India’s Second Kudankulam 1,000 MW nuclear plant to restart on October 7

The second 1,000 MW nuclear power unit at Kudankulam is expected to restart power generation on October 7, the Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (Posoco) saod. The mega nuclear power plant was shut down on August 4, due to hydrogen concentration in the stator. The unit was earlier expected to restart generation on September 4. …

T.DML: Announces Further Extension of High-Grade “Huskie” Zone at Waterbury Lake

Denison Mines Corp. has completed the summer exploration drilling program at Waterbury Lake, with the final five drill holes returning multiple additional high-grade intersections. The high-grade and basement-hosted uranium-mineralized zone has now been expanded to the extent of the current drilling — measuring approximately 100 metres in strike length. The results from the final drill …

Nuclear group Fennovoima sees Finland reactor licence delayed

HELSINKI, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Finnish-Russian nuclear power company Fennovoima said on Monday it would likely get the construction licence for its reactor project in 2019, a year later than originally planned. Fennovoima said design work by Rosatom – the Russian state-owned company due to supply the plant in western Finland and which also holds …

Japan weighs exports of safer, next-gen nuclear reactors

TOKYO — Japan’s government is mulling plans to export next-generation nuclear reactors that promise a greater degree of safety, with Poland lined up as the probable first destination. The move, which would involve high temperature gas reactors, or HTGRs, is part of the government’s infrastructure export strategy. Poland, which is turning to nuclear power as …

KazAtomProm transformation on track

KazAtomProm is making progress in its transition to become a market-led, flexible supplier, the company’s Chief Commercial Officer Riaz Rizvi said today at the World Nuclear Association’s Symposium. The company is transforming its approaches to both production and marketing. Uranium is not alone among extractive industries that are currently experiencing difficult market conditions, Rizvi said. Most …

T. NXE: Announces Filing of NI 43-101 Technical Report for the PEA on the Arrow Deposit, Rook I Project 

VANCOUVER, Sept. 15, 2017 /CNW/ – NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX:NXE, NYSE MKT:NXE) is pleased to announce that it has filed a technical report on the Arrow Deposit, Rook I Project (the “Technical Report“) pursuant to National Instrument 43-101 “Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects” (“NI 43-101“). The Technical Report supports the disclosure made by the …

TEPCO gets OK to restart Niigata reactors, with conditions

The nation’s nuclear watchdog gave conditional approval Sept. 13 to Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s application to resume operations of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant. It marks the first time that reactors operated by TEPCO, which manages the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, have passed more stringent reactor regulations imposed by the Nuclear Regulation Authority after …

Japan Commission Supports Nuclear Power Despite Fukushima

Japan’s nuclear policy-setting Atomic Energy Commission has issued a report calling for nuclear power to remain a key component of the country’s energy mix despite broad public support for a less nuclear-reliant society. By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s nuclear policy-setting Atomic Energy Commission called Thursday for nuclear power to remain a …