Recently, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, along with Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and a bipartisan group of their colleagues, introduced legislation to boost the development and deployment of new nuclear technologies, and put America on a path to be the undisputed international …
Wisconsin could see new nuclear power as Dairyland explores advanced reactors As the nation shifts away from fossil fuels to combat climate change, federal energy officials and some lawmakers in Wisconsin say nuclear power plays a key role in meeting carbon reduction goals. The remarks were part of a Thursday discussion about nuclear power hosted …
Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:SYH) (OTCQX:SYHBF) (Frankfurt:SC1P) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired by staking eight new prospective uranium exploration properties within the Athabasca Basin of Northern Saskatchewan. These 100% owned, eight properties comprise 34,022 hectares (85,070 acres) in the Basin, which is host to the highest-grade uranium deposits in the world and is …
Test production has been completed at the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) EPR in Finland and the plant has now started regular electricity production, operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has announced. TVO said the reactor will soon be declared to be in commercial operation. OL3 attained first criticality on 21 December 2021 and was connected to the …
Using China’s currency to skirt bank restrictions could irk Western partners Bangladesh appears to have found a workaround for stalled payments it owes Russia for a nuclear power plant: settling them in Chinese yuan. With U.S. and European sanctions barring Russia from much of the international banking system, Dhaka has been scrambling for ways to settle …
This is the «Agreement for weighing, sampling, storage, analysis and transportation of uranium oxide concentrate» (UOC) produced by SE “SkhidGZK» which was signed in Canada on April 11, 2023 by Energoatom President Petro Kotin and CAMECO President and CEO Tim Gitzel in the presence of Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal. The document regulates physical …
The Canadian colleagues demonstrated the Ukrainian delegation the facility production capacities, got acquainted with the equipment and spoke about the nuances and subtleties of the conversion of uranium concentrate into uranium hexafluoride (UF6), which is a form of uranium product sent for enrichment. «It is essential for Energoatom to draw on the best practices of …
Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Finland, which is due to come on line at full capacity on Monday, will significantly improve Estonia’s security of supply and also bring down energy prices. However, a shortfall in transmission capacity between Finland and Estonia means that price differences between the two countries will persist until the Estlink 3 …
Germany is shutting down its last three atomic power plants this weekend after previously delaying the nuclear phaseout due to the war in Ukraine. The energy crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine forced Germany last year to extend the life of the last three nuclear power plants in the country by a few months beyond the …
A joint special purpose vehicle – named PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa SA – has now officially been formed by Polish companies ZE PAK and Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) to implement the project to construct a nuclear power plant in Pątnów in central Poland. The plant will comprise two APR1400 reactors supplied by Korea Hydro & …
