Kazakh authorities have decided on the site for the construction of a nuclear power plant and are studying the technologies of potential suppliers, the country’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Thursday. The president made the remarks while speaking at a meeting of the Foreign Investors’ Council, News.Az reports citing TASS. He noted that Kazakhstan has a number …
The Pentagon selected BWXT Advanced Technologies to build a prototype of a mobile nuclear reactor that will demonstrate the utility of a portable alternate energy source to support military operations in austere locations. The U.S. Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office last year selected Lynchburg, Virginia-based BWXT and X-energy, a nuclear reactor company based in …
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU) (OTCQB: PTUUF) (“Purepoint” or the “Company”) today announced the commencement of an airborne gravity/magnetic survey over their Russell South Uranium Project which lies on the south-central edge of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan Canada. “The Russell Lake project is within a favourable geologic area since it’s close to the southern edge of the …
Cenovus CEO Alex Pourbaix speaks at a news conference on Thursday, January 30, 2020. PHOTO BY AZIN GHAFFARI/POSTMEDIA ‘If we’re able to commercialize small modular reactors, you could see a scenario where you could completely decarbonize the upstream in Alberta’ Nuclear power, meet the oilsands. As oilsands operators build a blueprint to reach net-zero emissions by …
Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE American: UEC) (the “Company” or “UEC”) is pleased to report that it has closed a series of transactions with Anfield Energy Inc. (“Anfield”) pursuant to which Anfield has settled $18.34 million of indebtedness (the “Anfield Indebtedness”) owing to UEC. The Company received the Anfield Indebtedness through its $112 million acquisition of …
The Biden administration is pushing lawmakers to support a $4.3-billion plan to buy enriched uranium directly from domestic producers to wean the US off Russian imports of the nuclear-reactor fuel, according to a person familiar with the matter. Shares of uranium companies surged. Energy Department officials have met with key congressional staff, where they said such funding …
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU) (OTCQB: PTUUF) (“Purepoint” or the “Company”) invites everyone that is attending this year’s PDAC convention, the world’s premier mineral exploration and mining convention, to visit Purepoint’s booth 2636 at the Investor Exchange Pavilion. The PDAC 2022 Convention will take place in person at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from June 13 – …
A joint study by Vietnamese power engineering consultancy PECC2, Denmark’s Seaborg, designer of power barges using compact molten salt reactors (CMSRs) and manufacturer Siemens Energy looked at the case for floating nuclear power plants to provide electricity as well as hydrogen and ammonia production. The preliminary report sets out the milestones which would be needed …
After the signing, there was a visit to Angra 3 (Image: Eletronuclear) Brazil’s Eletronuclear and France’s EDF signed a fresh Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) valid for five years promoting mutual cooperation in the development of nuclear energy projects. It is a renewal of a previous cooperation agreement from 2018, but with expanded scope and includes …
Carlo Arcilla, director of the Department of Science and Technology, said the advanced nuclear reactors could provide the country with continuous energy with zero pollution. As the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. considers the inclusion of nuclear power in the country’s energy mix, the government’s nuclear science chief is pushing for the adoption …
