Junior ministers covered up key technical reports, claims media outlet Green party ministers in Germany have been accused of lying about safety issues at the country’s nuclear power plants to ensure they were shut down, even as the war in Ukraine threatened European energy supplies. A German media outlet has accused Green ministers in the country’s …
As the U.S. energy industry moves further from coal as a resource, many options have arisen as replacements, but a new report from the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), backs nuclear repowering. According to “Coal to Nuclear Repowering: Considerations for State Energy Offices and …
IsoEnergy Ltd. (“IsoEnergy” or the “Company”) (TSXV: ISO; OTCQX: ISENF) is pleased to provide an update on the results of winter 2024 exploration work on its eastern Athabasca Basin uranium properties (Figure 1). A total of 7,227 metres of drilling in 13 diamond drill holes on the Larocque East and Hawk projects confirmed ambient noise tomography …
Romania plans a small modular reactor power plant, using NuScale technology, with South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility set to manufacture and supply the core equipment, including the upper reactor module. Romania’s SMR project is aiming for 462 MWe installed capacity, using six 77 MWe NuScale modules. The SMR project, at Doicesti where a thermal power plant will be …
Terrestrial Energy has signed an agreement with Schneider Electric to collaborate on developing zero-carbon energy solutions for industrial facilities and large data centres based on Terrestrial’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor, while L&H Industrial, Inc and BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC are to work together on the potential deployment of BWXT’s Advanced Nuclear Reactor to provide heat …
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public comment on a proposed rulemaking that would streamline the environmental reviews for future new nuclear reactors by presenting generic environmental impacts for those designs that fit within certain site and plant parameters. The proposed Advanced Nuclear Reactor Generic Environmental Impact Statement (ANR GEIS) rulemaking, if finalised, …
Carlsbad, New Mexico A modular nuclear reactor was the project of choice for local business leaders in Carlsbad as the U.S. Department of Energy worked to decide how 9,000 unused acres at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site could be repurposed for “clean energy.” The project was part of the DOE’s “Clean Up to Clean Energy” initiative to …
Calle Schlettwein Minister of agriculture, water and land reform Calle Schlettwein says Russian company Uranium One Group, which aims to start a uranium mining venture near the Stampriet Aquifer, has ignored the authorities’ recommendations to attain a water permit. Schlettwein was recently responding to questions posed by United People’s Movement member of parliament Jan van …
China will revise its atomic energy law to promote the safe development of nuclear power, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. The draft of the amended law will clarify the regulatory system for nuclear power and promote research and development and the competitiveness of China’s domestic industry, Xinhua said. The draft has been …
Boss Energy Limited’s Honeymoon in-situ leach project in South Australia has produced its first drum of uranium in more than a decade, a major milestone in a commissioning process that will see production ramp up to 2.45 million pounds U3O8 (942 tU) per year. The company also expects first production soon at its Alta Mesa …
