A town hall meeting to discuss a revised merger plan by Pepco Holdings and Exelon Corp. was held recently in Washington, D.C. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said late last week that it has approved changes to the emergency-preparedness plan at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station in Vernon, Vermont, effective April 15, 2016, as part of the plant's decommissioning. Read More »

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz issued a statement on Sunday after the conclusion of the Paris Climate Change Conference. Read More »

A report from Phys.org said late last week that scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Germany were successful in generating superheated helium plasma in a vacuum, putting them a step closer to controlled nuclear fusion. Read More »

Westinghouse Electric Co. issued a statement on Tuesday praising the agreement that was negotiated at the Paris Climate Change Conference that concluded late last week. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) unveiled an international research project late last week that will use nuclear technology in mountainous and polar regions to study climate-change effects on the environment. Read More »

Unit 2 at the Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station in York County, Pennsylvania, was taken offline on Monday due to an issue tied to a steam valve, owner-operator Exelon said. Read More »

Duke Energy said late last week that President, Vice Chairman and CEO Lynn Good has been selected to serve as the director’s board chairwoman. Read More »

The Department of Energy (DOE) said late last week that Cherry Murray has been named director of the DOE's Office of Science, which shepherds research projects in multiple areas, including environmental and biological sciences, energy, scientific computing and many areas within nuclear science. Read More »

A 1.9-million-pound lower ring -- an important piece of equipment for the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant expansion project near Waynesboro, Georgia -- has been lowered into place in Unit 4, Georgia Power said late last week. Read More »

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently issued a report from the Nuclear Fuel Data Survey indicating the nature and amount of spent nuclear fuel currently in storage around the U.S. Read More »

Construction and engineering firm Day & Zimmermann (D&Z) has been honored with the Nuclear Power Project of the Year award from Power Engineering and Nuclear Power International magazine, Day & Zimmerman said on Wednesday. Read More »

AREVA Inc. said on Tuesday that it is offering a matching donation to Vector Space, an educational nonprofit organization in Lynchburg, Virginia. Read More »

AREVA Inc. officials have issued quality-improvement plans for manufacturing facilities in France during a presentation to the Board of the French Nuclear Safety Authority on Tuesday. Read More »

FirstEnergy Corp. said on Tuesday that its board of directors has elected Jennifer Geyer assistant corporate secretary. Read More »

The Unit 3 reactor at Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, New York, shut itself down on Monday, owner-operator Entergy Corp. said. Read More »

Don Beatty has been named FirstEnergy Corp.'s new external affairs manager for Allegany and Garrett Counties in Maryland for the company’s Potomac Edison utility subsidiary, the company said on Tuesday. Read More »

Entergy Corp. said on Wednesday that spent nuclear fuel at its Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Vernon, Vermont, will begin to be transitioned into dry fuel for storage in 2017. Read More »

Gen4 Energy has completed a conceptual design for a testing facility -- the Natural Circulation Experimental Facility (NCEF) -- which would be able to test a Generation IV advanced reactor, the company said on Wednesday. Read More »

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) said on Tuesday that Unit 2 at the Sequoyah Nuclear Generating Station, near Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, has completed refueling and maintenance in a planned outage. Read More »