The Belarusian nuclear power plant will be fully put into operation in the summer of 2020, Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev said on Monday. While meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Likhachev said Russia‘s State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) adheres to the agreement made between the Belarusian head of state and the Russian president in 2012 …
Big gains in short time frames can be seductive. Just look at the Global X Uranium ETF (NYSEArca: URA), which tracks uranium miners. The go-to uranium ETF is up nearly 16% over the past month, but some market observers believe the uranium and nuclear industries do not have a friend in the Trump Administration. Earlier this year, …
SASKATCHEWAN – Vancouver’s NexGen Energy says the final winter assays confirm high grade uranium mineralization in step-out drilling at the Arrow deposit. Arrow is part of the Rook I project in the Athabasca Basin. Expansion drilling at the A3 shear intersected a new area of semi-massive to massive pitchblende outside both the A3 high grade …
VANCOUVER, BC – Kivalliq Energy Corporation (TSX-V: KIV) (“Kivalliq”) today announced the start of a summer exploration program at the Baffin Gold Property in Nunavut Territory, Canada. Kivalliq will also be visiting the Qikiqtani Region to update the communities of Clyde River and Qikiqtarjuaq, located 260 kilometres and 360 kilometres from the Baffin Gold Property …
Kazakhstan has chosen August 29 for the opening ceremony of the first Low Enriched Uranium Bank (LEU Bank), being established in Kazakhstan under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). August 29 also marks the International Day against Nuclear Tests as designated by the United Nations and this year on that day it …
Uranium is still the anchor energy source for a stable base load in the world. The 2017 Uranium report has confirmed that uranium production is in a deficit and with energy consumption that is rising every year through e-mobility and Japanese reactors, there are companies that must fill the gap. UEC and Fission are 2 …
TOKYO, July 21 (Reuters) – A court in western Japan on Friday denied an injunction against Shikoku Electric Power Co’s Ikata No. 3 nuclear reactor, the operator said,allowing the plant that restarted last August to continue operations. The ruling by the Matsuyama District Court is in line with several other recent decisions after residents concerned …
Tie-up to ensure energy security and clean power The landmark India-Japan civil nuclear agreement came into force on Thursday. Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar exchanged the diplomatic notes with the Japanese envoy to India to formalise the completion of the process. “The India-Japan Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy entered into force …
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. has released the results of a ground gravity survey conducted at its 100-per-cent-owned Umfreville project in the northeastern area of Canada’s Athabasca basin in Northern Saskatchewan. “We believe that newly identified gravity lows represent areas of hydrothermal alteration that are associated with previously interpreted faulting and a strong uranium-in-soil anomaly,” said …
The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) is interested in participating in the conclusion of construction of Brazil’s Angra 3 nuclear power plant which have been halted since 2015, daily newspaper O Globo reported. According to the Brazilian newspaper, 70% of the Angra 3 nuclear power plant is completed, requiring an investment of US$13 billion so …