Latest nuclear energy Stories
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Nuclear employees received a visit on Thursday, April 4, from the Nuclear Clean Air Energy IndyCar race team, including all-star driver Simona De Silvestro. Several hundred employees attended the event and had their photographs taken next to De Silvestro, who began the racing season with a sixth place finish at St. Petersburg. De Silvestro and the race team were in town to compete in the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at the...
Students of nuclear science and technology will be learning from experts, presenting their own research, and capturing on video what it means to be a nuclear scientist or nuclear engineer. La Grange Park, IL (PRWEB) March 29, 2013 The first-ever “I’m a Nuke” video will star nuclear science and technology students who are participating in the American Nuclear Society 2013 Student Conference hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Student Section of the American...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Employees of the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant near Baxley, Ga., brought unit 2 back on-line Wednesday at 4:25 p.m. ET. The unit is producing electricity after a safe, scheduled refueling and maintenance outage. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080801/SOCOLOGO ) "Plant Hatch employees along with our Alliance partners and contract employees safely and successfully completed the scheduled unit 2 refueling outage," said Dennis...
LAS VEGAS, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Uranium Hunter Corporation (OTC Pink: URHN) is optimistic about its gold concessions in Guyana, and is buoyed about industry reports from that country. Guyana's gold industry continues to take in significant revenue for the country, increasing another 22 percent last year. It was the second consecutive year that gold declarations passed 300,000 ounces. There is no doubt about the geological potential of Guyana. Gold was discovered in the...
OSLO, Norway, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The historic Oslo Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons has concluded with the announcement of a follow-up meeting to be hosted by Mexico. A wide range of states and organisations agreed that an understanding of the global humanitarian consequences of nuclear detonations should be the starting point for urgent action to ban and eliminate nuclear weapons. (Logo:...
TAKOMA PARK, Md., Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A three judge Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) today denied a license for the proposed Calvert Cliffs-3 nuclear reactor on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. In a 29-page decision, the ASLB agreed with intervenors that the Calvert Cliffs-3 project would be in violation of the Atomic Energy Act's prohibition against foreign ownership, control or domination, and that the project's owner, UniStar...
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania House of Representatives this week voted unanimously in favor of House Resolution 750 which directs the President and Congress to adopt the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future and pass legislation enabling the construction of one or more centralized interim nuclear fuel storage facilities. After two years of fact-finding and intense study, the Blue Ribbon Commission endorsed a...
Two Individuals are Honored for their Public Information Efforts LaGrange Park, IL (PRWEB) June 26, 2012 American Nuclear Society (ANS) President Eric Loewen, PhD, presented ANS members Meredith J. Angwin and Howard C. Shaffer, III with Presidential Citations in recognition of their successful public information efforts in Vermont and elsewhere. Angwin and Shaffer received their award during the ANS President’s Special Session at the ANS Annual Conference: “Nuclear Science and...
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Energy Alliance today released the results of a new statewide survey that shows a strong majority of Pennsylvanians continue to support the use of nuclear energy. The poll of 700 Pennsylvania residents found that nearly 9 of 10 respondents believe the use of nuclear power is an important part of meeting the United States' electricity needs. "It's quite apparent that people recognize the benefits of nuclear power as a...
PITTSBURGH, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company and the Missouri Electric Alliance led by Ameren Missouri today announced the formation of a utility participation group called the NexStart SMR Alliance. The Alliance is a consortium of current and prospective nuclear plant owners and operators and includes cooperative, municipal and investor-owned electric service providers, as well as public enterprises to advance energy security. Alliance members signed a...
