FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German power companies see a potential gap between conventional electricity supply and demand by the early 2020s, urging policymakers to help investors plan better by rewarding conventional capacity and speeding power grid expansion. “Existing overcapacity will not just disappear completely within a few years. What’s more worrying is that we will run …
Russia slowed moves on a sweeping proposal for anti-American economic retaliation unveiled by lawmakers last week, even as the U.S. plans another round of sanctions over the Kremlin’s backing of the Syrian government. “We will organize meetings with the business community, with companies,” Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the lower house of parliament, told reporters Monday, announcing the …
Nuclear power generation in France declined by 4.1 GW on Thursday as supply at multiple power stations along with two coal-fired units were slashed due to the start of a strike, grid operator RTE and plant operator EDF said. More than 4 GW of nuclear capacity unavailable Capacity at two Cordemais coal units at zero …
Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) said it plans to start loading fuel into the core of the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) EPR in the autumn, once an operating licence has been granted. However, the company said it is awaiting confirmation from the Areva-Siemens consortium that start-up of the unit is still scheduled for May 2019. …
Toronto, Ontario – April 20, 2018– Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (the “Company” or “Purepoint”) (TSX.V: PTU) today announced the completion of the latest winter program at its Hook Lake Project, a joint venture between Cameco Corporation (39.5%), Orano Resources Canada Inc. (39.5%) and Purepoint (21%) in the Patterson Uranium District, Saskatchewan Canada. A total of …
AZARGA URANIUM CORP. (TSX:AZZ) (“Azarga Uranium” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its 70% controlled subsidiary, UrAsia in Kyrgyzstan Limited Liability Company (“UrAsia”), has executed a replacement earn-in agreement (the “Agreement”) with Central Asian Uranium Company Limited Liability Corporation (“Central”), whose representatives were a party to the earn-in agreement announced 2 August 2017. That …
A governor who has been blocking the restart of the world’s biggest nuclear power plant in his prefecture has resigned, but it remains to be seen whether the move will create an opening for the nation’s pro-nuclear forces. Niigata Gov. Ryuichi Yoneyama, who campaigned on his opposition to restarting Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holding Inc.’s …
Regulator says adjustments, tests on reactor still to be done Plant’s handover to South Korea-backed operator almost ready A South Korean venture with the United Arab Emirates is edging closer to switching on the Arab world’s first commercial atomic-energy plant. Korea Electric Power Corp. has completed construction of the Barakah Unit 1 reactor, and Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp.’s …
Anfield Energy Inc. (TSX.V:AEC) (OTCQB:ANLDF) (FRANKFURT:0AD) (“Anfield” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the acquisition of an extensive exploration database of mining projects focused primarily on uranium and vanadium properties in the Western United States. This new database, together with Anfield’s already substantial uranium database, constitutes one of the largest depositories of uranium exploration data in the …
Plateau Uranium Inc. (“Plateau Uranium” or the “Company“)(TSX VENTURE:PLU)(FRANKFURT:QG1)(OTCQB:PLUUF), a lithium and uranium development company, is pleased to announce results from the recently completed vertical drill hole from Platform 4, ~300 m North of Platform 1, at the Falchani discovery, located in the Chaccaconiza area of the Company’s Macusani Plateau Project in southeastern Peru. Falchani …