PSEG names new president of company’s nuclear unit
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), a publicly traded and diversified energy company, recently named Peter Sena, a 20-year nuclear industry veteran, as president of the company’s nuclear unit.
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Westinghouse to help Czech plant engineer reactor-fuel transition
CEZ, based in the Czech Republic, has chosen Westinghouse Electric Co. to supply Temelin Nuclear Power Station with six Lead Test Assemblies (LTAs), Westinghouse said this week.
Duke Energy adds ex-Norfolk Southern CEO to board of directors
Charles W. “Wick” Moorman, the former Norfolk Southern Corp. CEO and executive chairman, was named to Duke Energy’s board this week.
IAEA’s latest online courses cover spent nuclear fuel, waste management
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently launched a new series of e-learning modules to address the management of used nuclear fuel, radioactive waste and clean-up at former nuclear facilities.
NIC: NRC’s Advanced Reactor regulations impeding development efforts
Jeffrey Merrifield, chairman of the Nuclear Infrastructure Council’s (NIC) Advanced Reactor Task Force, encouraged the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to revamp its Advanced Nuclear Reactor (ANR) licensing system during…
Duke Energy’s executive VP of strategic services to retire
Duke Energy Executive Vice President of Strategic Services A.R. Mullinax said this week that he plans to retire from the company effective May 1.
South African scientists vouch for viability of nation’s nuclear ambitions
The South African nuclear build program will develop at a speed and price that the nation can afford, potentially generating 9,600 megawatts of electricity within the next 10 years, President…
Virginia OKs Southern Company-AGL Resources merger plan
Virginia regulators this week approved a merger between Southern Company and AGL Resources, which owns Virginia Natural Gas and serves an estimated 290,000 customers with natural gas service in southeastern…
Scheduled Browns Ferry Unit 3 outage includes generating-capacity boost
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 3 began a scheduled maintenance and refueling outage late last week.
General Atomics nets several contracts for Radiation Monitoring Systems
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) said this week that the company has been awarded several contracts to supply Radiation Monitoring Systems (RMS) to U.S. nuclear power plants, which must comply…
ROSATOM, IAEA sign agreement on nuclear-safeguard principles
Nikolai Spasskiy, deputy CEO of ROSATOM, recently held negotiations with a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the leadership of Tero Varjoranta, deputy director general and head…
Study de-bunks mass cancer death myth from Chicago nuclear milestone
A recent report by Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois, de-bunks a persistent belief that all 49 scientists present at the University of Chicago’s Stagg Field in 1942 to witness…
Analysts: Africa’s lack of energy infrastructure holding it back economically
Participants at the recent 2016 African Energy Indaba Forum and Exhibition in Johannesburg, South Africa, said the continent will never reach its full potential if its nations’ governments do not…
AMETEK Solidstate Controls names new regional sales manager
AMETEK Solidstate Controls, one of the top providers of highly customized uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) in the world, said this week that it has named Daryl Malone its new regional…
Southern Co. again named in magazine’s ‘World’s Most Admired’ rankings
Southern Company recently was named in Fortune magazine’s 2016 “World’s Most Admired Companies” rankings for the seventh year in a row as one of the top three utilities globally.
UAE seeks IAEA guidance with fledgling nuclear program
The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) met this week with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano concerning the four nuclear power plants currently being…
IAEA chief tours UAE’s first nuclear plant site, praises fledgling program
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano visited the Barakah nuclear power plant construction site in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), last weekend, praising the nation’s recently launched nuclear…
Centrus to relocate centrifuge-research project to Tennessee complex
Centrus Energy Corp. said late last week that it has finished its demonstration cascade of American Centrifuge machines at its plant in Piketon, Ohio, but plans to continue developing the…
Magazine ranks NextEra No. 1 on ‘Most Admired Companies’ utility list
Fortune magazine ranked NextEra Energy the No. 1 company in the electric and gas utilities category for its 2016 “World’s Most Admired Companies” lists, NextEra said late last week.
EDF Energy to supply electricity to thousands of U.K. museums, colleges
The U.K.’s EDF Energy said this week that it has been awarded a two-year electricity contract to provide service for the Energy Consortium’s (TEC) portfolio, which includes museum and university…
Oak Ridge National Lab hosts Advanced Reactors Technical Summit III
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee recently hosted the Advanced Reactors Technical Summit III to discuss nuclear-technology innovations with more than 180 industry participants from the academic, government and…
Duke Energy launches public-interest website on industry issues, history
Duke Energy said this week that it has launched a website that contains expert advice, stories and insights on innovations, environmental concerns and other issues tied to the energy industry.
IAEA director general touts advances in managing nuclear waste
Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Monday that there have been crucial advances in managing radioactive waste in recent years, even though the…
EPA’s Clean Power Plan does not include new nuclear power as a compliance option
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently analyzed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan and was forced to consider new nuclear capacity in a separate case analysis because building…
UN nuclear chief encourages information exchanges
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) estimates that nuclear power use will continue expanding in the future and encourages nations with more nuclear energy programs and experience to share their…