Kazatomprom lowers 2025 uranium production expectations

Kazatomprom has cut its uranium production guidance for 2025 by 5000 tU, citing uncertainties in sulphuric acid supply – but 2025 production is still expected to be higher than 2024. Announcing its half-year financial results today, the national atomic company’s CEO Meirzhan Yussupov said the company had demonstrated “robust financial results” for the six months …

IAEA: Aging Nuclear Fleet Warrants Reactor Life Extensions, Much More New Capacity

At the end of December 2023, global operational nuclear power capacity was 371.5 GW(e), provided by 413 reactors in 31 countries. Source: IAEA While global nuclear power capacity has remained at a consistent level over the past decade, newly released data from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) suggests that more than two-thirds of the …

Kashiwazaki mayor willing to OK restart of nuclear reactor

The mayor of a central Japan city that hosts part of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant has indicated his willingness to greenlight the restart of its suspended reactors. “We have reached a stage where we can accept a possible request for reactivation,” Masahiro Sakurai, the mayor of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, said during a meeting Thursday …

Ban on construction of nuclear power plants in Serbia will be lifted

The Draft Law on Amendments to the Energy Law introduces several new provisions, including the regulation of the balancing market and the possibility for end consumers to become active participants and enter into contracts with variable pricing. Nuclear energy will be used to generate electricity in Serbia and certification for installers of renewable energy facilities …

Russia’s 2042 energy plan includes 11 new nuclear power plants

Russia’s draft master plan for the placement of power generation facilities by 2042 envisions the construction of eleven new nuclear power plants, both large and small, in addition to those currently existing and under construction. This draft plan was presented for public discussion on Tuesday, News.Az reports citing Russian media. According to the attached documents, …

V.SYH Partner Azincourt Receives Results of 2024 Winter Drilling Program at the East Preston Uranium Project

Skyharbour Resources Ltd.’s (TSX-V:SYH) (OTCQX:SYHBF) (Frankfurt:SC1P) (the “Company”) partner company Azincourt Energy (“Azincourt”), is pleased to announce that the sample analysis have been received from the 2024 exploration program at the East Preston uranium project in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada. The 2024 drill program consisted of 1,086 metres of drilling in four diamond drill holes completed earlier this …