Russia’s state civil nuclear power corporation Rosatom has started to load nuclear fuel at the fourth power unit of the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant in China, Rosatom said in a statement on Saturday. “On August 25, 2018, at 7:20 p.m. (2:20 p.m. Moscow time), the first fuel assembly was loaded into the active zone of …
Under stewardship of President Chung Jae-hoon, who took office in April, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) is accelerating efforts to export nuclear power plants abroad on its own. KHNP, the nation’s sole nuclear power operator, met with President Cosmin Ghita of the state-owned energy producer Nuclearelectrica of Romania in Gyeongju in early July to …
Canada’s Cameco is soliciting bids from uranium producers and trading companies to supply 500,000 lb of uranium between the end of this year through March 21, 2019, with a requirement that the material not be of Russian origin, market sources said last Thursday. The solicitation, made Tuesday, sets August 31 as the deadline for potential …
Unit 2 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China’s Zhejiang province has been connected to the electricity grid and has begun supplying power. In late-June, Sanmen 1 became the world’s first AP1000 to achieve grid connection and power generation. Sanmen 2 was connected to the grid at 5:22pm today, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) …
UEX Corporation (UEX:TSX) (“UEX” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the 2018 summer drilling program on the Christie Lake Project (the “Project”) has commenced. Summer Program Underway The summer 2018 exploration program is underway, with the goal of expanding the uranium resources on the Yalowega Uranium Trend (the “Trend”). The program will focus on …
Unit 1 of the Leningrad Phase II nuclear power plant in northwest Russia is now ready for commercial operation, Rosenergoatom announced today following the completion of the final commissioning test. Start-up operations of the new Leningrad unit began on 8 December last year, when the first fuel assemblies were loaded into the reactor core. The …
Four of Japan’s biggest nuclear operators and plant builders have started talks on a potential partnership in atomic energy, as the sector struggles to reboot in the wake of the Fukushima disaster seven years ago, a source said on Wednesday. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc (Tepco) (9501.T), Hitachi Ltd (6501.T), Toshiba (6502.T) and Chubu …
Vancouver, BC – Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH) (OTCQB: SYHBF) (Frankfurt:SC1P) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce plans for its upcoming summer/fall 2018 diamond drill program to commence shortly and that it has now completed the 100% earn-in of its flagship, high grade Moore Uranium Project well ahead of schedule. In addition, 1,159,175 warrants have been exercised recently raising …
HIGHLIGHTS Operator halts Civaux-1 reactor Monday for planned outage Environmental issues plague St Alban-2, runs at reduced capacity Nuclear outages boost European day-ahead power prices London — Available nuclear power generating capacity in France fell sharply by almost 9 GW after EDF delayed the return of multiple nuclear plants, while high temperatures continued to restrict …
The Greenpeace activists who crashed a Superman-styled drone into an EDF facility near Lyon, France on July 3 pulled off the latest of several stunts designed to highlight the vulnerability of France’s ageing nuclear reactors. In a country whose energy mix is built on nuclear power, the strategy is working: the Superman incident came just before a French parliamentary report called …
