Bangladesh Starts Constructing its First Nuclear Power Plant

With a ceremony held today, Bangladesh started the construction of its first nuclear power plant at Rooppur. The pouring of the first nuclear safety-related concrete for the power plant made Bangladesh the third ‘newcomer’ country to start constructing its first nuclear power reactor in three decades – following the United Arab Emirates in 2012 and …

V.GXU: Files NI 43-101 Technical Report on the PEA for Mutanga Uranium Project in Zambia

Further to GoviEx Uranium Inc.’s news release on Nov. 21, 2017, it has filed the “NI 43-101 Technical Report on a Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Mutanga Uranium Project in Zambia”, dated Nov. 30, 2017. The PEA was prepared by qualified persons from SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd. and is available under the company’s profile on …

Kansai Electric, Kyushu Electric delay nuclear plant restarts for Kobe Steel checks

TOKYO (Reuters) – Two Japanese nuclear operators said on Thursday they will delay the restart of nuclear plants to check whether they have received compromised parts from Kobe Steel Ltd (5406.T), which has admitted to widespread fabrication of data on products. The delays widen the impact of the Kobe Steel data fabrication scandal, which has …

Berkeley secures funding to bring Spanish uranium mine into production

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Following shareholder approval announced on Thursday, uranium project developer Berkeley Energia has completed a strategic investment of up to $120-million with the sovereign wealth fund of the Sultanate of Oman, which means that Berkeley can now bring the Spain-based Salamanca uranium mine into production. The ASX- and Aim-listed miner noted that all precedent conditions had been met and that …

T.NXE: Concludes Highly Successful Summer Development & Exploration Drilling – Drill Hole Summaries

ARROW DEPOSIT AR-17-146c4 Hole AR-17-146c4 was a directional hole that departed hole AR-17-146c3 at a depth of 352 m. This step-out hole was designed to test the southwest gap 50 m down-dip and northeast of AR-17-146c3. Directional drilling was initiated at 369 m. The A3 and A4 shears were both intersected at inclinations of -70°. …

T.NXE: Concludes Highly Successful Summer Development & Exploration Program

VANCOUVER, Nov. 30, 2017 /CNW/ – NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX:NXE, NYSE MKT:NXE) is pleased to report radioactivity results for the final forty holes from South Arrow and Arrow as part of our now concluded summer drilling program on our 100% owned, Rook I property, in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. Arrow Highlights: Drilling at Arrow has intersected strong mineralization …

V.PTU: Raises Ceiling for Private Placement

For Immediate Release – Not for Dissemination in the United States or through U.S. Newswire Services Toronto, Ontario, November 30, 2017 – Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU) (the “Company”) announced its intention to raise the ceiling for the previously announced non-brokered private placement (the “Private Placement”) from $850,000 to $1,200,000. Up to 12,000,000 flow-through …

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority to require new cooling system for boiling water reactors

Japan’s nuclear watchdog finalized a decision Wednesday to require operators of boiling water reactors — the same type as those at the crisis-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex — to install new emergency cooling systems. After soliciting public comments, the Nuclear Regulation Authority approved at a regular meeting the revision of safety regulations to make …