U.K. nuclear power firm EDF Energy released its annual financial results for 2015 this week. Read More »

Entergy said this week that it has appointed Charles Hall vice president of power-plant operations for its Mississippi unit. Read More »

The U.S. Senate recently passed the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act -- an amendment to a larger energy bill -- that aims to facilitate partnerships between private companies and universities, and federal laboratories to help develop advanced nuclear technology. Read More »

Westinghouse Electric Co. said this week that it was hired to provide refueling outage and inspection services for Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar and Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plants. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will host the International Conference on Human and Organizational Aspects of Assuring Nuclear Safety next week. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said this week that it has established a web page with background data and updates on the higher levels of NRC oversight on the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, Massachusetts, since problems were found in a recent inspection. Read More »

In the high desert of Idaho is a research facility spanning 890 square miles. Read More »

The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved Georgia Power's latest Vogtle Construction Monitoring (VCM) Report, which includes $148 million in costs, Georgia Power said late last week. Read More »

The Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, near Fort Gibson, Mississippi, began a scheduled refueling outage late last week, owner Entergy Corp. said. Read More »

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) received the 2015 Excellence in Enterprise Information Award from the Association for Enterprise Information (AFEI) recently at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. Read More »

Duke Energy said this week that it has launched a website that contains expert advice, stories and insights on innovations, environmental concerns and other issues tied to the energy industry. Read More »

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee recently hosted the Advanced Reactors Technical Summit III to discuss nuclear-technology innovations with more than 180 industry participants from the academic, government and industrial sectors. Read More »

The U.K.'s EDF Energy said this week that it has been awarded a two-year electricity contract to provide service for the Energy Consortium’s (TEC) portfolio, which includes museum and university facilities in England and Wales. Read More »

Fortune magazine ranked NextEra Energy the No. 1 company in the electric and gas utilities category for its 2016 “World’s Most Admired Companies" lists, NextEra said late last week. Read More »

Centrus Energy Corp. said late last week that it has finished its demonstration cascade of American Centrifuge machines at its plant in Piketon, Ohio, but plans to continue developing the technology at its facilities in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, thanks to ongoing funding from the Department of Energy through its Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Read More »

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano visited the Barakah nuclear power plant construction site in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), last weekend, praising the nation's recently launched nuclear program and the progress being made on the nation's first nuclear plant. Read More »

The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) met this week with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano concerning the four nuclear power plants currently being built in the Gulf Arab state. Read More »

Southern Company recently was named in Fortune magazine's 2016 "World’s Most Admired Companies" rankings for the seventh year in a row as one of the top three utilities globally. Read More »

AMETEK Solidstate Controls, one of the top providers of highly customized uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) in the world, said this week that it has named Daryl Malone its new regional sales manager. Read More »

Fission Uranium Corp. recently reported positive results from 11 drilling sites on the company's Patterson Lake South (PLS) property in the Athabasca Basin region of Canada. Read More »