International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and European Union (EU) representatives recently worked to strengthen ties concerning nuclear issues during their fourth annual Senior Officials Meeting in Vienna. Read More »

KEPCO Nuclear Fuel (KNF) has awarded a contract to Harper International, which will supply a sixth Pusher furnace to support KEPCO’s nuclear fuel manufacturing operations, Harper said late last week. Read More »

Exelon Corp. praised the New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) for approving the Clean Energy Standard, which supports the growth of nuclear energy. Read More »

Over the course of 2015, AREVA NP facilitated 43 planned outages at U.S. nuclear facilities, conducting repairs, fuel replacement and reactor maintenance, the company said late last week. Read More »

The Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently concluded an evaluation mission in Japan, reporting improvements in the nation's nuclear regulatory system, the IAEA said late last week. Read More »

The New York Public Service Commission late last week approved Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 10-year, $5 billion Clean Energy Fund, which will support the industrial development of clean forms of energy in the state. Read More »

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant's Unit 1 has been taken offline this week for repairs and maintenance work, owner-operator Exelon said on Monday. Read More »

Uranium producer Kazatomprom released 2015 data this week that it said shows Kazakhstan remains one of the world's most abundant sources of natural uranium, with an output last year of 23,800 tons of uranium through enterprises held by Kazatomprom. Read More »

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will assist with two projects to develop advanced nuclear reactor technologies with funding support from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the lab said late last week. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it began a comprehensive inspection this week of the Arkansas Nuclear One plant in Russellville, Arkansas. Read More »

ROSATOM representatives presented information on nuclear technology and energy security in the Asian region during the recent Nuclear Power Asia 2016 conference in Jakarta, Indonesia. Read More »

Russian Federation media and Iran said late last week that construction of the second nuclear reactor at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Bushehr, Iran, will start by March 20. Read More »

Duke Energy International President Andrea Bertone was among CEOs and other organizational leaders to be recognized for their commitment to employee safety by the National Safety Council (NSC) this week. Read More »

Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd. hosted a suppliers forum this week at the British Embassy in Tokyo centering around the plan to build a new U.K. nuclear plant on the Isle of Anglesey, off the coast of Wales. Read More »

ALX Uranium Corp.’s board of directors approved surface-exploration programs at five sites in the Athabasca Basin in the Saskatchewan region of Canada, ALX said late last week. Read More »

Nuclear Matters this week praised the New York Public Service Commission's decision to approve the Clean Energy Standard (CES), which calls for measures to support the development of clean-energy generation methods and nurture business environments that support clean power plants in the state. Read More »

AREVA said this week that it has teamed up with Structural Integrity Associates (SIA) to provide repair services for boiling-water reactors (BWR) in the U.S., as well as on- and off-site analysis and replacement of key components. Read More »

Uranium mining firm Greenland Minerals and Energy Ltd. (GMEL), based in Australia, said late last week that Denmark and Greenland have reached regulatory agreements that should lead to uranium exports from Greenland. Read More »

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved the Braidwood Generating Station's operational license renewals for its nuclear reactors this week. Read More »

AREVA said late last week that it has completed validation testing on a new component-asset management process known as ultra-high-pressure cavitation peening, which will be used on reactor vessel closure heads (RVCH). Read More »