Kiev City Council announced on Tuesday that it has formed a working group that will study the safety of a construction project to build a spent fuel storage facility in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Read More »

Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) has been selected to serve as chairman of United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), the group's CEO Ambassador Mark Wallace said Monday. Read More »

FirstEnergy Corp. has made several changes to its leadership structure, it announced Friday. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and the Partnership for Global Security (PGS) unveiled their Global Nexus Initiative (GNI) on Wednesday. This new partnership aims to examine links between climate change, global security issues and nuclear power in a multi-disciplinary fashion and will develop policy solutions to combat global challenges. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced on Wednesday that Victor McCree has been selected to serve as its executive director for operations. Read More »

Sendai Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 became the first nuclear reactor in Japan to begin restarting its operations on Tuesday following the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi accident of 2011. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)  said Wednesday that Andy Barrett has been selected to serve as a resident inspector at the Arkansas Nuclear One facility in in Russellville.  Read More »

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced Tuesday that it has completed testing of the Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear reactor and its associated systems. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced Thursday that it has approved a rule on the process for addressing petitions in the rulemaking process. Read More »

Company plans to build and operate nuclear fuel facility with Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance. Read More »

The Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) will be holding public hearings in Ord and Broken Bow on Wednesday, Aug. 26, to allow public input on a proposed Muddy Creek-to-Ord electric transmission line. Read More »

Luminant on Thursday marked the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant's 25th anniversary of electricity generation operations. Read More »

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have proposed a design for an affordable, robust compact (ARC) nuclear fusion reactor, they announced Monday. Read More »

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) of the United Kingdom announced Thursday that one of the nuclear reactors at the Oldbury has been emptied of all its fuel. Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) announced Thursday that nuclear power plants in the United States were successful in producing a capacity factor average of 96.4 percent in June of this year. Read More »

The International Atomic Agency (IAEA) concluded a review mission of Indonesia's nuclear regulatory framework Friday. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) detailed the operations of the Intercontinental Nuclear Institute (INI) on Friday. Read More »

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced Friday that it has submitted documentation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that states its construction progress and requests an operating license for Watts Bar Unit 2. Read More »

Pacific Gas and Electric Company recently announced that Robert Kenney has been appointed the new vice president, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Regulatory Relations, and has been elected by the Board of Directors as an officer of the utility. Read More »

BWXT Canada, Ltd. has been awarded design and component manufacturing contracts for a steam generator to be utilized at the HPR1000 nuclear power plant in Guangxi, China; its parent company, BWX Technologies (BWXT) announced Monday. Read More »