Making a commitment to build six new EPRs in France would be an “effective stimulus” for the country’s economy as it recovers in the years ahead from the shock of COVID-19, the French nuclear energy society (SFEN) wrote in a position paper published this week. Nuclear energy “ticks all three boxes” highlighted in the debate …
See how COVID-19 has crippled uranium production and seriously eroded the 2020 Uranium Cost Curve, moving us closer to the market’s long awaited tipping point. Click here to view it. Source: Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.
Uranium has outperformed major commodities this year, even as the energy sector has suffered from a drop in petroleum demand tied to the coronavirus pandemic. The crisis was a “black swan event” that pushed supply-demand fundamentals into a “structural shortfall,” says Scott Melbye, executive vice president at Uranium Energy Corp. “Substantial global uranium mine disruptions” …
Some of what you’ve heard about nuclear waste is true. It really can take thousands of years to decay, and even the briefest exposure to the most dangerous kind can be lethal. But in my ten years working with and researching nuclear waste, I’ve also encountered a lot of nonsense. It’s simply not as bad as …
A nuclear reactor core is one of the most extreme human-made environments on the planet. These scientists just figured out how to print one. KURT TERRANI WANTS to accelerate the future of nuclear energy—so he’s turned to its past. Over the last year and a half, Terrani and a team of physicists, engineers, and computer scientists …
The U.S. nuclear industry is coming off its best year ever. Electricity production from nuclear plants hit at an all-time high in 2019 as we led the world in generating more than 809 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, which is enough to power more than 66 million homes. Yet, despite operating the largest fleet of reactors in …
IsoEnergy Ltd. (“IsoEnergy” or the “Company”) (TSXV: ISO; OTCQX: ISENF) is pleased to report the results of a review of the winter 2020 drilling program at the Hurricane zone. A key highlight is the recognition of several areas with excellent potential to expand the mineralization. Discovered in 2018 on the Larocque East property, the Hurricane …
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) announced today that it is resuming production at its Port Hope Conversion Facility’s UF6 plant and its Blind River Refinery in Ontario. Both operations are planned to restart the week of May 18, 2020 and achieve regular production levels the week of May 25, 2020. On April 8, 2020, Cameco …
NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX:NXE, NYSE MKT:NXE) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding agreement with Queen’s Road Capital Investment Ltd. (“QRC”) (TSXV: QRC) for a financing package totalling US$30 million, comprising: (a) US$15 million of common shares of NexGen (the “Placement Shares“); and (b) US$15 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured …
Uranium futures are one of the few contracts that has experienced price gains in recent weeks, as the economic impact of Covid-19 continues to weigh heavily on prices for most commodities. Front-month uranium futures settlement prices traded up to $32.50/pound in late April, compared with around $24/pound in early March, when most of the world’s advanced economies …
