Steven Dolley

The US Department of Energy is engaged in negotiations with five advanced reactor developers for the possible provision of surplus plutonium from the country's weapons program, a spokesperson from the department's Office of Nuclear Energy said May 27. In April, DOE "competitively selected five companies for advanced negotiations regarding the potential allocation of surplus plutonium materials," the spokesperson said.

Six additional countries signed a pledge to triple global nuclear generation capacity by 2050 at the UN's Climate Change Conference, COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. The Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy was originally signed Dec. 2 at COP28 in Dubai by 22 countries. The six new signatories are El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Nigeria, and Turkey, the World Nuclear Association said in a statement Nov. 13.

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works postponed its vote on the nomination of to serve as a member of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission until after the presidential election Nov. 5. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. The vote had previously been scheduled to take place during a committee business meeting at 10 am Sept. 25. The vote is now rescheduled for Nov. 13, a week after the election.