More than 230 “experts and concerned citizens” signed a letter written by advocacy group Protect Nuclear Now begging Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) not to close the state’s Palisades nuclear plant, according to a statement the group released Wednesday. Palisades is one of three nuclear plants in Michigan and provides enough carbon-free electricity to power 800,000 homes, according to the state’s energy …
A federal court ruled Tuesday that a uranium mine near the Grand Canyon can operate, even though it sits on 1 million acres that the federal government has declared off-limits to new mining. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims by tribal and environmental groups that the U.S. Forest Service erred …
Dasa Project Excavation of ramp access Box Cut and surface infrastructure on schedule Global Atomic Corporation (“Global Atomic” or the “Company”) (TSX: GLO, OTCQX: GLATF, FRANKFURT: G12) is pleased to provide an update on the Dasa Uranium Project (“Dasa”) and the drilling programs in the Republic of Niger, its zinc business in Turkey and Corporate activity …
AEM-technologies, JSC, Branch in Volgodonsk (is a part of Machine-building division of Rosatom – Atomenergomash) completed the installation of a set of steam generators for the second power unit of Kursk NPP-2. Tube bundle installation is a key stage during the manufacturing process of steam generators. Within 21 days, specialists using the lathe, give a …
– Main opposition presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol on Monday vowed to scrap the current Moon Jae-in government’s nuclear phase-out policy, saying he will make South Korea a powerhouse in nuclear power generation. “I will recover the ecosystem of nuclear power generation and advance safe nuclear technologies so that they can become a core engine to …
Unit 6 of the Fuqing nuclear power plant in China’s Fujian province has reached 100% full power operation for the first time. Meanwhile, the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) has completed a comprehensive pre-operational inspection at unit 6 of the Hongyanhe plant in Liaoning province. Fuqing 6 – the second of two demonstration Hualong One …
Company announces rights issue to plug balance sheet Nuclear outages seen reducing core profit by 11 bln euros Selling power below market prices means an 8 bln euro hit The French state said on Friday it will inject around 2.1 billion euros ($2.39 billion) into EDF (EDF.PA) to ease the financial pain inflicted by nuclear reactors going …
New York passed a law in 2019 requiring the state to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 2040. But over the last two years, the exact opposite has happened: CO2 from power plants has climbed nearly 15 percent, according to EPA data. New York’s experience is hardly unique. In neighboring New England, where …
Today, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced the Commission’s decision to renew the Class IB nuclear fuel facility licence held by Cameco Corporation (Cameco) for its Blind River Refinery, located south of the Mississauga First Nation community and approximately 5 kilometres west of the Town of Blind River in Ontario. This decision follows a …
Today, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced its decision to renew, for a period of 1 year, the nuclear fuel facility licence held by Cameco Corporation (Cameco) for Cameco Fuel Manufacturing Inc. (CFM), located in the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario, and on the traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishnaabeg, Wendat, and the territory covered …
