Amana encourages approval of amendment to keep nuclear material safe Read More »

International industry experts will host a discussion and workshop on integrating small modular reactors (SMRs) into nuclear co-generation and hybrid energy systems at the Fifth Annual Small Modular Reactor Summit 2015, April 14-15 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Read More »

The National Society of Professional Engineers named Gabriel Taylor, a senior fire protection engineer at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), as one of the top 19 professional engineers in the federal government at a recent National Press Club ceremony. Read More »

Entergy Corp. said on Tuesday that Patrick Condon and Karen Puckett have been elected to the company's board of directors. Condon, who currently serves on the board of directors at Cloud Peak Energy and is chairman of the audit committee and a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee, spent more than 30 years at Arthur Andersen LLP and nine years at Deloitte & Touche LLP before retiring in 2011. Read More »

Plant personnel and supplemental employees worked on a Unit 3 refueling outage early Monday at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant in in Buchanan, New York, station officials said. Read More »

A Nuclear Energy Insider report last week has identified the challenges faced by the sector in the past eight months and what's required to forge a clear path forward for small modular reactors (SMRs). Read More »

Horizon Nuclear Power issued an open letter last week to former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan Read More »

The first popular science book on atomic energy in Bangla was presented by Russian atomic energy corporation Rosatom at Bangla Academy’s Ekushey Book Fair last Thursday. Read More »

The Limerick Generating Station’s Unit 1 nuclear reactor, located approximately 21 miles northwest of Philadelphia, went back online today and is again operating at full power. Read More »

The European Commission has developed an Energy Union to guarantee that every European maintains access to secure, competitive, sustainable and affordable energy. Read More »

A signing ceremony was held at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Thursday in Paris to extend the Framework Agreement for International Collaboration on Research and Development of Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems for another 10 years. Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) finished a two-week review on Friday of Japan's nuclear security practices. The IAEA conducted an International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) mission. Read More »

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in its recent 2015 Nuclear Technology Roadmap that global nuclear power capacity should double by 2050 to help stem global warming. The International Energy Agency and the OECD’s Nuclear Energy Agency prepared the analysis. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued final changes Wednesday to regulations in 10 CFR Part 810 that govern the export of U.S. commercial nuclear energy technology. Read More »

Russian State Nuclear Rosatom and China National Nuclear Corporation discuss future cooperation. Read More »

Nuclear energy a major contributor to country's status as clean energy leader. Read More »

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is examining the strength of rebar as the group designs concrete codes and specifications for new nuclear plant construction. Read More »

A team of legislators, labor, business, and community leaders recently announced that they support for a state-specific Low Carbon Portfolio Standard in Illinois. This portfolio places Illinois as the leader among other states as they seek solutions for reducing carbon emissions without negatively affecting consumers. The legislation, at the Senate as SB 1585 and the House as HB 3293, would increase renewable energy and reliably maintain affordable electricity for businesses and individual con Read More »

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to have key role in EPA's Clean Power Plan Read More »

The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station produced 32.3 million megawatt-hours of power in 2014 Read More »