Memorandums of understanding (MoUs) covering education and training, infrastructure development and public opinion have been signed in the next stage of Burkina Faso and Russia’s cooperation on peaceful uses of nuclear technology. The MoUs were signed by Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev and Burkina Faso’s Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries, Yacouba Zabre Guba, on …
Steady Energy said it is set to start construction of its first LDR-50 district heating reactor pilot plant in Finland next year, with potential sites including the Finnish capital Helsinki and two other cities. The pilot plant will serve as a full-scale, operational model of the Finnish-designed small modular reactor (SMR). Unlike the actual power …
The United States could revive some of its recently retired nuclear power plants to help meet rising demand for zero-emissions electricity, or add reactors to existing sites, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in an interview. The administration of President Joe Biden believes nuclear power is critical to meeting greenhouse gas reduction goals and decarbonizing the …
In a major turnaround and significant boost for the opposition Liberal party, a new survey has found that six in ten Australians now support using nuclear power to generate electricity. The latest Lowy Institute poll has recorded a major shift in Australian attitudes towards energy sources, with 60% of those polled backing nuclear power as …
FISSION URANIUM CORP. (” Fission ” or ” the Company “) is pleased to announce results from the first six drill holes on the R1515W zone at its’ PLS property, in Canada’s Athabasca Basin region. All six holes intercepted wide intervals of mineralization, with five holes additionally hitting high-grade sections. Of particular note, PLS24-659 (line 1545W) intersected 3.75m of total composite >10,000 cps in 66.0M of total composite …
India’s biggest power producer, NTPC Ltd, is aiming to increase its nuclear power capacity by setting up 10GW worth of plants over the next decade. This would more than double India’s current nuclear power capacity. NTPC’s chairman and managing director, Gurdeep Singh, revealed that the company is in discussions with various states and has requested …
IsoEnergy Ltd. (“IsoEnergy” or the “Company”) (TSXV: ISO; OTCQX: ISENF) is pleased to announce the commencement of the summer exploration program on its eastern Athabasca Basin uranium properties (Figure 1). The program encompasses a total of 30 diamond drill holes for 9,825 metres of drilling on the Larocque East and East Rim projects to follow up …
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority says there have been no reports of abnormalities at two nuclear power plants along the Sea of Japan coast following an earthquake on Monday morning. An intensity of 4 on the Japanese seismic scale of zero to seven was recorded at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. The tremor …
Denison Mines Corp. (“Denison”) (TSX: DML) (NYSE American: DNN) is pleased to announce it has completed the inaugural In-Situ Recovery (“ISR”) field test program (the “Program”) at Denison’s 25.17% owned Midwest Uranium Project (“Midwest”). The Program involved drilling 10 small diameter boreholes within the Midwest Main deposit primarily undertaken to evaluate site-specific conditions for ISR mining. A series of tests were successfully performed …
The Donald Project is an advanced-stage project with the potential to supply approximately 7,000 – 14,000 tonnes of monazite sand in a rare earth element (“REE“) concentrate (“REEC“) per year to Energy Fuels’ White Mesa Mill (the “Mill“), located in Utah, U.S.A., for processing into separated REE oxides, as early as 2026. Under the joint venture, Energy …