The heads of Kazatomprom and CGNPC-URC said the companies plan to further develop and strengthen their partnership as they marked the completion of the second delivery of fuel assemblies manufactured by the Kazakh-Chinese Ulba-FA enterprise to a nuclear power plant in China. Separately, Kazatomprom has announced the latest in a series of changes in its …
Armenia plans to build a new nuclear power plant by 2036. Which country will be the energy partner for this project is not yet clear. Cooperation with Russia, the USA and other countries is being discussed. According to the prime minister, the government is studying proposals to understand “which option is more economically viable.” In 2022 …
Labour leader pledges to get stalled projects operational to boost energy security, cut costs and create jobs Keir Starmer has described nuclear power as a “critical part” of the UK’s energy mix and pledged to get stalled projects over the line, as Labour positions itself firmly behind the technology. Before the Labour leader presents his net zero …
GoviEx Uranium Inc. (TSXV: GXU) (OTCQX: GVXXF) (“GoviEx” or the “Company“), a mineral resource company specializing in uranium exploration and development in Africa, announces that the agreement with African Energy Metals Inc. (“AEM”) for AEM’s acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares of GoviEx’s wholly-owned Malian subsidiary, Delta Exploration Mali SARL (“Delta“), which holds the …
US public support for nuclear energy has remained at a record high level for the third consecutive year, according to the latest survey by Bisconti Research Inc. The results show three quarters of the public favour nuclear energy, and about seven in ten support the construction of more nuclear power plants. The National Nuclear Energy Public …
Constellation Energy has agreed to purchase NRG Energy’s 44% stake in the South Texas Project (STP) for USD1.75 billion. The plant – located about 90 miles southwest of Houston – comprises two 1280 MWe pressurised water reactors which began providing electricity in 1988 and 1989, respectively. NRG announced it has entered into a definitive agreement …
Riyadh has proposed to visiting American leaders developing a joint U.S.-Saudi project to build the country’s civilian nuclear energy program, four people briefed on the plans told Semafor. The project — referred to as “nuclear Aramco” — is designed to bolster Saudi Arabia’s ambitions to produce, and potentially export, atomic energy, while also addressing U.S. …
The Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) has granted an operating licence for unit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant, the second of two Chinese-supplied Hualong One reactors at the site. Units 2 and 3 of the Karachi site – near Paradise Point in the province of Sindh – are the first exports of China …
Developed under a federal program to increase the accident tolerance of conventional uranium dioxide fuel pellets, advanced doped pellet technology (ADOPT) fuel pellets feature an increased uranium density that “significantly enhances the safety and reliability of pressurized water reactors as well as enables customers to improve fuel cycle economics and extend their operating cycles,” Westinghouse …
FISSION URANIUM CORP. (“Fission” or “the company”) is pleased to announce it has commenced a two-stage drill program as part of the Front End Engineering Design (“FEED”) at its PLS high-grade uranium project in Saskatchewan, Canada. A total of twelve holes will be drilled. Two holes will gather geotechnical data for underground mine infrastructure, and ten …
