Nuclear Energy News

A nuclear dump in western Pennsylvania could contain far more waste than originally thought, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's inspector general said in a new report.

That follows a ruling in 2011 that awarded Energy Northwest $48.7 million in damages for the construction and licensing of a used fuel storage area at Columbia Generating Station.

A five-year-old girl undergoes a thyroid examination at a clinic in Nihonmatsu, west of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Good question - what do you think? I thought it was probably the strong anti-nuclear lobby feeding a media who know that fear makes for high ratings.

The president of southeastern New Mexico's troubled nuclear waste dump has been ousted as investigations into a truck fire and radiation release near completion.

California regulators Thursday approved a plan for two utilities to develop replacement power to help fill the void left by the closure of the San Onofre nuclear power plant, but environmentalists warned it could open the way for more dirty energy.

Japan 's nuclear regulator will expedite safety checks on two reactors in the country's southwest in a major step toward restoring nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster three years ago.

Preston MP Mark Hendrick hosted a discussion in the House of Commons over the future of nuclear energy in the UK.

In this March 11, 2014 photo, Gregory Jaczko, a lecturer at Princeton University, speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan.

A U.S. Senate hearing regarding the firing of two "whistleblowers" at the under construction Hanford Waste Treatment Plant raised serious issues concerning employer retaliation who warned of hydrogen explosions and uncontrolled reactions.

New Bern aldermen hired a consultant Tuesday night to pursue the city's options in a possible buy-out deal with Duke Energy.

SCE&G's misstep allowed the employee access to the V.C. Summer plant and potentially exposed the facility to the threat of "radiological sabotage" while the employee worked there in late 2010, according to federal documents released Tuesday by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

On the sad occasion of the 3rd Anniversary of the Fukusima Nuclear Power Plant disaster a seminar was organized at Lohia Academy in Odisha.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a meeting in Virginia to field questions on the agency's assessment of the safety performance last year at the North Anna nuclear power plant.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a meeting in Virginia to field questions on the agency's assessment of the safety performance last year at the Surry nuclear power plant.

Specially trained workers are finalizing plans to enter the nation's only underground nuclear waste dump after two separate incidents forced its closure weeks ago, including a leak that exposed more than a dozen workers to low levels of radiation.

As remuneration in the British Columbia public sector skyrockets, we bring you our annual database of who is making what in B.C.'s public service.

The control room for the crippled No 1 and No 2 reactors is coated in pink plastic sheeting.

A handheld radiation camera developed by University of Michigan engineering researchers that offers nuclear plant operators a faster way to find potentially dangerous hot spots and leaky fuel rods is now on the market.

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