Fifteen national political advisors submitted a joint proposal to the ongoing two sessions, highlighting the necessity and feasibility of building nuclear power plants in inland areas, strengthening the development of nuclear power, expanding the spatial distribution of nuclear power and promoting the comprehensive use of nuclear energy for heating. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party …
Clinch River site could house the first small modular nuclear reactor on TVA’s grid. Just weeks after Gov. Bill Lee proposed investing $50 million to recruit companies to make Tennessee a leader in nuclear energy, the Tennessee Valley Authority gave the public its first look at the Clinch River Nuclear Site that could house the …
FISSION URANIUM CORP. (“Fission” or “the company”) is pleased to announce that it has filed a technical report (the “Report”) for its PLS project in Canada’s Athabasca Basin, pursuant to National Instrument 43-101 “Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects” (“NI 43-101”) on SEDAR. The Report summarizes the Feasibility Study (“FS”), which outlines a high-grade mine and mill scenario …
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released application guidance for the second award cycle of the Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program (BIL provision 40323), a $6 billion investment made possible by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to prevent the premature retirement of nuclear reactors across the country. Nuclear reactors are a reliable and consistent energy resource …
An accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan 12 years ago led countries around the world to question the safety of nuclear energy, but the potential loss of uranium supplies from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine a year ago, and the increased need for low carbon fuel, have served as a wake-up call …
On March 2, 2023 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) exemption request to allow continued operations at Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) past the plant’s current licenses. This exemption will allow PG&E, similar to exemptions granted to other utilities, to continue operating both units at DCPP while the company’s …
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power’s (KHNP’s) APR1000 reactor design has been formally certified as compliant by the European Utility Requirements (EUR) organisation – a technical advisory group for European utilities on nuclear power plants. The Korean nuclear industry – including KHNP, KEPCO E&C, KEPCO NF, and Doosan Enerbility – officially applied for EUR certification in …
Global Atomic Corporation (“Global Atomic” or the “Company”) (TSX: GLO, FRANKFURT: G12) today announced that due to significant demand, the Company and Red Cloud Securities Inc. (the “Underwriter”), as sole underwriter and bookrunner, have agreed to increase the size of the previously announced “bought deal” prospectus offering (the “Offering”) from C$25.0 million to C$50.0 million. Under …
French President Emmanuel Macron’s government sees “no problem” funding the six new nuclear reactors he has proposed building, a project that by one estimate could cost at least €51 billion ($54 billion). “We trust the nuclear industry, there’s no difficulty ahead to fund nuclear reactors announced by the president,” government spokesman Olivier Veran said after …
In the energy industry, there are four generalized life-cycle phases of greenhouse gas emission generation, though some may widely differ from one technology to another. The life cycle starts with the upstream phase, which is when extraction begins for all materials needed to assemble the machinery and infrastructure required to produce the energy.The second phase is production, …
