The nuclear industry’s big bet on going small. Inside the Transient Reactor Test Facility, a towering, windowless gray block surrounded by barbed wire, researchers are about to embark on a mission to solve one of humanity’s greatest problems with a tiny device. Next year, they will begin construction on the MARVEL reactor. MARVEL stands for Microreactor …
Several American startups are working on building a new generation of small reactors that could push nuclear energy into a new phase, with support from the US government. During a recent hearing before the House Appropriations Committee, US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm restated the “importance of nuclear energy” for the current administration regarding America’s …
NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX: NXE) (NYSE: NXE) (ASX: NXG) is pleased to announce that it has received significant initial interest from prospective financial institutions, including commercial lenders and export credit agencies, for providing project financing for the Rook I Project (the “Project” or “Rook I”). To date, NexGen has received non-binding expressions of …
Cameco reports first quarter results, solid quarter demonstrating the strength and purpose of our strategy; long-term contracting success in new markets; still early days of a market transition Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) today reported its consolidated financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards …
OSGE Vice President Dawid Jackiewicz handed in the application to the ministry on 27 April, the company said in a tweet (Image: OSGE) Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) has submitted applications to Poland’s Ministry of Climate for a decision-in-principle on the construction of power plants based on GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor …
The Palisades Nuclear Generating Station previously supplied 5 percent of Michigan’s electricity. Just months after it was supposedly shut down for good, a Michigan nuclear power plant could come roaring back to life with help from the very company charged with its demolition. According to an AP report published on Wednesday, Holtec Decommissioning International hopes to resurrect the 800 megawatt …
Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH) (OTCQX: SYHBF) (Frankfurt: SC1P) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired 100% of the South Dufferin Uranium Project (“South Dufferin” or the “Project”) from Denison Mines Corp. (“Denison”). The South Dufferin Project comprises 12,282 hectares (30,349 acres) over nine claims in the Athabasca Basin, which is host to the highest-grade uranium deposits in the …
Vogtle Electric Generating Plants with the original units 1 & 2 in the background, and units 3 & 4 expansion in the foreground U.S. energy company Southern Co on Thursday stuck with the previously announced timing and cost estimates for its Georgia Power utility’s share of two nuclear reactors under construction in Georgia. The Vogtle …
FISSION URANIUM CORP. (“Fission” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce a new, major milestone with an application to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (“CNSC”) for a license to construct a uranium mine and mill facility at the PLS high-grade uranium project in Canada’s Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan . Additionally, Fission has commenced the Front End Engineering Design (“FEED”) and continues to …
The chairman of one of China’s top nuclear energy firms expects a massive surge of atomic plants in the coming decades to help the country meet its decarbonization goals. China’s nuclear fleet will grow to 400 gigawatts by 2060, and account for about 18% of the country’s generation, China General Nuclear Power Group Co. Chairman …