The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a meeting for April 4 to discuss a preliminary inspection finding about River Bend, the St. Francisville, Louisiana, nuclear power plant, with officials representing Entergy Operations Inc., the plant’s operator. Read More »
Officials from Sauidi Arabia and Russia attended the first meeting of the Saudi-Russian Coordinating Committee for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation this week, discussing an Intergovernmental Agreement the two countries signed in June 2015. Read More »
Westinghouse Electric Co. announced this week that it was selected by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to provide inspection and maintenance for four nuclear reactors. Read More »
Bolivia and Russia recently entered into two Intergovernmental Agreements on nuclear power, one promoting cooperation on peaceful uses of atomic energy and one focusing on the construction of a Nuclear Research and Technology Center in Bolivia. Read More »
Researchers with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have been working to analyze used fuel assemblies to characterize them by composition in order to safely store them, the lab announced this week. Read More »
Centrus Energy Corp. has signed a number of sales contracts in the past nine months. Read More »
Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear energy company, may invite Argentina to participate in the construction a nuclear research and technologies center in Bolivia, Rosatom said recently. Read More »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, stakeholders and the public discussed efforts to improve how it tracks and reports on its rulemaking process at a recent meeting. Read More »
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Tonopah, Arizona, remains the largest power producer in the U.S. for the 24th year in a row. Read More »
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) is encouraging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to revise its regulations on decommissioning nuclear power reactors to include updated risk profiles throughout the process and reduce the need for exemptions and license amendments. Read More »
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officials plan to meet with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) officials on Tuesday to discuss the working environment at the Watts Bar nuclear plant, near Spring City, Tennessee. Read More »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will issue a construction permit for a facility dedicated to producing medical isotopes, a facility the NRC calls the first of its kind. Read More »
The European Commission has greenlighted a proposed partnership between EDF and China General Nuclear (CGN), indicating a policy that supports new nuclear projects in the U.K. Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) teamed up with the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) late last week to commission China’s new Center of Excellence (COE), a nuclear-security training facility. Read More »
Susquehanna nuclear plant, near Berwick, Pennsylvania, recently began a scheduled refueling outage on its Unit 1 reactor, plant operator Talen Energy said. Read More »
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) submitted written testimony late last week to the House Appropriations Committee, asking Congress to reduce the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) budget and staff so that they are more proportionate to the number of reactors and plant-license holders over which the agency has jurisdiction. Read More »
The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) and Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) recently released data late last week that indicates the U.S. nuclear industry operated at record levels of reliability and safety throughout 2015. Read More »
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano visited Nigeria late last week to discuss the agency’s role in supporting the nation's fledgling nuclear power program. Read More »
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said this week that it has amended a license that allows the Army to possess depleted uranium, adding 15 installations to the list of approved sites. Read More »
The Nuclear Industry Association of Turkey (NIATR) and the U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council (USNIC) recently signed a bilateral memorandum of understanding (MOU) late last week, agreeing to collaborate on nuclear-energy research and other activities that benefit both countries. Read More »
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