Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officials will discuss the safety performance of the Millstone nuclear power plant with the Connecticut Nuclear Energy Advisory Council (NEAC). Read More »

Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently announced that Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp. (WCNOC) has adequately remedied the safety concerns in their plant’s work environment. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has scheduled an open house Tuesday to discuss the safety performance findings of last year’s assessment of the South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) Summer Nuclear Station. Read More »

Regina Davis has been named communications director of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). Read More »

Off-site grid disturbance causes Maryland facility to automatically stop. Read More »

A meeting between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) and Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group (B&W) will take place on April 16 to discuss safety performance review and other matters, the USNRC announced on Tuesday Read More »

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 »