Nuclear power generation at EDF’s French reactors in September rose 47.8% year on year to 26.9 terawatt hours (TWh), the utility said. EDF’s website said total nuclear generation in France since the start of the year was 233 TWh, up 11.4% from the same period last year thanks to optimisation and control of the maintenance …
Rolls-Royce SMR has awarded a contract to Westinghouse for the development of a fuel design for its small modular reactor (SMR). Meanwhile, it has partnered with the UK’s National Physical Laboratory to investigate safe automated reactor operation for SMRs. Westinghouse Electric Company UK Ltd is to develop a fuel design for the Rolls-Royce SMR. The …
Denison Mines Corp. (“Denison” or the “Company”) (TSX: DML) (NYSE American: DNN) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation, as sole book-runner and lead underwriter, on its own behalf and on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters (collectively, the “Underwriters”), under which the Underwriters have agreed to …
Global Atomic Corporation (“Global Atomic” or the “Company”), (TSX:GLO, OTC:QX:GLATF, Frankfurt:G12) provided an update on the Dasa Project in the Republic of Niger. The United States of America, State Department today officially designated that a “Coup d’Etat” did occur in the Republic in Niger at the end of July 2023. This designation will put a …
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he had “very encouraging” discussions with the German government on the European electricity reform the two countries have been fighting over, adding that talks should wrap up by the end of the month. Macron’s comments come as France is locked in a battle with Germany over the place …
Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh on Tuesday begins a visit to France where he will discuss uranium mining and sign deals on energy and telecommunications, the Mongolian government said in a statement. The visit, which will last until Saturday, follows a trip to Mongolia by French President Emmanuel Macron in May, during which the two countries …
Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has initiated an environmental impact assessment procedure (EIA) concerning the possible operating licence extension and potential power uprating of the Olkiluoto 1 (OL1) and Olkiluoto 2 (OL2) plant units. At the moment, the plant units are licensed until 2038. Olkiluoto has been generating electricity for more than four decades. OL1 was …
State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) announced on Sunday that phase one construction of its Lianjiang nuclear power plant started on September 29. As the country’s first nuclear power plant with super-large cooling towers, it is expected to reduce the amount of sea water used and to generate up to 70.2 billion kWh annually after its …
The sight of French President Emmanuel Macron and his cabinet drinking beers on a boat with their German counterparts in Hamburg this week will project an image of the enduring Franco-German friendship. But the informal team-building exercise, a German government tradition called “Klausur”, belies a power struggle between the European Union’s two biggest powers and …
Resurgent demand and limited supply combine to lift price by half this year Uranium prices have climbed roughly 50% so far this year to a 12-year high as growing concerns over energy security spurs countries to look again at nuclear energy, an option that had been shunned since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns. The spot price …
