The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently proposed changes to its regulations that include reducing the annual fees for most applicants and licensees for fiscal year 2016, thanks to the commission’s decreased budget.
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) recently released six efficiency bulletins that describe actions nuclear power plant operators can take to increase operational effectiveness and boost safety measures as part of…
Skyharbour Resources Ltd. recently announced that Andreas Norland, founder and managing director of International Thorium Energy Organization, has joined its advisory board.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold an open house 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday on the performance review of the Unit 3 reactor at Entergy’s Waterford nuclear plant in…
Jeff Benjamin, Westinghouse Electric Co.’s senior vice president of new plants and major projects, responded this week to a joint quarterly report from United Kingdom regulators on the Generic Design…
The Oglethorpe Power Corp. Board of Directors re-elected Chairman Bobby Smith and Vice Chairman Marshall Millwood, and elected a new member, Randy Crenshaw, at a board meeting this week after…
The California Public Utilities Commission this week approved a proposed merger of Southern Company and AGL Resources, bringing the process one step closer to completion.
The LaSalle County nuclear plant, near Marseilles, Illinois, recently returned Unit 1 to full power following a scheduled outage for refueling and maintenance that saw workers perform more than 12,600…
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will host an open-house meeting next week concerning its 2015 safety-performance review of Florida Power & Light Co.’s St. Lucie nuclear plant, near Jensen Beach.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) scheduled a meeting with officials from Entergy Operations, which operates the Arkansas Nuclear One station in Russellville, to discuss the plant’s safety performance during 2015.
GE Hitachi’s (GEH) remotely operated Stinger In-Vessel Visual Inspection (IVVI) tool reached a milestone recently when it was deployed for the ninth time for a refueling outage at a U.S.…
The LaSalle nuclear plant, near Seneca, Illinois, took Unit 1 offline late last week to replace seals on two of the pumps that circulate water into the reactor after the…
EDF Energy CEO Vincent de Rivaz and Humphrey Cadoux-Hudson, EDF’s new nuclear build managing director, testified this week at a “U.K. New Nuclear Status Update” session of the Energy and…
Rosatom representatives from JSC Rusatom Overseas Inc. made presentations on the company’s integrated nuclear plant services, nuclear education, construction of research reactors and establishment of nuclear technology centers recently at…
The Nuclear Industry Association of Turkey (NIATR) and the U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council (USNIC) recently signed a bilateral memorandum of understanding (MOU) late last week, agreeing to collaborate on nuclear-energy…
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano visited Nigeria late last week to discuss the agency’s role in supporting the nation’s fledgling nuclear power program.
The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) and Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) recently released data late last week that indicates the U.S. nuclear industry operated at record levels…
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) submitted written testimony late last week to the House Appropriations Committee, asking Congress to reduce the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) budget and staff so that…
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) is encouraging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to revise its regulations on decommissioning nuclear power reactors to include updated risk profiles throughout the process and…
Bolivia and Russia recently entered into two Intergovernmental Agreements on nuclear power, one promoting cooperation on peaceful uses of atomic energy and one focusing on the construction of a Nuclear…
Officials from Sauidi Arabia and Russia attended the first meeting of the Saudi-Russian Coordinating Committee for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation this week, discussing an Intergovernmental Agreement the two countries signed in…
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a meeting for April 4 to discuss a preliminary inspection finding about River Bend, the St. Francisville, Louisiana, nuclear power plant, with officials representing…
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will host an open house on Wednesday, March 23 on its 2015 performance assessment for Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island 1 nuclear power plant, which the…
Alabama Power announced several changes to its leadership this week, naming and electing five vice presidents and one senior vice president, which will go into effect on March 28.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will be in Hartsville, South Carolina, to hold an open house on its 2015 performance assessment of the nearby Robinson nuclear plant, which achieved the…
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