The U.K. Spending Review and Autumn Statement, released by the government recently, indicates support for energy innovation. Read More »

Public meetings recently were held throughout Ukraine relating to the implementation of the Complex (Consolidated) Safety Upgrade Program of Power Units of Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plants (CCSUP). Read More »

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team said late last week that it had completed a review of New Zealand’s national nuclear security policies. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it will be taking part in side events during the Paris Climate Conference, which began on Monday. Read More »

AREVA said on Tuesday that the company has been awarded a contract by EDF to dismantle its Superphénix nuclear power station in Creysm-Malville, France. Read More »

Terrestrial Energy appointed Ben Heard of Australia on Monday to serve on its International Advisory Board. Read More »

France's Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has contracted with Ontario, Canada-based Cymat Technologies, Ltd., to supply its SmartMetal product to French nuclear-materials facilities, Cymat said on Monday. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released a video on Tuesday detailing the safeguard inspection process for enriched nuclear materials. Read More »

Some big developments in the construction at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant’s (BNPP) Unit 2 were announced on Sunday by the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp. (ENEC). Read More »

Evan Bayh, Nuclear Matters' co-chairman and a former U.S. senator, issued a statement on Monday regarding the conference on climate change underway in Paris, stressing the key role of nuclear energy in the future of power generation. Read More »

A Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) study found that Texas' economy reaps $4.4 billion annually from nuclear power generation, the NEI said on Wednesday. Read More »

World Nuclear Association (WNA) Director General Agneta Rising said on Monday that nuclear generation will need to play a role in climate-change mitigation. Read More »

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant workers shut down the Unit 2 reactor on Tuesday after a pump problem was discovered, plant owner Exelon said. Read More »

AREVA, Inc., and NuScale have reached an agreement in which AREVA will manufacture fuel assemblies for NuScale's small modular reactor (SMR), AREVA said on Wednesday. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has made a change to its Reactor Oversight Process (ROP), the agency said on Wednesday. Read More »

A third-party Technical Validation Report has been completed on the low-energy nuclear reaction (LENR) Hydrogen Hot Tube (HHT) Boiler System reactor core modules from Brillouin Energy Corp., the Berkeley, California-based clean-technology company said on Tuesday. Read More »

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with testing laboratories Kinectrics, NTS and Curtiss-Wright Corp.  to help meet global nuclear power industry needs through consistent standards and practices, IEEE said on Wednesday. Read More »

EDF Energy has signed the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board’s (ECITB) Skills Charter, the company said on Tuesday. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), on its website (www.nei.org), encouraged the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) this week to develop regulations that cover new technologies, including small modular reactors (SMRs). Read More »

FirstEnergy Solutions said on Wednesday that it has appointed Brian Farley as its new vice president of sales. Read More »