Jim Bittner is the new general manager for the Barberton facility at Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. (B&W), replacing Reese Foote who retired after 42 years with the company. Read More »

The Omaha Public Power District made approximately $30.6 million in in-lieu-of-tax payments to 11 counties on Tuesday, slightly lower than the OPPD’s 2014 payments, which exceeded $30.7 million, the utility said. These payments help local communities by supporting agencies, schools and governments. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is holding an open house on April 16 in Delta, Pennsylvania, to discuss the agency’s annual review of safety performance at the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is holding an open house on April 16 to discuss its annual safety-performance review of the Duane Arnold nuclear power plant in Palo, Iowa. The public meeting is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. at the Hiawatha Community Center, 101 Emmons St., in Hiawatha, Iowa. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold an open house on April 16 in Prince Frederick, Maryland, to review the agency’s annual safety-performance evaluation of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant, near Lusby, in Calvert County. Read More »

Exelon announced yesterday that company employees will embrace National Volunteer Week by devoting some 10,000 hours to their communities during the month of April. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) announced yesterday that new industry standards make it easier for graduates of training programs to qualify for jobs at nuclear plants. Read More »

International Atomic Energy Agency Director Gen. Yukiya Amano on Tuesday commended Egypt for its willingness to share its expertise in nuclear science and technology with other countries in the region, acknowledging the country's vital partnership with the agency. Read More »

The Davis-Besse Nuclear-Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, has been honored with the Ottawa County Improvement Corp.’s 2014 Ottawa County Business of the Year award. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) has urged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to abandon revising radiation protection procedures, saying current regulations are effective and that any changes would be costly, time-consuming and have no impact on employee safety. Read More »

South Dakota School of Mines & Technology junior and entrepreneur Conrad Farnsworth talked about the future of nuclear energy at the TEDxYouth@MileHigh event on Thursday in Denver. TEDxYouth@MileHigh is a one-day event at which some of the state's innovators share their big ideas with students in grades 6-12. Read More »

FEMA has scheduled an emergency-preparedness exercise for the week of April 13 in Pennsylvania to assess the state’s disaster-preparedness ability in the event of an emergency at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant in Central Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River. Read More »

State Sen. Melinda Bush (D-IL) said on Friday that Exelon should pay an impact fee to the City of Zion for nuclear waste stored at its decommissioned power plant there. Exelon shuttered the Zion facility in 1998, and the plant is now in the process of being decommissioned. Read More »

PPL Corp. announced last week that it disconnected one of its units at the company’s Susquehanna nuclear power plant for routine maintenance. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced last week it has approved PPL Corp.’s proposal to indirectly transfer licenses to operate both units at its Susquehanna nuclear power plant. Read More »

President Barack Obama recently released his statement concerning the presidential determination on the proposed agreement for cooperation between the governments of the United States and China concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy, saying the deal will benefit the U.S. and improve the security and common defense of the two nations. Read More »

The University of Tennessee announced last week that its nuclear engineering department head has received a Southeastern Conference (SEC) award for outstanding teaching and scholarship. Read More »

Exelon said last week that its Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant has been restored to full power after the plant’s two units were shut down on April 7 due to an issue with an offsite grid, disrupting power in the Washington, D.C. and Maryland area. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold a meeting on Thursday with representatives of Chicago Bridge and Iron AREVA Mixed Oxide (MOX) Services to discuss the results of a performance review on the ongoing construction of a MOX facility at a Savannah River site near Aiken, South Carolina. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is hosting an open house Monday to review the safety performance of the Point Beach nuclear power plant. Read More »