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. Here at NEI, the answer is a resounding yes, and part of the confidence springs from the fact that we've ...read more

A lease agreement has been signed for land on which the pilot heavy metal-cooled SVBR-100 reactor will be built in Dimitrovgrad in Russia's Ulyanovsk region. ...read more

The reactor pressure vessel for unit 3 of Russia's Rostov nuclear power plant is in the process of installation. The component has been put in place ready for circulation pipes to be connected. ...read more

Work has begun on two collaborative research programs to develop new forging and casting techniques for nuclear components, while UK manufacturers are invited to apply for funding to help them compete in the nuclear industry. ...read more

18 Jun (NucNet): With wind and solar power still contributing only three to four percent of total electricity generation in Austria, the country is still a long way from self-sufficiency without nuclear energy, Austrian Nuclear Society president Helmuth ...read more

18 Jun (NucNet): A Russian-led consortium bidding to construct two new nuclear reactor units at the Temelín nuclear plant in the Czech Republic has established a new company which would be responsible for preparing and carrying out the project. ...read more

Scott Burnell Public Affairs Officer   The NRC’s first few Chats have focused on the present or past, but this week we’re going to look ahead a couple years by talking about Small Modular Reactors, or SMRs. These reactor concepts are much smaller than today’s nuclear power plants. The small designs currently being discussed would […]

Twenty-seven months after the reactors withstood one of the largest earthquakes in history, only to fall to the largest tsunami in history, over 50,000 people are still being held captive by fear, and their lives are slowly being destroyed by the bogeyman ...read more

Prema Chandrathil Region III Public Affairs Officer   After intense NRC scrutiny that confirmed the plant is safe to operate, the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan restarted yesterday after more than a month shutdown. In total 10 NRC inspectors performed a wide range of inspections to ensure the leak in a refueling water tank, […]

Sellafield Ltd has been fined £700,000 ($1.1 million) for mistakenly sending four bags of low-level waste to a conventional landfill instead of the correct facility. ...read more

• No appeals against Wiluna • Resources up at Eco Ridge • US production up in 2012 • Etango licence renewal ...read more

A summit meeting of the leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Japan has concluded with the prime ministers promising ongoing cooperation in fields including nuclear energy. ...read more

17 Jun (NucNet): The nuclear industry is in favour of any legislation that can contribute to improving nuclear safety, but proposed revisions to the European nuclear safety directive are too technically detailed and risk undermining the authority of national ...read more

17 Jun (NucNet): Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe has agreed with leaders of four central European nations to increase cooperation in the energy sector in an attempt to boost exports of nuclear reactors. ...read more

I had an experience this weekend that reinforced my growing understanding that pronuclear advocates have been distracted by the wrong target. Instead of focusing our fire against the people — both outside and inside the industry — who have successfully driven up the cost of nuclear energy to a point at which it is unable [...] The post Pandora’s Promise – bullseye against wrong ...read more