A study recently released by the Nuclear Energy Institute points to a $358 million benefit to New York's economy by the operation of Exelon Generation’s R.E. Read More »

Canada will support continued function of the NRU reactor between Oct. 31, 2016 and March 31, 2018 Read More »

Officials at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in King of Prussia, PA., have chosen industry’s Scott Rutenkroger as Limerick Nuclear Power Plant’s new Senior Resident Inspector. Read More »

HeadlineFluor Corp. Awarded Five-Year Contract with PG&E's Diablo Canyon Power PlantBodyThe Fluor Corporation, a global engineering and construction firm,, has been awarded a five-year operations and maintenance contract by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to serve as the company’s services supplier for the two-unit Diablo Canyon Power Plant in Avila Beach, California. Read More »

Fukushima nuclear reactor restarts could be begin as soon as May 2015, as Kyushu Electric's Sendai Units 1 and 2 in southwestern Japan received government and Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRA) restart approval in November 2014. Read More »

Aimed at enhancing its understanding of boiling-water reactor technology, the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (VARANS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Tuesday with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH). Read More »

In effort to expand the commercial impact of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) research, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced the launch of the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT), a functional unit set to work closely with DOE national laboratories while engaging with industry to commercialize technology and strengthen the global competitiveness of U.S. Read More »

As of Monday, the Point Lepreau Generating Station (PLGS) in New Brunswick, Canada, has remained online for a consecutive 233 days since a maintenance outage in July 2014, owner NB Power said. Read More »

Commissioners from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) said on Wednesday that they have approved a merger between Exelon Corp. and Pepco Holdings. Read More »

Ameren Corp. released a white paper this week calling for modifications to the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan (CPP). Read More »

Convention of Nuclear Safety (CNS) delegations at an international diplomatic conference unanimously adopted the Vienna Declaration on Nuclear Safety on Thursday without amending the convention. Read More »

NuScale Power of Portland, Oregon, has successfully installed a full-length helical coil steam generator (HCSG) at the SIET S.p.A (SIET) facilities in Piacenza, Italy, the company said Wednesday. Read More »

Maria Korsnick, Exelon Generation’s senior vice president for Northeast Operations and chief nuclear officer for Constellation Energy Nuclear Group (CENG), is joining the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) as a loaned executive, NEI said Friday. Read More »

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz applauded the appointment of Fatih Birol as the executive director of the IEA. Read More »

The Dresden Generating Station’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor went back on line last week and is fully operational. Read More »

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) recently promoted Gerald Boyd to vice president of Business Development Read More »

Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group was awarded approximately $535.1 million in government contracts Read More »

NuScale Power recently contracted with AREVA, Inc. for nuclear fuel design testing services Read More »

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant took the Unit 2 reactor offline on Monday for a planned outage. Read More »

NRC Chairman Stephen Burns said on Tuesday that the organization is at a turning point. Read More »