biennial refueling and maintenance, the company said. Read More »

The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) called on the new United Kingdom government Friday to prioritize the previous administration’s nuclear plans to ensure the sector continues to thrive and deliver investment, jobs and a multi-billion dollar export market. Read More »

Illinois Rep. Lawrence Walsh's bill would create a low carbon portfolio standard. Read More »

Exelon Corp. said last week that the automatic shut down at its Oyster Creek generating station at about 5:30 p.m. Thursday was due to an electrical disturbance on the non-nuclear side of the plant. Read More »

Amec Foster Wheeler (AFW) has been awarded a seven-year contract with Fusion for Energy (F4E) that amounts to approximately $78 million, AFW said on Monday. The contract calls for AFW to develop and deliver the Neutral Beam Cell Remote Handling System, to be used at the ITER fusion reactor at Cadarache in southern France. Read More »

Ameren Corp. released its net income and other financial results for the first quarter of the year on Friday. Read More »

GlobalData analyzes power market in the United Kingdom Read More »

Winners supported Bechtel's Nuclear, Security & Environmental business unit in 2014. Read More »

Among plans is 18 percent reduction in labor costs worldwide. Read More »

ExchangeMonitor Forums and Publications announced Thursday that Rob Smart has joined the company as a program manager for nuclear-centric conferences. Read More »

Lightbridge Corporation, a top innovator for nuclear fuel designs and supplier of nuclear energy consulting services, recently released a business update about its nuclear fuel technology development and a financial report about the first quarter of 2015. Read More »