The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has conducted its first ever Site and External Events Design (SEED) mission to look into site selection for a small modular reactor (SMR). The three-day mission to Romania was conducted last month at the request of Nuclearelectrica. Nuclearelectrica and NuScale are cooperating with the US Trade and Development Agency …
The Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) appears to be open to postponing preparations for the Doel 3 reactor’s dismantlement, as will be discussed by the Federal Government at an upcoming meeting. On Wednesday, it was reported that the Doel 3 power station would be permanently decommissioned on 23 September and would no longer supply roughly 7,500 …
This filing marks the largest S-K 1300 uranium resources reported in the United States combining UEC’s recently acquired Uranium One Americas, Inc. (“U1A”) and Anfield Energy assets together with the Reno Creek Project. The Irigaray Processing Plant is the Hub central to eleven satellite In-Situ Recovery (ISR) projects across the Powder River Basin (“PRB”) and …
The Taishan Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 & 2, in Guangdong, China. (Source: EDF Energy via Wikimedia Commons) China had last approved a larger number of nuclear power plants in 2008, when it gave the go-ahead to 14 new ones. The projects approved this week will cost about 80 billion yuan ($11.5 billion), reported Yicai.com, …
With the permanent shutdown of the Doel 3 nuclear reactor having been announced yesterday, the Federal Government is dithering on whether to delay its dismantling with the Federal Interior Minister leading calls for a potential postponement. Given the energy crisis driven by the war in Ukraine, the Federal Government’s plan to phase out nuclear power has …
How the Zhangzhou plant should appear once all six unit have been constructed (Image: NNSA) China’s State Council approved the construction of two CAP1000 units as Phase I of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in Guangdong province and two Hualong One units as Phase II of the Zhangzhou plant in Fujian province. The decision to …
Cooling towers at a nuclear power plant in Nogent-sur-Seine, France. Photographer: Cyril Marcilhacy/Bloomberg URA and URNM performance soars but inflows lag previous booms Energy supply crunch has revived global nuclear interest Uranium funds have soared from their summer lows as a global energy crunch revives interest in nuclear power. The $1.8 billion Global X Uranium …
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU) (OTCQB: PTUUF) (“Purepoint” or the “Company”) today released the interpreted results of its summer airborne gravity/magnetic survey over their 100% owned Carson Lake and Russell South Uranium Projects which lie on the eastern edge of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan Canada. “We are excited to add these new prospects to our pipeline of …
Denison Mines Corp. (“Denison” or the “Company”) (TSX: DML) (NYSE American: DNN) is pleased to report that drill hole WF-74A intersected 4.75% eU3O8 over 13.3 metres (0.05% eU3O8 cut-off), including a sub-interval grading 25.23% eU3O8 over 0.5 m, as part of the recently completed summer exploration program at the Waterfound River property (“Waterfound”). View PDF Version. Uranium mineralization was encountered in three of the …
Water vapor rises from the cooling tower of a German nuclear power plant. Nuclear power is having something of a moment right now. After years of being called too expensive and too dangerous, a mounting energy crisis kick-started by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is forcing countries to reconsider their plans to rid themselves of nuclear energy. Even nations …