V.ISO announces US$6million financing with Queen’s Road Capital and C$4million non-brokered private placement

IsoEnergy Ltd. (“IsoEnergy” or the “Company”) (TSXV: ISO; OTCQX: ISENF) is pleased to announce that it has agreed to terms with Queen’s Road Capital Investment Ltd. (“QRC”) (TSXV: QRC) for a US$6 million private placement of unsecured convertible debentures (the “Debentures”).  The Debentures will be convertible at the holder’s option at a conversion price of …

Ontario Power Generation launching Centre for Canadian Nuclear Sustainability

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is launching the Centre for Canadian Nuclear Sustainability in Pickering, a world class facility that will attract skilled jobs, innovative businesses and economic development to the Durham region as well as advance solutions for minimizing nuclear materials and recycling clean materials. “OPG and the nuclear industry in Ontario are already recognized …

One more unit at Kakrapar achieves criticality, ready to produce atomic power

The third unit of Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant (KAPP) in Gujarat is ready to generate electricity, with the 700 MWe reactor achieving ‘criticality. A nuclear reactor reaches ‘criticality’, when it is ready for ongoing nuclear reaction or fission that generates energy. “Congratulations to our nuclear scientists for achieving criticality of Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant-3! This …

T.FCU: Mark Wittrup to Oversee Fission’s Environmental Permitting Team

FISSION URANIUM CORP.(“Fission” or “the Company”) announces that it is continuing with its environmental permitting at its PLS project. Environmental permitting is a critical aspect of advancing a uranium project along the path to production. Federal and provincial regulations are straightforward but strict, and Fission has reached its current, strong position of readiness thanks to …

DOE targets end to US reliance on Russian nuclear fuel, revived domestic capability

Dive Brief: The Department of Energy is working to end U.S. reliance on Russia for nuclear fuel, Secretary Dan Brouillette told members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy last week. The department’s Nuclear Fuel Working Group wants American-sourced uranium and plans to begin processing U.S. uranium into high-grade fuel at a DOE facility …

T.EFR Strengthens Balance Sheet by Eliminating Debt and Growing Uranium Inventories

Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) (“Energy Fuels” or the “Company”), the largest uranium mining company in the United States, is pleased to announce the recent elimination of a portion of the Company’s debt, confirmation of 2020 uranium production guidance, and updates on the value of the Company’s significant uranium and vanadium inventories. …

Fuel Loading Starts at Power Unit 2 of Leningrad NPP-2

The first of 163 nuclear fuel assemblies has been loaded into the VVER-1200 reactor of power unit 2 of Leningrad NPP-2. Fuel loading marks the beginning of the physical start-up of an NPP. The plant is operated by ROSATOM’s Electric Power Division Rosenergoatom. Rosenergoatom‘s Director General Andrei Petrov said: “Beginning physical start-up procedures means that …

Next Generation Nuclear Reactors: IAEA and GIF Call for Faster Deployment

The IAEA and the Generation IV International Forum (GIF), an initiative involving 13 countries focused on next generation nuclear power technologies, called for greater efforts to support the early deployment of innovative nuclear reactor systems to address climate change. The appeal came during the annual 14th GIF-IAEA Interface Meeting, a gathering of senior IAEA officials …