Britain’s fraying relationship with China has the potential to undo a decade of mixed efforts to keep nuclear power flowing as an aging generation of plants drop out of service. Once the heart of the U.K.’s energy plans, nuclear has been sidelined by spiraling costs and cheaper renewables. It also finds itself at the center …
Avtomatika Concern, an affiliate of the Russian state-run corporation Rostec, has developed the Gipnoz (Hypnosis) robotic equipment control system to perform extreme tasks in the environment of radiation, high and low temperatures and poor visibility. The Hypnosis system uses artificial intelligence and virtual reality technologies, Rostec said on 3 July. The system can be used …
The growing uranium supply deficit, currently being accelerated by COVID-19 pandemic related production cuts, has seen the price for uranium skyrocket – making it the world’s best-performing major commodity right now. With the suspension of operations at four notable uranium mines in March and April, the spot price has surged to US$33/lb in May from …
JSC National Atomic Company Kazatomprom has today announced it is extending for one month its reduction in operations due to COVID-19. Kazakhstan’s government last week announced a second two-week lockdown after a national surge in coronavirus cases followed the lifting of an earlier lockdown. Kazatomprom announced in April that it was reducing the number of employees …
The European Commission has mandated its in-house research body, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), to assess whether nuclear power should be considered as a “green” technology under the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy. Should nuclear power be considered “green” because it is a low-carbon source of energy? Or does the issue of radioactive waste automatically disqualify …
The construction of the second unit of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant Akkuyu has started, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez said Friday. Dönmez stated that they aim to put the first unit into operation at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in 2023. “We plan to commission the second unit in the following year,” …
Based on repeated discoveries, the Patterson Model provides a clear map forward.View a 4.5-minute video here. About Purepoint Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. is focused on the precision exploration of its nine projects in the Canadian Athabasca Basin, the world’s richest uranium region. Established in the Athabasca Basin well before the initial resurgence in uranium earlier …
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) announced today that the Federal Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal) has upheld the September 26, 2018 decision of the Tax Court of Canada (Tax Court). The 2018 decision, which had been appealed by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), was unequivocally in Cameco’s favour in its dispute of reassessments issued by …
Plans for a clean economic recovery and the goal of Net Zero by 2050 need commitment to new nuclear power stations, according to a summary of the sector’s future potential published today by the Nuclear Industry Association. Ahead of the Climate Change Committee’s annual progress update due this week, the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has …
The provincial government unveiled its plans Wednesday to establish an office to co-ordinate nuclear policy and program work within the Climate Change and Adaptation Division of the Ministry of Environment. The new nuclear secretariat is mandated to develop and execute a strategic plan for the deployment of “clean-energy small modular reactors” in the province. No …
