WS Atkins Plc. said on Tuesday that it has agreed to purchase EnergySolutions' Projects, Products and Technology (PP&T) segment for approximately $318 million. Read More »

NB Power said on Monday that it is holding full-scale emergency-response exercises this week in cooperation with New Brunswick’s (Canada) Emergency Measures Organizations (NBEMO). Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on Monday that the NRC and the Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia unit have completed their Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for an early site permit application by Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) Power and PSEG Nuclear for a site in Salem, New Jersey. Read More »

A list of nominees for Fission Uranium Corp.'s board of directors was mailed to company shareholders and management this week, ahead of the election at the annual shareholders meeting on Dec. 15. 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 »

The Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn Power) said on Monday that it is conducting inspections and completing maintenance projects on weather-sensitive equipment in its service region ahead of winter. Read More »

Finland issued Posiva Oy a construction permit late last week to build a spent-fuel facility for nuclear waste at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant. Read More »

In a move toward great safety, Southern Nuclear and Georgia Power debuted its new Vogtle FLEX Dome storage building this week at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Georgia. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued its Performance and Accountability Report for fiscal 2015 on Tuesday. Read More »

Athabasca Nuclear Corp. (ANC) released results on Tuesday from its recent fall airborne geophysical survey at Prongua Lake in Canada's Saskatchewan province. Read More »

he European Union's (EU) European Commission released its first State of the Energy Union Report on Wednesday, indicating early progress since the commission adopted the Energy Union Framework Strategy earlier this year. Read More »

U.K. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd issued new policy priorities for the U.K. in a speech on Wednesday before the Institution of Civil Engineers in London. Read More »

The journal Nuclear Fusion gave its 2015 Nuclear Fusion Award to Rob Goldston, a  Princeton University astrophysical sciences professor and a fusion researcher. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued its final environmental report on Wednesday concerning license renewals for the Braidwood Nuclear Power Plant in Braceville, Illinois. Read More »

The United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly adopted a resolution on Tuesday to consider the International Atomic Energy Agency's annual report. Read More »

Penn State University received a three-year, $800,000 grant from the Energy Department's Nuclear Energy University Program this week to develop a method to reduce the volume of radioactive waste created during nuclear fission. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on Thursday that it has renewed the operating licenses of the Byron nuclear plant in Byron, Illinois, for 20 years. Read More »

Georgia Power said on Wednesday that a concrete pour has been completed on Plant Vogtle's Unit 3 "turbine tabletop" near Waynesboro, Georgia. Read More »

EnergySolutions said on Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Waste Control Specialists (WCS) in a cash and stock deal. Read More »

The European Atomic Forum (FORATOM), an advocacy group for Europe's nuclear energy industry, released a statement this week in support of the State of the Energy Union report issued by the European Union's (EU) European Commission. Read More »