Uranium production resumes at Texas project

he start-up of production at Alta Mesa – a joint venture of enCore Energy and Boss Energy – sees enCore become the only US uranium producer with multiple production facilities currently in operation and is the second start-up in eight weeks for Boss Energy. The first shipment of yellowcake is expected in 60-90 days’ time. …

Record High Support for Nuclear Energy

Favorable Opinion of Nuclear Energy at Record High The 2024 National Nuclear Energy Public Opinion Survey shows that favorable public opinion of nuclear energy continues at a record high. For four years in a row, more than three-fourths of the U.S public said that they favored the use of nuclear energy.  That is a sea …

U.UEC Advances South Texas Portfolio with Increased Resources at the Burke Hollow ISR Project

Following a successful delineation drilling program since the last resource update on August 12, 2022, a new S-K 1300 technical report summary (the “TRS”) increases the Burke Hollow Project’s Measured and Indicated (“M&I”) resources from 2,324,000 lbs U3O8 to 6,155,000 lbs and Inferred resources of 4,883,000 lbs U3O8.. The Burke Hollow in-situ recovery (“ISR”) Project  continues …

Kazatomprom gets go-ahead for Inkai 3 pilot

The national atomic company has signed a new subsoil use agreement with Kazakhstan’s Minister of Energy and received approval for up to four years of pilot production of a total of 701 tU from the Inkai 3 deposit. Inkai is a key uranium deposit, located in the Suzak district of Turkestan region. The Inkai 3 …

French president confirms project to build eight new nuclear reactors

French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed on Wednesday a project to build eight new nuclear reactors in France which he said were “essential” to the country’s energy transition. Macron made the comment during a speech addressing his decision to call a snap parliamentary election after the far-right pummeled his party in Sunday’s European Parliament election. Source: …

IAEA Head Grossi Speaks to Insurance Companies: “There is a Global Consensus that Nuclear Should be Accelerated”

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi address the Nuclear Pools’ Forum in Zurich. (Photo: D. Candano Laris/IAEA) IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is in Switzerland this week to engage with insurance executives about the potential of nuclear power. As part of growing interest from non-traditional audiences about the potential of expanding nuclear energy to …

Microsoft’s Gates breaks ground on novel nuclear power plant in Wyoming

Nearly three years after TerraPower announced it would build its inaugural Natrium nuclear plant in Wyoming, the company’s founder — Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates — was on hand to celebrate the first major construction milestone for the project. Approximately 300 local and state officials, as well as business partners attended the groundbreaking ceremony. “This reactor …