Announcing new reactors, Macron bets on nuclear power in carbon-neutral push

French President Emmanuel Macron visits a nuclear turbine factory in Belfort, eastern France, on February 10, 2022. © Jean-François Badias, AFP France will build at least six new nuclear reactors in the decades to come, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, placing nuclear power at the heart of his country’s drive for carbon neutrality by 2050 Macron said the new …

U.U Files Inaugural Regulation S-K 1300 Technical Report Summary Disclosing Resources for Its Reno Creek, Wyoming, Project

 Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE American: UEC; “UEC” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has filed a Technical Report Summary (“TRS”) on EDGAR disclosing mineral resources for the Company’s Reno Creek Project located in Campbell County, Wyoming. Background and highlights: As a U.S. domestic and domiciled company, UEC will now be reporting all mineral …

T.CCO Reports Q4/Annual Results

Cameco announces 2021 financial results; 50% increase to 2022 dividend aligned with 70 million pounds of long-term contracting and improving market fundamentals; Next phase of its supply discipline begins while awaiting further market improvements and contracting progress Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, February 9, 2022 Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) today reported its consolidated financial and operating results …

Nuclear power increasingly popular as energy costs, supply chain issues mount under Biden

The cooling towers of the still-under-construction Plant Vogtle nuclear energy facility are seen, March 22, 2019 in Waynesboro, Ga. Nuclear power is getting a second look from congressional lawmakers as energy costs soar across the country, supply chain problems continue and President Biden pushes a robust climate change agenda to curb greenhouse gas emissions by …

WELDING OF THE UPPER SEMI-VESSEL OF THE REACTOR FOR TIANWAN NPP HAS BEEN STARTED AT ATOMMASH.

At the Volgodonsk branch of JSC “AEM-technology” “Atommash” (part of the Rosatom machine-building division – Atomenergomash), specialists have started the welding of circumferential welds on upper semi-vessel of the reactor for Unit No. 7 Tianwan NPP (China). This is considered to be the key milestone in manufacturing of the nuclear reactor. The upper semi-vessel has been put together from two …

State regulators approve Xcel plan that shifts from coal to nuclear energy, renewables

Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island nuclear power plant at Red Wing. Company wants to close its coal plants by 2030, extend the life of its Monticello reactor by 10 years and add new solar and wind farms. Minnesota utility regulators on Tuesday unanimously approved Xcel Energy’s long-term plans for power generation, which are aimed at reducing …

Kazakhstan is in strong need of nuclear power station – president

Kazakhstan is in strong need of nuclear power station, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said in opening remarks at the extended meeting of the government, Trend reports referring to the Kazakh government. “Last year we faced a fairly serious energy crisis. There was a shortage of diesel fuel, jet fuel, liquefied petroleum gas, and electricity. This happened due …