As the push for green energy solutions grows, the first US pure play uranium exchange traded fund (ETF) is getting ready to launch. Trading under the symbol URNMX, the North Shore global uranium mining index will contain both miners and physical uranium holders. The newly formed ETF will focus largely on the junior miners within …
NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX: NXE, NYSE MKT: NXE) announces that Bruce Sprague has tendered his resignation as Chief Financial Officer effective November 29, 2019. Leigh Curyer, Chief Executive Officer, the Board and all whom worked with Bruce at NexGen would like to thank him for his contributions and efforts. Bruce joined NexGen …
New Delhi: Minister of State for Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh said yesterday that India has signed a long term contract with Uzbekistan on 18 January 2019 for supply of 1,100 Metric Tons of natural uranium ore concentrates during the years 2022 to 2026. India has entered into similar agreements with overseas suppliers from various countries …
India’s State-run Uranium Corporation India Limited (UCIL) will develop the country’s largest uranium deposit, entailing an investment of about $845-million and forecast to yield 6 000 t/d of the element. The deposit at Kanampalli, in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, would be larger than UCIL’s existing uranium assets close-by at Tummalapalli and Turamdih, …
The UAE Ministry of Energy and Industry (MoEI) has opened the Emirates Nuclear Technology Center, at Khalifa University Campus in Abu Dhabi, UAE, which will support the long-term sustainability of the UAE Peaceful Nuclear Energy Program by creating a dedicated innovation hub for peaceful nuclear technologies. A Memorandum of Understanding was exchanged by His Excellency …
More than 300 residents, students and stakeholders attended a public forum organized by the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) at the Baynounah Educational Complex in Madinat Zayed, Abu Dhabi. The forum highlighted the strategic nature and national significance of the UAE Peaceful Nuclear Energy Program. It will provide safe, clean, reliable and efficient electricity for …
The operating license for the United Arab Emirates’ Barakah nuclear power plant could be issued in the first quarter of 2020, followed by the start-up of the first reactor, a senior official at the industry regulator said on Wednesday. The $24.4 billion Barakah power plant is the world’s largest nuclear project under construction and will …
Cambodian and Russian experts yesterday concluded discussions on the possibility of constructing and establishing a Nuclear Science and Technology Centre in the Kingdom. The discussion, which was held in Siem Reap province over two days, took place at the 3rd meeting of a Cambodia-Russia joint working group on cooperation in the use of nuclear energy …
Researchers suggest a new type of safety barrier for nuclear reactors, which could have prevented the disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima, could reduce the probability of core melt to that of a large meteorite hitting the site. Following the most notorious accidents in the history of nuclear energy at Three Mile Island (1979), Chernobyl (1986) …
Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy plant in the UAE will soon join around 450 operable peaceful nuclear energy reactors around the world, Al Dhafra residents heard in a forum organised by the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec). The forum held at the Baynounah Educational Complex in Madinat Zayed, Abu Dhabi highlighted the strategic …