With the successful connection to the grid, the No. 5 unit of the Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant started operating on Friday in Dalian, Northeast China’s Liaoning Province, adding to China’s third-generation nuclear power industry, which has been on a fast track to achieve a carbon emissions peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, analysts …
IsoEnergy Ltd. (“IsoEnergy“) (TSXV: ISO) (OTCQX: ISENF) is pleased to announce the strengthening of its technical team with the appointment of David Thomas as Technical Advisor and Andy Carmichael as Vice President, Exploration, effective July 1, 2021, and June 15, 2021, respectively. Also, the Company is delighted to announce that Elizabeth Williamson has joined IsoEnergy as Corporate Secretary, effective June 9, 2021. Tim Gabruch, Chief …
NexGen Energy Ltd. (” NexGen ” or the ” Company “) (TSX: NXE) (NYSE: NXE) is pleased to announce that it has filed a prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (“ASIC”) in connection with NexGen’s application for admission to the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”) as a Foreign Exempt Listing and quotation of its shares as Chess Depositary Instruments (“CDIs”) …
Barnaby Joyce, who supports nuclear power, became Nationals leader this week Ministers have reportedly had discussions about lifting ban on nuclear energy But Scott Morrison says nuclear needs bi-partisan support and Labor is opposed Supporters say nuclear is used safely in US and Europe to provide reliable power The federal government is reportedly considering a …
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU) (“Purepoint” or the “Company”) today provided an update on its drill program at the 100%-owned Red Willow project within the eastern uranium mine district of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan Canada. The 2021 Red Willow drill program has conducted follow-up testing of the “Geneva Shear” within the Geneva Zone, a …
Vancouver, BC – Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH) (OTCQB: SYHBF) (Frankfurt: SC1P) (the “Company”) announces that the Company has received an aggregate $1,388,430 from the exercise of share purchase warrants recently. A total of 5,437,570 warrants have been exercised since early March with the majority with a strike price of 27 cents expiring later this year. Skyharbour is fully funded for its …
Exelon says plant will close as planned without ‘quick passage of legislation’ SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate failed to come up with a Clean Energy Bill this week, with environmentalists and labor leaders far apart on the negotiations. That means the future of the Byron Generating Station is still up in the air. “We are …
UEX Corporation (TSX:UEX) (OTC:UEXCF) (“UEX” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that UEX has been notified that the shareholders of Overseas Uranium Resources Development Co., Ltd. (“OURD”) have approved the sale to UEX of OURD’s wholly-owned subsidiary, JCU (Canada) Exploration Company, Limited (“JCU”). The JCU Transaction UEX will acquire 100% of the shares of …
Unit 5 of the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant in China’s Liaoning province has attained a sustained chain reaction for the first time. The 1080 MWe domestically-designed ACPR1000 pressurised water reactor is expected to be connected to the grid later this year, after which it will enter commercial operation. The first pre-critical control point of Hongyanhe …
The China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) informed the IAEA yesterday that a minor fuel cladding failure had occurred at the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant. What are fuel cladding failures, and what do they mean for safety? Read our explainer to find out. Nuclear power plants are designed with multiple back-up and diverse safety systems as part of …