The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently discussed nuclear technologies that would potentially benefit countries with expanding or new nuclear programs, allowing participants to gain information on new and emerging nuclear reactor technology and discussing the best ways of determining which would suit their program's needs. Read More »

The House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy held a hearing Thursday to examine the shipping of nuclear material within the U.S., with logistical aspects being brought in to question. Read More »

Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) announced last week that it is celebrating 40 years of operation, during which it has transported approximately 2,000 containers of nuclear material without an incident that resulted in radioactive spillage. Read More »

The European Atomic Forum (FORATOM) released a statement on Friday welcoming the European Commission (EC) plan to publish the "Illustrative Program for Nuclear Energy" by the end of 2015. Read More »

Researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) National Ignition Facility are studying the transformative nature of hydrogen at high pressures. The lab said it has been hypothesized that the element can become metallic in extremely high-pressure environments. Read More »

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report on Monday that indicated Kazakhstan has become the leading uranium supplier to U.S. nuclear reactors. In 2014, the U.S. purchased approximately 12 million pounds of uranium from Kazakhstan. Read More »

AREVA TN said on Monday that it has struck a deal with Xcel Energy to provide dry-fuel storage-management services for the company's Prairie Island and Monticello nuclear generating plants in Red Wing and Monticello, Minnesota, respectively. Read More »

The National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia (BATAN) submitted the final report on its Nuclear Energy System Assessment (NESA) to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently during the 59th IAEA General Conference. Read More »

Entergy Corp. Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer Mark Savoff and Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Jeff Forbes will retire during the first part of 2016, the company announced on Monday. Read More »

Generation III SHIELD Shutdown Seal tested at Pennsylvania's Beaver Valley nuclear unit. Read More »

Entergy Corp. will announce fate of New York plant by the end of the month. Read More »

AREVA Inc. announced on Wednesday that they have been awarded a contract to manufacture and supply self-powered in-core detector assemblies (IDCA) for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Arizona. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on Wednesday that they will be holding a joint meeting on Oct. 21. Read More »

Cogent Reports award the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) their Environmental Champion for the Midwest Region award. Read More »

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report recently on the legislative, technical and societal challenges faced when transporting and storing spent nuclear fuel within the U.S. The GAO took on this study due to the high level of risk involved in transporting nuclear fuel due to its radioactivity. Read More »

Exelon Corp. and Pepco Holdings said this week that a settlement has been reached with officials in Washington, D.C., regarding the companies' proposed merger.The settlement would ensure substantially enhanced benefits to D.C. consumers and businesses if the Public Service Commission approves the latest merger proposal after rejecting the previous plan. Read More »

Westinghouse Electric Company is seeking to collaborate with the U.S. Department of Energy in the development of the lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR), the company announced on Thursday. Read More »

AZZ Inc. has been awarded a contract by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) of Mexico to refurbish steam isolation valves, the company announced on Thursday. Read More »

SIOS Technology Corp. will be taking part in a DABCC Live Webinar in order to discuss machine learning technology; the webinar will feature SIOS Director of Field Engineering Tony Tomarchio, the company announced on Thursday. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced on Monday that Julie Boettcher has been selected to serves as a resident inspector. Read More »