The Indian government announced on Wednesday that they expect nuclear generating capacity to reach 10,080 megawatts of electricity in 2019. Read More »

Duke Energy said Wednesday it has selected David Fountain to serve as the company's North Carolina state president. Fountain is senior vice president of enterprise legal support for Duke Energy. He will begin in his new position  Sept. 1.  Read More »

Black and Veatch (B&V) recently released a report that details power utilities' need to migrate away from frame relay services as technology continues to make them obsolete. Read More »

Power Engineers, Inc. has announced that they have relocated their office and operations to Lenexa, Kansas, effective Monday. Read More »

Transparency Market Research has unveiled a report that indicates that the fuel assemblies market can expect to see growth in the future, the University Chronicle announced on Tuesday. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) detailed a meeting of its Technical Working Group on Fast Reactors that took place in Obninsk, Russisa in a report on Wednesday. The group consisted of representatives from 24 member states and three international organizations. Read More »

The U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced on Thursday that the test nuclear reactor at the Naval Reactor Test Establishment (NRTE) in Caithness, Scotland, has been shut down after the completion of test operations. Read More »

The Parliament of South Africa said the Portfolio Committee on Energy completed an oversight visit to the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa's (NECSA) Phelindaba facility on Wednesday. Read More »

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has named Jeffrey Lyash its new CEO and president, the Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) said on Wednesday. Lyash has worked within the public and private sectors in the field of nuclear power generation. Most recently, he served as president of Power for the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company. Read More »

Fluor Corp. said on Wednesday that it has been awarded a five-year contract by Luminant Corp. to provide maintenance, engineering and other services at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, near Glen Rose, Texas. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) released its environmental-impact report on the Byron Station nuclear power plant near Byron, Illinois, on Thursday, concluding that nothing in the report would prevent license renewal for another 20 years. Read More »

Despite recently pulling out of an agreement to purchase part of an Arkansas power-station unit due to opposition from various stakeholders, Entergy Texas is still committed to meeting the growing electricity demands of the region. Read More »

The NEI said non-renewal of the U.S.-China nuclear cooperation agreement will cost the United States billions of dollars in exports and thousands of American jobs. 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 »

Energie Baden–Württemberg (EnBW) announced on Friday that the second unit at the Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant in Germany has been placed online following its annual inspection. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute, a leading nuclear industry lobbying group, is urging the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a recent decision that it says undermines the Price-Anderson Act (PAA), part of a system put in place by Congress to establish federal safety standards for nuclear energy. Read More »

Grid modernization efforts from Ameren Illinois are delivering results, the company announced on Thursday. Read More »

Energy Systems (ES) announced on Friday that they have selected Will Barnes to serve as their Seattle area sales representative. Read More »

The South Carolina Electric and Gas Company (SCE&G) announced on Thursday that they have installed the first CA01 module at the Virgil C. Summer (V.C. Summer) Nuclear Generating Station. Read More »

The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) are studying the aging process in certain reactor parts to understand long-term reactor operations, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) reported Thursday. Read More »