The Biden administration’s top energy official said the nuclear industry should broaden its business case beyond power markets in order to ensure its place in a carbon-free economy. US nuclear energy has come under relentless pressure in recent years from cheap natural gas, solar and wind power. More reactors are being taken offline permanently than …
CAPE TOWN, Sept 21 (Reuters) – South Africa is forging ahead with plans for a new 2,500-megawatt nuclear power plant in a bid to boost energy security and wants to end the procurement process by 2024, the deputy energy minister said on Tuesday. “We plan to issue the Request for Proposal (RFP) for 2,500MW nuclear …
Denison Mines Corp. (“Denison” or the “Company”) (TSX: DML) (NYSE American: DNN) is pleased to announce that UEX Corporation (“UEX”) has repaid the interest-free 90-day term loan provided to UEX by Denison in connection with UEX’s purchase of JCU (Canada) Exploration Company, Limited (“JCU”) (the “Term Loan”, see Denison news release from August 3, 2021). On the …
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU) (OTCQB: PTUUF) (“Purepoint” or the “Company”) today announced that it has received trading approval from OTC Markets and is now actively trading on the OTCQB Venture Market under the new ticker symbol PTUUF. You can visit the company profile at https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/PTUUF/overview. “As our U.S. investor base grows, we felt it …
The Illinois Senate approved a massive clean energy omnibus package after midnight on Tuesday evening, clearing the last major piece of Governor J.B. Pritzker’s political agenda for a vote in the House. The proposal aims to put one million electric vehicles on Illinois roads over the next nine years, and to transition the sixth largest …
KELOWNA, BC , Aug. 31, 2021 /CNW/ – FISSION URANIUM CORP. (” Fission ” or ” the Company “) is pleased to announce scintilometer results from the summer 2021 “resource upgrade” drill program on the R840W zone at its’ PLS project, in the Athabasca Basin region of Saskatchewan, Canada . All 25 holes h it mineralization, with nineteen intercepting significant intervals of >10,000 cps radioactivity. This includes PLS21-624 (line 630W), …
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU) (OTCQB: PTUUF) (“Purepoint”or the “Company”) today provided the final assay results from its 2021 drill programs at the 100%-owned Red Willow and Umfreville projects, both located within the eastern uranium mine district of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada. The 2021 Red Willow drill program conducted follow-up testing of the Osprey Zone …
UEX Corporation (TSX:UEX) (OTC:UEXCF) (“UEX” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the commencement of the Christie Lake Fall 2021 exploration drill program. The Christie Lake Project is a joint venture between UEX with a 65.55% ownership stake and JCU (Canada) Exploration Company, Limited (“JCU”) with a 34.45% interest (JCU is 50% owned by UEX …
Retiring nuclear power stations in Britain would be ‘an environmental and economic catastrophe of unprecedented scale,’ according to a Labour MP. Charlotte Nichols, MP for Warrington North, urged the government to intervene as the retirement of the nuclear fleet jeopardises climate objectives. The comments follow last week’s report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …
On July 14, the European Commission took up an extensive policy initiative designed to bring the European Union’s net greenhouse gas emissions down by a minimum of 55% (compared to levels from 1990) within the next decade. This slate of ‘Fit for 55’ reforms will not only expand the deployment of renewable energy sources and promote energy …