Georgia Power today announced the completion of cold hydro testing for Vogtle Unit 4 at the nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Ga. The completion of cold hydro testing is required to support the last major test remaining for Unit 4, hot functional testing, which is projected to commence by the end of the first quarter of 2023. …
India plans to build more nuclear power plants to increase the production of clean energy, the government said on Wednesday. The government has approved five new sites for nuclear power plants and given the financial go-ahead to build 10 700-MW pressurized heavy water reactors, the statement said. Source: Reuters
X Energy Reactor Co., a developer of small modular nuclear reactors and fuel technology, is merging with a special purpose acquisition company backed by private equity firm Ares Management Corp., X-energy announced Tuesday. The deal would establish a combined publicly traded company valued at $2 billion. The company will receive about $1 billion in cash in …
IsoEnergy Ltd. (TSX-V: ISO) (“IsoEnergy” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced $18.3 million financing comprised of: $6 million raised through the issuance of 1,801,802 common shares to NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX: NXE)(NYSE: NXE)(ASX:NXG) (“NexGen”), at a price of $3.33 per share; US$4 million (approximately C$5.3 million) raised through the …
The Shin Hanul 1 nuclear reactor in southern South Korea will go into full operation this week some 12 years after its construction began, a move expected to help the country better manage electricity demand, the state-run nuclear power agency said Tuesday. The Shin Hanul No. 1 nuclear reactor in Uljin, 307 kilometers southeast of …
Sprott Asset Management LP today announced a forward share split on its Sprott Uranium Miners ETF (URNM). URNM Forward-Share Split Ticker Sprott ETF Split Ratio URNM Sprott Uranium Miners ETF 2:1 The forward split will apply to shareholders of record as of market close on December 19, 2022, payable after market close on December 20, …
Installation work has started within the reactor building of the Changjiang SMR (Image: CNNC) Equipment installation work has commenced at the ACP100 small modular reactor (SMR) demonstration project at the Changjiang nuclear power plant on China’s island province of Hainan. Welding began in the JR110 room of the R11 area of the nuclear island reactor …
The ceremony to mark the start of site preparations for the SMR at Darlington (Image: Doug Ford – Twitter) Site preparation is now under way for Canada’s first grid-scale small modular reactor (SMR) at Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG’s) Darlington site. Meanwhile, an initial geological survey has been completed for a proposed SMR at the Temelín …
There has been a large rise in support for developing nuclear energy in Poland, with 75% of the public now in favour, up from 39% last year. Only 13% are opposed, down from 45% in 2021. The findings come amid the energy crisis triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine and also as the Polish government …
Canada’s nuclear regulator has given Ontario Power Generation (OPG) the go-ahead to load fuel into Darlington unit 3 after removing the first regulatory hold-point for the refurbished reactor. Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) Executive Vice-President and Chief Regulatory Operations Officer Ramzi Jammal notified OPG by letter that the OPG has met the conditions for the removal of …
