WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 13 projects to receive approximately $60 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development for advanced nuclear technologies. These selections are the first under DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy’s U.S. Industry Opportunities for Advanced …
The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission is in “advanced” talks with China National Nuclear Corp. to build the kingdom’s first nuclear reactor at a cost of $1 billion, according to the chairman of the Middle Eastern government agency. An agreement on the proposed 220-megawatt reactor is planned to be signed next year, with operations to start …
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) today reported its consolidated financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018 in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). “We continue to focus on what we can control,” said president and CEO, Tim Gitzel. “In the first quarter we generated significant cash flow, which is …
Thomas Duesterberg , Contributor to Forbes Using Section 232 of U.S. trade law to apply tariffs on steel and aluminum imports was a questionable use of this tool. Those tariffs did get the attention of exporting nations, but also needlessly irritated both domestic and international allies. A clearer and more compelling case for Section 232 …
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Uranium miner Paladin Energy on Thursday announced that it was unlikely to resume physical mining activities at its Langer Heinrich operation, in Namibia, and has taken preparatory steps to place the operation under care and maintenance. Paladin previously told shareholders that the medium-grade ore stockpiles currently being used as feed for the …
Swakop Uranium which owns the Husab uranium mine, one of the biggest uranium mine in the world, was the largest employer in the country’s mining industry in 2017, according to the Chamber of Mines CEO, Veston Malango. Malango highlighted this in his welcoming remarks at the two-day 7th Namibia Mining Expo and Conference which kicked …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 25, 2018 – Anfield Energy Inc. (TSX.V:AEC) (OTCQB:ANLDF) (FRANKFURT:0AD) (“Anfield” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has identified vanadium exploration targets in its recently-acquired exploration database of mining projects in the Western United States. These targets, found in both Colorado and Utah, are considered complementary to Anfield’s Utah-based …
AKRON, Ohio, April 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — FirstEnergy Solutions (FES), a competitive generation subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), today announced that it has filed a Certification Letter with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) formally notifying the Commission of its decision to permanently deactivate its nuclear power plants – two in Ohio and a third …
The loading of fuel assemblies into the core of unit 1 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China’s Zhejiang province began today following the issuance of a permit by the country’s nuclear regulator. The unit is later this year expected to become the first Westinghouse AP1000 to enter operation. Westinghouse said China’s National Nuclear …
WASHINGTON — The CEO of the U.S. nuclear power firm Westinghouse Electric Co. — which used to be under the Toshiba Corp. umbrella and which filed for bankruptcy in March 2017 — has told the Mainichi Shimbun that the “nuclear renaissance” in the 2000s “was not realistic.” Company chief Jose E. Gutierrez added that the …