With regulatory action reheating on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste disposal project, a federal advisory panel warned the Energy Department this month that the agency appears to have lost certain key information related to the handling and management of…

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The attorneys general of New York, Vermont and Connecticut served notice Monday that they plan to sue the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over the commission’s recently issued “continued storage of spent nuclear fuel” rule, arguing the rule…

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In an incident that had the potential to affect offsite areas, Honeywell confirmed Monday that its uranium conversion plant at Metropolis, Ill., had a uranium hexafluoride gas leak from process equipment Sunday night, but said it was able to contain the leak…

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In an unusual new safety issue for the already delayed project, a federal safety oversight board has expressed concern that the Energy Department is redesigning the massive nuclear waste processing plant under construction at its Hanford site without…

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Areva said Wednesday that Chief Operating Officer Philippe Knoche has been temporarily named chairman of the company’s executive board, filling one of the positions held by former President, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Board Chairman Luc…

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced plans this week to increase inspections of Dominion’s Millstone nuclear reactor in Connecticut because of workers’ failure to fix “repetitive” problems with a backup cooling water pump…

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In an apparent strategy to speed disposal of its defense waste and minimize further tussles with states where that waste is currently stored, the Energy Department set the stage Thursday for a revamp of its nuclear waste management program with a report…

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Despite contractual obligations that specifically require them to turn over the documents to Energy Department auditors, two key contractors on DOE’s Hanford Waste Treatment Plant project have refused to give the department’s inspector general…

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Settling a case dating back to the early 1990s, the former Science Applications International Corp. has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly violated conflict-of-interest rules in helping the Nuclear Regulatory Commission…

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In a surprise move that comes nearly four years before her term expires, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane announced plans Tuesday to leave the commission effective January 1 to become director of the Center for International Science…

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