The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is holding a public meeting tomorrow with representatives of Northern States Power Company of Minnesota to discuss the agency’s assessment of last year's safety performance at the Monticello Nuclear Power Plant. Read More »

The Senate Budget Committee advanced an amendment, introduced by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), to the fiscal year 2016 budget last week that would increase funding for the Department of Energy’s nuclear waste cleanup program, which includes the Hanford site in central Washington. Read More »

The Montpelier, Vermont, Public Service Department announced that the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel will meet Thursday from 6-9 p.m. at Brattleboro Union High School, 131 Fairground Road in Brattleboro. Read More »

NuScale Power said on Tuesday that it has hired John Eustermann as general counsel and Carl Britsch as vice president of human resources. “We are not only recruiting top technical talent to NuScale,” John Hopkins, NuScale’s chairman and CEO, said. Read More »

The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W), an energy service provider, began taking steps last week to split into two stand-alone companies. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, a newly created subsidiary that will include the company’s power-generation business, filed an initial Form 10 Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Read More »

LINN Energy, LLC recently announced that it has signed a non-binding agreement with Quantum Energy Partners, a private capital investor, to finance future natural gas and oil developments and acquisitions. Read More »

The State Department said on March 20 that the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has successfully expanded the non-military and productive uses of nuclear energy. Read More »

Toronto-based Mega Uranium Ltd. said last week that Sheldon Inwentash has retired both as the chairman and as a member of the company's board of directors. Read More »

US Nuclear Corp. said on Monday that it has received a new order for portal/personnel monitors from Nucleoelectrica Argentina S.A., Argentina's state-run nuclear power company. "Nucleoelectrica Argentina is one of our valued partners in nuclear energy in South America," Robert Goldstein, president, CEO and chairman of US Nuclear Corp., said. Read More »

San Diego-based Sempra Energy said on Monday that its subsidiary, Port Arthur LNG, has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to begin the pre-filing review process for the company's proposed natural gas liquefaction and export facility, which would be built in Port Arthur, Texas. Read More »

Global Power Equipment Group said on Friday that CEO and President Luis Manuel Ramirez has resigned and is no longer on the board of directors. "We thank Luis for the contributions he made to Global Power during his tenure,” Global Power Chairman of the Board Charles Macaluso said. Read More »

According to a recent report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the amount of subsidies from the federal government to energy producers have continued to rise for the wind and solar power industries. Read More »

Electric and water utility companies are adapting to new telecommunications networks at a rapid pace, with approximately 60 percent planning for upgrades, replacements or new communications infrastructure within the coming five years. Read More »

Lightbridge Corporation is in a unique position to improve the safety and economics of the growing commercial and global nuclear power market. Read More »

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a branch of the Department of Energy, recently released its Fiscal Year 2016 Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan (SSMP). Read More »

EDF Energy and Stellfield team up with government to develop new program. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published a conclusory report that details the environmental significance of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. Read More »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has scheduled two public meetings on Thursday for officials and community members to discuss the construction of Unit 2 at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Watts Bar nuclear plant near Spring City, Tennessee, about 60 miles southwest of Knoxville. Read More »

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) recently announced that its subsidiary Stoller Newport News Nuclear (SN3) has chosen Curt Hull to be the company’s new chief operating officer and senior vice president. Read More »

68 percent of respondents favor use of nuclear energy Read More »