Executives from Brillouin Energy Corp. recently demonstrated core modules for its WET and the HHT Boiler Systems in the U.S. House on Capitol Hill. Read More »

Kurion, Inc., and the United Kingdom's National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) said on Tuesday that they have completed the non-radioactive testing phase of the GeoMelt In-Container Vitrification (ICV) waste-treatment plant, which is set to be built at NNL’s Central Laboratory on the Sellafield site near Seascale, England. Read More »

Sandia National Laboratories announced Oct. 8 that it, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will cooperate on research for storage of hydrogen for automotives. Read More »

Researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) National Ignition Facility are studying the transformative nature of hydrogen at high pressures. The lab said it has been hypothesized that the element can become metallic in extremely high-pressure environments. Read More »

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission OKs GNF's newest boiling water reactor fuel innovation Read More »

Summit offers nuclear power industry leaders chance to network and share information. Read More »

GoviEx Uranium, Inc. announced Sept 2 that it has reached a two-year extension on an early redemption right of a uranium loan from Toshiba Corp. Read More »

Kurion Inc. is building a prototype Modular Detritiation System (MDS) to process contaminated water and remove tritium from water supplies, the company announced Tuesday. Read More »

Bechtel has offered its praise and congratulations to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) concerning their announcement of substantial completion of construction of the second nuclear reactor at the Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station, the company announced on Wednesday. Read More »

Pacific Gas and Electric Company recently announced that Robert Kenney has been appointed the new vice president, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Regulatory Relations, and has been elected by the Board of Directors as an officer of the utility. Read More »

Alliant Energy Corp. said on Monday that Deborah Dunie and Thomas O'Toole have been selected to serve on the company's board of directors. Dunie has served as vice president and chief technology officer at CACI International, an information solutions company. Read More »

Sandia National Labs announced on Thursday that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) to serve as a lead in a pilot program to support small companies in the clean-energy industry. 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 »

A project from two professors at the University of Notre Dame, in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories, has received a grant from the Department of Energy, the university said on Friday. Yahya Kurama, associate chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, and Ashley Thrall, the Myron and Rosemary Noble Assistant Professor of structural engineering, are working to develop concrete technology to facilitate quicker and safer construction of nuclear re Read More »

Diakont has introduced a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) that can be utilized in the inspection of boiling water reactors (BWR), the company announced on Wednesday. Read More »

Flowserve Corp. said Friday it will introducie a new liquid ring compressor, the SIHI KPHX, at the ACHEMA 2015 international conference running through 19 in Frankfurt, Germany. This new compressor utilizes two impellers and features three stages of compression that can reach 12 bars of pressure. Read More »

The city of San Clemente, California, said the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has issued and implemented its Permanently Defueled Emergency Plan on Tuesday. Read More »

The Electric Power Research Institute's (EPRI) chief nuclear officer, Neil Wilmshurst, received the Energy Leadership Award on Thursday at the Energy Inc. Summit in Charlotte, North Carolina. The award recognizes significant contributions to the Carolinas' energy sector. Read More »

Kurion Inc. was awarded a contract to develop a water treatment system that will decontaminate the groundwater as the Cimarron fuel fabrication facility is decommissioned, the company announced Monday. Read More »

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 »