The Nuclear Energy Institute will appoint a former executive vice president of the global engineering and consulting firm Jensen Hughes to oversee its nuclear operations beginning Sept. 24.
Douglas True is leaving his post as executive vice president of Jensen Hughes’ Power Services Group. He h... Read More »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently approved a change in corporate ownership of the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Units 1, 2 and 3 and the associated Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI).
The change involves an indirect transfer of the South Carolina Electric and Ga... Read More »
A new report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) projects that nuclear electricity generating capacity may decrease over the next few decades due to increased retirements and reduced competitiveness.
“The declining trend in our low projection for installed capacity up to 2050 sug... Read More »
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced last week a measure designed to boost nuclear energy innovation while ensuring advanced reactors provide clean, safe, affordable and reliable power.
The Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA) seeks to help re-establish leadership in nuclear energy by launc... Read More »
Georgia Power recently announced that it had placed the third of four steam generators at its Vogtle nuclear expansion near Waynesboro, Georgia.
The 1.4 million-pound, 80-foot-long steam generator is now located in the Unit 4 nuclear island. The steam generators for the new units were manufacture... Read More »
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff said this week that small modular reactors would not need large emergency planning zones (EPZs), stating instead that EPZs can feasibly be scaled down for small modular reactors.
The NRC staff made the preliminary finding public in its advanced safety ev... Read More »
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette hosted Friday the Republic of Korea (ROK) Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun for the plenary meeting of the U.S.-ROK High Level Bilateral Commission (HLBC).
The meeting was the second plenary meeting of the HLBC since its creation in 2016. At the meet... Read More »
The governors of five New England states issued a joint statement highlighting the benefits of nuclear energy while calling for an evaluation of plans to properly value secure, clean energy sources.
“Effective next June, the [New England] region will have two nuclear power plants that represent... Read More »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is in accordance with the industry’s position of nuclear plant licensees determining maintenance check frequency without Commission oversight.
Officials said the NRC reversed an earlier decision in which it had given a violation to Exelon’s Byron Gener... Read More »
Under guidance issued via the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), officials said the nuclear energy industry is preparing for digital upgrades to the safety-related instrumentation and control (I&C) systems.
Officials said the effort, which will involve utilities hosting 11 workshops on how to p... Read More »