The second reactor at the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, New York, is back up and running this week after a power failure. Read More »

A joint project between the Partnership for Global Security (PGS) and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), the Global Nexus Initiative (GNI) has issued its first memo on policy regarding nuclear energy on Wednesday. Read More »

Support for renewing the license of the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, New York, has gained some steam from a recent report by the Business Council of Westchester. Read More »

During the 2015 European Forum of Nuclear Industry Suppliers ATOMEX, held recently in Budapest, representatives for Russian and European nuclear-sector suppliers aimed to strengthen economic ties between both regions' nuclear industries. Read More »

AMETEK Solidstate Controls Inc. launched its new Nuclear Digital Process Power (NDPP) microprocessor system this week. Read More »

Southern Co. named Thomas Bishop senior vice president, chief compliance officer and deputy general counsel of Southern Company Services, effective Jan. 1. Read More »

AREVA Federal Services has been contracted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to design and manufacture railcars to transport nuclear materials, the company said on Wednesday. Read More »

Duke Energy Indiana issued a new grid-modernization plan on Tuesday that would upgrade aging technology across the state. Read More »

GE Power Services said on Wednesday that it will provide enhanced steam path (ESP) upgrades to an Entergy Rhode Island State Energy LP plant in Johnson, Rhode Island, and the Elk Hills facility in Tupman, California. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Indian Point Energy Center's Unit 3 reactor an extension to operate while the facility’s license-renewal application is processed, Entergy Corp. said on Thursday. Read More »

Morocco has submitted its ratification of an amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced this week. Read More »

As one of the largest construction projects in the nation, with nuclear reactors that have not been built in the U.S. in three decades, the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, near Waynesboro, Georgia, has benefitted Georgia’s job market and economy. Read More »

Westinghouse Electric Co.’s Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Columbia, South Carolina, said late last week that it has manufactured its 100,000th nuclear-fuel assembly. Read More »

During the New York Times' Energy for Tomorrow side event during the Paris Climate Change Conference, which ended late last week, Agneta Rising, director general of the World Nuclear Association (WNA), talked about the nuclear industry and its readiness to serve energy goals. Read More »

A town hall meeting to discuss a revised merger plan by Pepco Holdings and Exelon Corp. was held recently in Washington, D.C. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said late last week that it has approved changes to the emergency-preparedness plan at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station in Vernon, Vermont, effective April 15, 2016, as part of the plant's decommissioning. Read More »

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz issued a statement on Sunday after the conclusion of the Paris Climate Change Conference. Read More »

A report from Phys.org said late last week that scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Germany were successful in generating superheated helium plasma in a vacuum, putting them a step closer to controlled nuclear fusion. Read More »

Westinghouse Electric Co. issued a statement on Tuesday praising the agreement that was negotiated at the Paris Climate Change Conference that concluded late last week. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) unveiled an international research project late last week that will use nuclear technology in mountainous and polar regions to study climate-change effects on the environment. Read More »