The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted renewed licenses for units 1 and 2 at the Sequoyah nuclear power plant in Tennessee, the organization announced on Monday.  Read More »

AREVA Inc. announced on Monday that they have been awarded a patent for a tool that helps boiling water nuclear reactors run safely. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said this week that it is planning senior personnel changes that aim to streamline the management of the NRC and to diversify its leadership. Read More »

The second nuclear reactor unit at Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant has resumed its electrical operations, Entergy announced on Saturday. Read More »

Unit 2 at the Beaver Valley Power Station was shut off this past weekend to begin refueling and other maintenance operations, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. (FENOC) announced on Monday. Read More »

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano represented the agency at the Sustainable Development Summit that took place in New York, the IAEA announced Tuesday. Read More »

AREVA announced on Wednesday that they have been awarded a cleanup contract with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). Read More »

Exelon Corp. and Pepco Holdings Inc. announced Monday that they have filed a petition to the Public Service Commission (PSC) of the District of Columbia to reconsider their merger proposal. Read More »

Ames Brown has been appointed to serve as Energy Fuels Inc.'s ninth member of its board of directors, the company announced on Wednesday. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is currently hosting their Nuclear Law Institute Program over a two week period, the group announced on Wednesday. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced on Wednesday that they would be holding a public meeting regarding regulatory changes for research and test reactors. Read More »

Unit 1 at the Virgil C. Summer (V.C. Summer) Nuclear Station will be brought offline on Friday in order to complete regular refueling and maintenance operations. Read More »

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced the successful removal of highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Uzbekistan on Tuesday.  Read More »

AREVA Inc. announced on Tuesday that their railway terminal has received 7.1 tons of used nuclear material that will be treated and recycled at their la Hague facility. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced Thursday that it has completed a safety evaluation of the South Texas Project's (STP) two proposed nuclear reactor units. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has launched a special inspection at the BWX Technologies fuel facility in Lynchburg, Virginia, due to a discovery that workers may have exceeded controls for criticality safety regarding a production line glovebox. Read More »

BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT) was awarded approximately $34.5 million from the U.S. Naval Reactors Program for the manufacture of components for submarine and aircraft carrier nuclear reactors, the company announced Tuesday. Read More »

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will offer a cooperative agreement with General Atomics (GA) to domestically produce molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), it announced Wednesday. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will host The Division of Spent Fuel Management Regulatory Conference 2015, discussing issues relating to the management of spent nuclear fuel, at its North Bethesda, Maryland, headquarters Nov. 18-19. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced Thursday that it has completed the Final Safety Evaluation Report for an Early Site Permit (ESP) application for a southern New Jersey location. Read More »