The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is hosting an open house April 28 in Ontario, New York, to review the 2014 safety performance of Duke Energy’s Brunswick nuclear power plant. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is hosting an open house on April 23 in Oswego, New York, to review the safety performance of Energy Nuclear Northeast’s James Fitzpatrick nuclear power plant. Read More »

Virginia plant operated safely and efficiently in 2014. Read More »

The New Nuclear Watch Europe (NNWE) stated the importance of nuclear energy's role in energy policy within the European Union (E.U.) on Friday during a roundtable discussion. Read More »

A recent announcement from Southern California Edison (SCE) has confirmed that the San Onofre nuclear power plant settlement is fair and was negotiated with public interest in mind. Read More »

ITT brand Conoflow said on Monday that it has appointed Curtiss-Wright Nuclear Division’s Enertech as the new exclusive nuclear industry representative for ITT’s regulator and valve products as they are introduced around the world.ITT, a multi-industrial company, creates and develops highly engineered technology and components with customized solutions. The company’s customers are based in the industrial, energy and transportation markets. Read More »

The Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC), founded in 1997 with the Protocol to Amend the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, has opened its most recent meeting. Read More »

A recent notification from staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) stated that Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, has successfully completed its Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant exercise. Read More »

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will host 44 people from 33 countries today through May 8 at the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the 25th International Training Course (ITC) on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a final rule on Tuesday amending the requirements for packaging and transporting radioactive material. In May 2013, the NRC published proposed changes to the rule for comment. The agency’s current transportation regulations are partly based on standards developed by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Read More »

The Department of Energy today awarded more than $5 million to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in nuclear engineering and other science and engineering programs related to nuclear energy. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the Science, Space and Technology Committee chairman, introduced a bill on Wednesday that aims to keep the U.S. scientifically competitive. The bill, the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education and Science (COMPETES) Reauthorization Act of 2015, re-establishes the federal government as the catalyst for basic research by increasing funding by 5 percent for agencies that conduct fundamental discovery science. Read More »

Nuclear Matters' co-chairs praised Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) yesterday for its contributions to the state’s economy and the clean energy it supplies. Read More »

The Disaster Accountability Project (DAP) released a report, concluding that most jurisdictions outside a 50-mile radius of the Indian Point Energy Center nuclear plant in Buchanan, New York, lack emergency evacuation plans. Read More »

Staff members at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) have scheduled a meeting on April 23 with Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS) in Erwin, Tennessee, to discuss the agency’s findings of the company’s licensee performance review. Read More »

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff have scheduled public meetings for April 22 and 23 to discuss the potential environmental impact of the Turkey Point nuclear plant's proposal to add two reactors. Read More »

Open house and meeting set for April 23 Read More »

The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) today released a study showing that Florida’s economy gets a $1.4 billion boost annually from the state’s nuclear energy facilities. Read More »

Trio of bills would give states meaningful role in decommissioning plans Read More »

U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released its Annual Energy Outlook 2015 report. Read More »