The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) recently released a policy brief that expressed initial concerns with an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposal to redefine "waters of the United States" and how it could increase electricity costs without environmental benefit, but on closer inspection, NEI sees no real cause for concern. Read More »

A research team led by Battelle Memorial Institute has been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) to drill a 16,000-foot-deep borehole into a crystalline basement rock formation near Rugby, North Dakota, as part of research that could lead to better waste storage and new energy sources, the DOE said on Tuesday. Read More »

Curtiss-Wright said this week that it has secured contracts from Harbin Electric Power Equipment Co. and Shenyang Blower Works Nuclear Pump Co. totaling approximately $450 million, mainly to supply AP1000 reactor coolant pumps (RCPs) for nuclear plants in China Read More »

The U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said this week that a special inspection would be carried out at Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Station near Seneca, South Carolina, after issues were detected concerning power cables in two reactor units. Read More »

The University of Manchester in England unveiled the results of a study this week that indicates graphene can act as an effective mesh to filter out unneeded hydrogen isotopes when producing heavy water for reactors. Read More »

Bertrand de L’Epinois, senior vice president for safety Standards at AREVA, recently was named the new president of the European Atomic Forum (FORATOM) for a two-year term. Read More »

The General Electric-led venture Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) has been awarded an extended contract by Energy Northwest to continue supplying the Columbia Generating Station near Richland, Washington, with fuel reloads, GE said this week. Read More »

Sempra Energy said its  Infraestructura Energética Nova (IEnova) subsidiary plans to address issues raised when Mexico's antitrust commission, Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica (COFECE), recently refused to approve IEnova's plan to buy PEMEX's 50 percent equity interest in the Gasoductos de Chihuahua joint venture.   Read More »

The U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said this week that the last fuel assemblies have been removed from the closed Oldbury Nuclear Power Station near Oldbury-on-Severn, England. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued pre-emption authority this week for security forces at nuclear facilities in New York and California to carry certain firearms. Read More »

Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant owner-operator TVO released 2015 economic-performance data this week on its Eurajoki, Finland, plant. Read More »

Centrus Energy Corp. said this week that five people with experience serving at high federal governmental and industrial levels have joined its advisory board. Read More »

The White House’s current Clean Energy Plan has fanned the flames of more debate between different energy industries and their importance as an energy resource, while also enforcing their contributions to new clean-energy goals. Read More »

Westinghouse Electric's Springfields nuclear-fuel production facility in Salwick, England,  has reached the capacity requirements necessary to manufacture small modular reactor (SMR) fuel assemblies, the company said this week. Read More »

United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang last week and discussed possibilities in increasing nuclear cooperation. Read More »

Peninsula Energy Ltd. said recently that it has completed its first tri-uranium octoxide delivery to a U.S. utility. Read More »

David Talbot, vice president and senior mining analyst for Dundee Capital Markets, recently spoke with the publication Energy Report regarding green energy and the state of the uranium market. Read More »

Cameco Corp. said recently that the Cigar Lake uranium mining operation in Saskatchewan, Canada, is likely to produce approximately 16 million pounds of triuranium octoxide this year. Read More »

Denison Mines Corp. is expected to begin drilling for uranium in the Athabasca Basin region in the Canadian Shield this week, the company said recently. Read More »

Westinghouse Electric Co. celebrated the 130th anniversary of the company's founding late last week. Read More »