As concerns about carbon emissions continue to solidify globally, more stakeholders will openly endorse nuclear power, Nuclear Economics Consulting Group CEO Edward Kee said. Read More »
The Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) board re-elected Chairman Joe Ritch during a meeting late last week, where President and CEO Bill Johnson highlighted the fiscal quarter's solid performance, despite a warmer-than-usual winter. Read More »
Scientists at the Diamond Light Source (DLS) research facility in Oxfordshire, England, presented findings on its radioactive waste-containment research at this year's American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS) annual meeting in Washington, D.C., over the weekend. Read More »
Russian state nuclear power company Rosatom said recently that its subsidiary, Rusatom Service and Power Machines has agreed to supply China's Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant with more turbine blades. Read More »
Fusion for Energy (F4E) said earlier this month that the fabrication of vacuum vessels for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project is on track. Read More »
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) recently named new members to its board of directors and executive committee. Read More »
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said recently that Dona Crawford, associate director for computation at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), will retire after 15 years with the lab. Read More »
Unit 1 at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant near Lusby, Maryland, was taken offline on Monday for scheduled refueling and maintenance service this week. Read More »
As of Monday, Michelle Reichert became the new deputy enterprise manager at Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC. Read More »
The Jordanian Parliament's Energy Committee visited the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) recently to monitor its progress toward starting up the nation's first nuclear energy program. Read More »
The National Steering Committee for Nuclear Science Week (NSW) issued a request for proposal online for any municipality that wants to host this year's NSW, traditionally held the third week of October, specifically Oct. 17-21 this year. Read More »
Exelon Corp. said LaSalle County Nuclear Generating Station workers are utilizing virtual-reality technology to help with refueling and maintenance work during this week's scheduled refueling outage on Unit 1. Read More »
Uranium producer Energy Fuels Inc. said late last week that progress has been made with the Nichols Ranch in situ recovery (ISR) mining project in Wyoming. Read More »
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano touted the benefits of nuclear energy in a speech at the Symposium on Nuclear Applications For Sustainable Development in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Member States this week in Kuwait. Read More »
Entergy Corp. subsidiary Entergy Arkansas said this week that electricity rates are expected to increase slightly this year. Read More »
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said this week that Nuclear Engineering Ltd. (NEL) of Japan donated a computerized reactor physics simulator to the agency. Read More »
The National Research Foundation (NRF) has awarded a third round of funding to the South African Research Chair Initiative (SARChI) at North West University's (NWU) School of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering in Johannesburg. Read More »
Colorado-based Western Uranium Corp. said this week that it has named Patrick Siglin its new vice president for development. Read More »
The board of directors at Sweden's OKG said this week that Unit 1 at Oskarshamn Nuclear Power Plant in Oskarshamn will begin the decommissioning process in June 2017. Read More »
Pennsylvania subsidiaries of FirstEnergy Corp. have received authorization from the state to carry out planned infrastructure improvements, FirstEnergy said this week. Read More »
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