A coalition of energy advocates from natural gas, oil, storage, solar and wind sources have denounced a Trump Administration order to U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry to prepare a plan to bail out coal and nuclear plants throughout the United States.
A draft memo of the plan calls for the subsidi... Read More »
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Kristine L. Svinicki swore in Annie Caputo and David A. Wright as NRC Commissioners this week.
Wright will serve the remainder of a five-year term ending June 30, 2020, while Caputo will serve the remainder of a five-year term ending June 30, 2021.
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Capabilities of the future nuclear workforce will be the focus of a four-day meeting drawing 600 attendees from 58 countries and six international organizations to Gyeongju, South Korea, this week.
The meeting, titled International Conference on Human Resource Development for Nuclear Power Progr... Read More »
The U.S. Senate confirmed Annie Caputo and David Wright to serve as commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and reconfirmed Jeffrey Baran to serve a second term as commissioner, with unanimous consent on Thursday.
The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee advanced C... Read More »
Emerging nuclear technologies like small modular reactors (SMR) and advanced nuclear reaction concepts highlighted the Nuclear Energy Institute’s 65th annual Nuclear Energy Assembly (NEA) that was held in Atlanta, Georgia, this week.
The conference featured three panels that focused on novel us... Read More »
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee reviewed bills that would reform the development, regulation, and competitiveness of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE) advanced nuclear energy technologies during a hearing on Tuesday.
The Subcommittee on Energy reviewed the Nuclear Utilization ... Read More »
A House panel considered draft legislation on Wednesday that would reform the National Source Review (NSR) permitting program to clarify the types of facility upgrades at power plants, refineries, and industrial facilities require a permit.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) NSR ... Read More »
Unceasing, prioritized cybersecurity is essential to protecting the country’s energy infrastructure and electric grid against cyberattacks, top United States government officials said recently.
Comments from U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and John Hoeven (R-ND) and from Kevin J. McIntyre, ch... Read More »
After a refueling outage that spanned 67 days, Indiana Michigan Power’s Cook Nuclear Plant Unit 2 in Bridgman, Michigan, was returned to service on May 7, the company announced.
The extended outage period was planned as the reactor underwent refueling, regular maintenance, and inspection and m... Read More »
The White House recently sent new bilateral nuclear cooperation agreements to facilitate commercial nuclear cooperation, also called Section 123 agreements, with the United Kingdom (U.K.) and Mexico to Congress for review.
Due to U.K.’s exit from the European Union and the European Atomic Energ... Read More »