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Oversight of cyber security at US nuclear power plants is to be conducted jointly by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.

International Isotopes has submitted its licence application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its proposed depleted uranium deconversion and fluorine extraction processing facility in Hobbs, New Mexico. The NRC licence review is expected to take 18-24 months to complete. The facility...

Two reactors at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania could operate into the 2040s after new operating licenses were granted.

Refuelling and steam generator replacement was disturbed on 21 November by the sounding of an airborne radiation alarm at Three Mile Island 1. About 150 workers went home early and some were checked for contamination after one of three detectors registered heightened levels of radioactivity. Plant owner...

Operating licenses for the Beaver Valley nuclear power plant have been extended for another 20 years, meaning the two reactors there may now run until 2036 and 2047. First Energy Nuclear Operating Company (Fenoc) applied for the extension from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which considered there...

Dominion has been given permission by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to increase the generating capacity of both reactors at its North Anna nuclear power plant in Virginia by 1.6%. The power uprate will increase unit 1's gross generating capacity from about 965 MWe to some 980 MWe, while...

The operating licence for Unit 1 of the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant in Philadelphia has been renewed for a further 20 years by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It is the 55 th US reactor to have its licence extended.

Dale Klein, a commissioner with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), has written to President Barak Obama requesting that a successor to his position is found so that he can return "to private life after ... many years of service as a presidential appointee." Whilst welcoming Obama’s...

Westinghouse could suffer a setback in plans to deploy its AP1000 reactor after US nuclear safety regulators required more work on the shield building.

Decommissioning of the former Rancho Seco nuclear power plant in California has been completed and most of the site released for unrestricted public use, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has adopted a federal law on the peaceful use of nuclear energy, bringing its plans for a nuclear power program one step closer.

US utility AmerenUE has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to suspend its review of the combined construction and operating licence application (COLA) for a new plant at the Callaway site in Missouri, a project it put on pause earlier this year.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has written to the operators of 18 nuclear power plants, comprising a total of 26 reactors, requesting details of how they plan to address apparent decommissioning funding assurance shortfalls.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published its final Generic Environmental Impact Statement for in-situ leach uranium operations in the western USA. It has also changed its approach for environmental reviews of such facilities.

Two nuclear reactors in Georgia can look forward to operating until the middle of the century following a decision by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to award 20-year licence renewals to Vogtle 1 and 2.

Exelon's Oyster Creek nuclear power plant - the oldest operating in the USA - can continue operating after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) renewed the plant's operating licence.

The incomplete Bellefonte nuclear power plant in Alabama, USA has been officially 'terminated' so that it can later become 'deferred' in a unique regulatory maneuver.

Reactor designers must address the effects of a large aircraft impact, but resistance to such an attack remains 'beyond-design-basis' under regulations.

The US nuclear regulator has proposed fining Exelon Nuclear after security guards were caught napping at its Peach Bottom nuclear power plant. A security worker at Tennessee Valley Authority's Sequoyah site, meanwhile, has been found to have falsified inventory data at the plant.

Four years of work, three public meetings and several opportunities for public comment have resulted in the approval by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission of new rules enhancing security requirements for US nuclear power plants.

[NEI Overview, 13 October] Thorium is set to feature in the US Atomic Energy Act with an amending bill now before Congress. The Thorium Energy Independence and Security Act of 2008 proposes establishing "an office for the regulation of thorium fuel cycle nuclear power generation" in both the...

A subsidiary of PPL Corporation has submitted the 17th application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commision for a combined construction and operating license. The firm is seeking a federal loan guarantee for the project.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating licence for Entergy's FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in the state of New York. FitzPatrick is the 49th US reactor to have its operating licence extended.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved uprates to seven nuclear reactors over the last year, adding a further 249 MWe to overall US nuclear capacity.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has concluded that there are no environmental impacts that would prevent its from issuing Southern Nuclear Operating Co with an Early Site Permit (ESP) for its Vogtle site in Georgia.