Nuclear Energy News

In a June 17 story about federal regulators' concerns over how workers responded to problems at a Cooper, Neb., nuclear power plant, The Associated Press mischaracterized how the regulators felt about some of the plant operator's decision-making.

There are more than 30 Pilot Flying J employees named in the affidavit for the federal investigation with five of them entering guilty pleas to fraud charges.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public open house from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on June 26 to discuss the agency's annual safety performance of the Point Beach nuclear power plant.

In this Saturday, July. 23, 2011 file photo, the No. 3 reactor, right, of the Ikata nuclear power plant, operated by Shikoku Electric Power Co., is seen in Ikata, western Japan.

New Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz is set to make his first visit to the nation's most contaminated nuclear site since being confirmed by the Senate last month.

High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says.

Steam rises from the cooling towers of nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, in Waynesboro, Ga.

Despite spending several days in detention facilities in the late 1970s and early 1980s because of my opposition to nuclear power and its consequent dangers and debris, I honestly never thought nuclear power would be gone by 2013.

Ever since last week's announcement of the closure of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station , we've been seeing a spate of stories in the press questioning whether or not nuclear energy has a future as part of the nation's energy mix.

The process of restoring the Palisades nuclear power plant to the power grid began yesterday.

Duane Pendergast has been made a Fellow of the Canadian Nuclear Society. Pendergast is currently chair, Alberta Branch of the Canadian Nuclear Society, and since his retirement from Atomic Energy of Canada in 2000 has been consulting and writing related to energy and greenhouse gas management.

"At no time was there any danger to the public, or even our workers at the plant.

Federal regulators say the utility that runs the Cooper nuclear power plant in southeast Nebraska needs to improve how workers respond to problems.

House appropriators revealed Monday that they plan to cut Energy Department spending on renewable energy in half next year as part of their plan to cope with automatic sequestration cuts in fiscal 2014.

Steam rises from the cooling towers of nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, in Waynesboro, Ga.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says a western Pennsylvania power plant had to evacuate a turbine building for about 90 minutes due to excess carbon dioxide.

The New York Times has a piece with the title A Rebel Filmmaker Tilts Conservative .

Nuclear utilities thrust into the spotlight after the Fukushima meltdowns have ordered 20 reactors shut, the most in a three-year span since Chernobyl's aftermath, saddling the industry with a possible $26 billion in costs.

Sue Brigham s daughter, Jennifer Robinson, 36, is shown before and after treatment for a rare form of stomach cancer.

Three U.S. utilities are closing older nuclear reactors, but Xcel Energy is investing $1.8 billion to keep its two Minnesota plants operating for another two decades.