Three Mile Island owner lays out reopening timeline in public hearing

The owner of the closed Three Mile Island nuclear plant hopes to have a new license – and a new name for the plant – to operate in three years. Constellation provided a timeline for restarting the plant during a public meeting Friday with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Constellation made a deal with Microsoft to provide enough …

Japanese utilities book special gains by selling nuclear fuels

 Japan’s Hokkaido Electric Power (9509.T), opens new tab and Chugoku Electric Power (9504.T), opens new tab said on Thursday they had booked extraordinary profits for the April-September period from selling previously acquired nuclear fuel. Neither utility has been able to restart any nuclear power plants since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster which prompted stricter safety standards in Japan. Hokkaido …

T.EFR Announces Q3-2024 Results, Including Active Uranium Mining and Processing, Successful Rare Earth Production, and Continuing to Build a World-Scale Rare Earth Supply Chain Centered in the U.S.

Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) (“Energy Fuels” or the “Company”), an industry leader in uranium and rare earth elements (“REE“) production, today reported its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. The Company previously announced details for its upcoming November 1, 2024, earnings call, which are also included in this news release. “Uranium drives our …

The Office Decides on the Proposals of Westinghouse and EDF Against the Nuclear Tender Procedure In the First Instance

The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) has decided in the first instance on the proposals of the companies Électricité de France and Westinghouse Electric Company LLC against the procedure of the contracting authority Elektrárna Dukovany II in the tender for the construction of a new nuclear power plant. …

Nuclear power possibility, premier says

Premier Cho Jung-tai, left, and Minister of Economic Affairs J.W. Kuo report to the legislature in Taipei yesterday. The government would keep an open mind about nuclear energy if issues of safety, effective radioactive waste disposal and public trust can be resolved, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said yesterday. During a briefing at the legislature on …

Kazakhstan to set up special governmental commission for NPP construction

A special governmental commission for the construction of a nuclear power plant is set to be established in Kazakhstan, Energy Minister Almassadam Satkaliyev said, Kazinform News Agency correspondent reports. A special governmental commission is to be established to launch an open competitive dialogue among all participants of the competition process. Preliminary consultations have already begun. …

Nuclear safety agency to ‘swiftly’ devise regulations to support SMR development, exports

Lim Seung-cheol, secretary general of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC), speaks in an interview with Yonhap News Agency at the NSSC headquarters in central Seoul on Oct. 22, 2024, in this photo provided by his office. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) South Korea’s nuclear safety agency will work to “swiftly” devise safety regulations …

T.GLO Provides Update on the Dasa Project

Global Atomic Corporation (“Global Atomic” or the “Company”) (TSX: GLO, FRANKFURT: G12) is pleased to provide an update on its Dasa Project in the Republic of Niger.  Dasa is the highest-grade uranium deposit in Africa surpassed only by grades found in Canada’s Athabasca Basin and is scheduled to achieve commercial production in early 2026. PROJECT FINANCING As indicated by …

Japanese nuclear reactor which survived earthquake that badly damaged Fukushima power plant restarts

 A Japanese nuclear reactor which survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant was restarted Tuesday for the first time since the disaster after a safety upgrade, as the government pursues a renewed expansion of nuclear energy to provide stable power and reduce carbon emissions. The No. …