Gregory Jaczko, a former aide to Nevada Sen. Harry Reid and a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission who has expressed doubts about storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, was named chairman of ... read more

May 19, 2009, 1:17 p.m. By Jennifer Bendery Roll Call Staff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday ... read more

May 16 McClatchyTribune Regional News Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune A federal judge Friday opened the door for foreign radioactive waste to be disposed of in Utah. In a case being watched ... read more

May 7th 2009 From The Economist print edition http://www.economist.com/people/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13610113

NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - Entergy Corp (ETR.N) manually shut the 1,025-megawatt Unit 3 at the Indian Point nuclear power station in New York from full power on May 15, the company said in a ... read more

EXELON WILL "DELAY OR CANCEL" PLANS TO BUILD TWO REACTORS IN TEXAS because that project was not among finalists selected by DOE for the first round of loan guarantees, Exelon Chairman/CEO ... read more

By Susan Smallheer STAFF WRITER - Published: May 14, 2009 Vermonters spoke forcefully Wednesday about the future of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant - they told the Public Service Board they ... read more