Optimized resource-management company Veolia has agreed to acquire California-based nuclear-waste cleanup and plant-decommissioning firm Kurion, Veolia said this week. Read More »
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) recently completed its first service outage for a pressurized water reactor (PWR) at the R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant in Ontario, New York, the company said this week. Read More »
FirstEnergy Corp. said this week that it generated approximately 88.9 million megawatt hours of electricity in 2015 at its coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, wind and hydro facilities in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, West Virginia, Virginia and Illinois Read More »
Entergy Corp. said late last week that David Borde has been named the company’s new vice president for investor relations, effective March 1. Read More »
Sasha Davies has been named head of strategic development for the Wylfa Newydd nuclear-plant project in Wales, Horizon Nuclear Power said late last week. Read More »
GE Hitachi (GEH) said this week that it has been selected to provide outage services to the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio, through 2021. Read More »
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano visited El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua to discuss different uses of nuclear technology besides in energy generation, the IAEA announced this week. Read More »
EDF Energy issued a statement this past week welcoming the appointment of Tom Greatrex as the new chief executive at the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA). Read More »
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced this week that Gregory Croon has been appointed as the senior resident inspector at North Anna Nuclear Power Plant in Mineral, Virginia. Read More »
The European Atomic Forum (FORATOM) said late last week that it supports the European Atomic Energy Community's (Euratom) continuing participation in international research and development efforts to develop Generation IV nuclear energy systems, which was recommended by the EU Council of Ministers Working Group. Read More »
The Arizona Public Service Company (APS) said late last week that its Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station has been awarded a STAR designation from the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health (ADOSH). Read More »
Ontario Provincial Parliament Member Bob Chiarelli issued a statement following the recent announcement of Bruce Power President and CEO Duncan Hawthorne's plan to retire. Read More »
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) said recently that the Doomsday Clock, the countdown to humanity’s annihilation, would remain at three minutes to midnight, despite the recent climate talks in Paris. Read More »
Konecranes Inc. unveiled a new transport unit recently that it said is compliant with regulations for moving machines used to store nuclear material. Read More »
Duke Energy might sell portions of its international business division, or the entire unit, the company said late last week. Read More »
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) said the U.S. Senate's recent passage of the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act, now an amendment to the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016, indicates growing congressional support for nuclear energy. Read More »
Southern Company said this week that refueling and other maintenance activities have begun under a planned outage at the Edwin I. Hatch Electric Generating Plant near Baxley, Georgia, this week. Read More »
Todd Allen has been selected to serve as a senior visiting fellow with nuclear-energy advocacy group Third Way, providing technical support for the group's efforts in advancing nuclear technology, Third Way said this week. Read More »
Ukrainian officials said late last week that the first Westinghouse Electric Co. shipment of nuclear fuel assemblies has arrived under a new contract. Read More »
FirstEnergy Corp. launched a new campaign, “The Switch is On," this week to highlight the company’s efforts in supporting clean-energy sources and development. Read More »
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