International Atomic Energy Agency issued the following announcement on May 29.How can national nuclear institutions promoting nuclear technologies in their country enlarge their impact and increase their self-reliance? Read More »

Annie Caputo and David A. Wright, nominated by President Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate, were sworn in as NRC Commissioners this week by NRC Chairman Kristine L. Svinicki. Read More »

Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it will collaborate in the development of its EnCore® Fuel, the revolutionary accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) design, with ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas (ENUSA) through a Frame Cooperation Agreement (FCA). Read More »

Southern Power, a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell a 33 percent minority interest in its solar portfolio to Global Atlantic Financial Group Limited for a purchase price of $1.175 billion. Read More »

With Subtropical Storm Alberto bearing down on the Gulf Coast, Gulf Power is focusing crews and resources on the Panama City area for the possibility of an early Monday morning landfall. Read More »

Southern Power, a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, announced the acquisition of its tenth wind project – the 100-megawatt (MW) Wildhorse Mountain Wind Facility, located in Pushmataha County, OK. Read More »

Georgia Power released a new public service announcement (PSA) highlighting water safety as the Memorial Day weekend marks the start of summer boating season. Read More »

Gulf Power crews responded quickly to the power outages caused by Tropical Storm Alberto as its wide bands slowly rolled across Northwest Florida and as its disorganized eye made landfall at Laguna Beach, just west of Panama City, late Monday afternoon. Read More »

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NuScale Power announced its small modular reactor (SMR) can generate 20 percent more power than originally planned. Read More »

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $24 million in funding for 10 projects as part of a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program: Modeling-Enhanced Innovations Trailblazing Nuclear Energy Reinvigoration (MEITNER). Read More »

Orano TN, the Orano subsidiary providing used fuel management and transport services, expanded its reactor pool cleanout products and services portfolio through a recent specialized equipment purchase and teaming agreement with Babcock Services Inc. (BSI). Read More »

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $21 million for new projects to advance solar-thermal desalination technologies. Read More »

Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it has achieved substantial engineering completion for Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Tier 3 gasoline sulfur standard reconfiguration project at the Galveston Bay refinery in Texas City, Texas. Read More »

Innovative Solar Systems, LLC (ISS) and VivoPower International PLC announce the completion of major milestones for a 20MWac solar farm project located in Martin, South Carolina. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has launched a Special Inspection at the Clinton nuclear power plant to review the circumstances surrounding the inoperability of the emergency diesel generators for approximately three days during a recent refueling outage. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected its Argonne National Laboratory to lead an Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) focused on advanced materials for energy-water systems. Read More »

The International Energy Agency (IEA) conducted its 9th emergency response exercise (ERE) from 28-29 June 2018. Read More »

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has designated a new Center of Excellence to be led by Texas A&M University in the area of Low Energy Nuclear Science as part of the Stewardship Science Academic Alliances (SSAA) Program. Read More »

Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in King of Prussia, Pa., have selected Jacob Dolecki as a resident inspector at the Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant in Scriba, N.Y. Read More »