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A.BMN: positions Etango at forefront of the global uranium development pipeline

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Bannerman Resources Ltd (ASX:BMN; NSX:BMN) continues to maintain its Etango Uranium Project in Namabia at the forefront of the global uranium development pipeline. Bannerman has now revealed details of the successfully completed Etango Processing Optimisation Study (Processing OS), by its independent technical consultants, AMEC Foster Wheeler. And the timing couldn’t be better with Cameco Inc announcing the suspension of production …

V.PLU: Drills 45.0m of 633 ppm U3O8

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Plateau Uranium Inc. has provided excellent initial drill results from the first drill hole at the new Falchani discovery, located in the Chaccaconiza area of the company’s Macusani Plateau project in southeastern Peru. Initial results from the first diamond drill hole reveal thick uranium mineralization from surface to 45m downhole and very high-grade lithium mineralization …

French nuclear output keeps trailing 2016 as EDF again delays two reactors

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French reactor output on Monday peaked just below 42 GW, still trailing the already reduced levels of last November, despite a number of reactor returns over the weekend with EDF once again delaying two planned reactor return, according to the French state-owned utility. Reactor returns lift nuclear output towards 42 GW Paluel-3, Chooz-2 delayed by …

Mayor organizes massive protest against Berkeley’s uranium mine in Spain

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The mayor of Salamanca’s Villavieja de Yeltes municipality, Jorge Rodríguez, is calling on local residents and people from neighboring towns to attend a rally on November 26, 2017, against Berkeley’s Salamanca uranium project in northwestern Spain. Salamanca is the Australia-based miner’s flagship project and is located on the Retortillo-Santidad uranium deposit near the town of …

Destination Kazakhstan

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Construction of the IAEA’s long-awaited low-enriched uranium bank is finally complete, and the bank was officially opened during a ceremony in Kazakhstan. Future Power Technology visited the facility to find out about the fuel bank and why it is needed. On 29 August, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations nuclear watchdog, officially …

V.PLU: confirms commencement of Phase Two of its test-work programme

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TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Plateau Uranium Inc. (“Plateau Uranium” or the “Company“) (TSX-V:PLU) (OTCQB:PLUUF) (FRANKFURT:QG1), the Lithium and Uranium development company, is pleased to announce commencement of its new metallurgical test work programme on representative samples containing Lithium at circa 500-600 ppm Li., and circa 600-6,000 ppm U3O8. The work is being …

V.FUU: Identifies High-Grade Outcrops and Boulders up to 11.9% U3O8 with Ground Prospecting

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KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – Nov. 14, 2017) – FISSION 3.0 CORP. (TSX VENTURE:FUU)(“Fission 3” or “the Company“) is pleased to announce the results of summer work programs on several of its most prospective uranium projects in the Athabasca Basin region, Saskatchewan, Canada. Of particular note, field work on the Midas property has identified high-grade uranium in boulders, proximal to …

Tepco starts installing device to remove fuel from reactor 3 cooling pool at Fukushima No. 1

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FUKUSHIMA – Tepco on Sunday began installing equipment to be used for removing fuel from the storage pool for reactor 3 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The equipment, weighing 72 tons, was lifted by two large cranes. The storage pool, located in the reactor building on a floor 36 meters above ground level, holds …

T.NXE: Appoints Bruce Sprague and Shawn Harriman

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VANCOUVER, Nov. 13, 2017 /CNW/ – NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX:NXE, NYSEMKT:NXE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Bruce Sprague as Chief Financial Officer and Shawn Harriman as Senior Manager, Permitting, Environment and Regulatory Affairs of the Company effective as of November 13, 2017. Leigh Curyer, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, commented: “These two appointments reflect NexGen’s rapid progression …