Framatome in Richland WA hires Brian Vance, ex-Hanford nuclear site DOE leader, to oversee its fuel plant as it plans a $375M expansion and workforce growth.

The Pacific Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power plant reconnected to the electric grid Sunday morning after a short shutdown. The Columbia Generating Station, about 10 miles north of ...

The plant, which usually supplies enough electricity around the clock to power about 1 million homes, reconnected to the grid about 5 p.m. Monday, June 16, after a 65-day outage for refueling and ...

Framatome would invest $375 million to expand its Richland plant to develop and manufacture advanced nuclear fuel and hire 220 workers for the project. It already invests about $10 million ...

A Rockville-based developer of small nuclear reactors will open a testing and training center in Frederick early next year to advance commercial use of emerging technology that can generate ...