South Africa's Department of Minerals and Energy issued a statement of progression recently relating to the country’s nuclear build program. Read More »

Egypt and the Russian State Atomic Energy Corp. (Rosatom) will sign a final agreement this month regarding the construction of a nuclear power plant in Egypt, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker said this week. Read More »

In collaboration with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), mechanical engineering students from Washington State University (WSU) developed prototypes for nuclear safeguards, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said recently. Read More »

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) said recently that a process used to study polymer fibers that trap uranium in seawater may lead to a method of extracting seawater uranium for use in reactors. Read More »

Nur Bekri, head of China's National Energy Administration of China Head, said this week that nuclear reactors currently under construction in China will add over 32 million kilowatts of electricity to the nation's generating capacity. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued a year-end review of its activities throughout 2015 on its website late last week. Read More »

Exelon Corp. and Pepco Holdings Inc. issued a statement recently detailing the anticipated benefits from their proposed merger, currently under review by the Washington, D.C., Public Service Commission, which rejected an earlier merger plan. Read More »

The journal Issues in Science and Technology published "A Roadmap for U.S. Nuclear Industry Innovation," written by Richard Lester, an associate provost at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in its most recent issue. Read More »

Egypt will finalize a $26 billion deal this month with Russian state nuclear company Rosatom, which will build a nuclear plant in Egypt, Muhammad Shaker, Egypt's minister of electricity and renewable energy, said late last week in a Non-Aligned Movement News Network article. Read More »

Westinghouse Electric Co. said on Monday that U.S. regulators have approved its acquisition of CB&I Stone & Webster, CB&I's nuclear construction and integrated services unit. Read More »

Duke Energy recently said it would raise rates for South Carolina customers of Duke Energy Progress, effective Jan. 1. Read More »

Fluor Corp. said this week that Westinghouse Electric Co. has contracted it to manage the construction workforce at two nuclear plant projects with AP1000 nuclear reactors in Georgia and South Carolina in deals worth approximately $5 billion altogether. Read More »

Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power and its partners in the expansion of Plant Vogtle, near Waynesboro, Georgia, have reached a settlement with contractors Westinghouse Electric Co. and CB&I over litigation tied to the plant's expansion project, Southern Company said on Monday. Read More »

The Indian government's Press Information Bureau (PIB) and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) issued a year-end statement recently detailing activity in the nation's nuclear energy sector in 2015, proclaiming that  "major achievements" were made in the civil nuclear arena. Read More »

Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom said recently that its branch in Southeast Asia, Rosatom Asia, has become a corporate member of the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS). Read More »

Under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear installations, Indian and Pakistani officials exchanged lists of their nuclear facilities late last week. Read More »

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said recently that the nuclear deal reached with the international community last summer would likely result in increased economic cooperation with neighboring countries. Read More »

Russian state nuclear company Rosatom said recently that its international branch of operations has changed its name from Rosatom Overseas to Rosatom Energy International (REI). Read More »

Fennovoima said this week that labor union representatives began working at the construction site of its Hanhikivi 1 nuclear plant in Pyhajoki, Finland, on the Hanhikivi peninsula. Read More »

Fortum Corp. issued a year-end statement this week regarding the performance of its Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant, near Loviisa, Finland. Read More »