A team led by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency has concluded a series of large-scale demonstration tests for an innovative new floating seismic isolation system intended for pairing with small modular reactors to enable siting feasibility, including in areas of high seismicity. The series of tests – which ran from 29 January to 9 February …
Alexey Likhachev, Director General of the Rosatom State Corporation and Ajit Kumar Mohanty, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India visited the construction site of the Kudankulam NPP in India recently. During the visit, a protocol to the Russia-India intergovernmental agreement was signed on construction of power units at the second and third stages …
Nuclear energy operator EDF has shut down two reactors at Chinon in western France after a fire in a non-nuclear sector of the plant in the early hours of Saturday, the company said. The fire has been extinguished, it said. “Production unit number 3 at the Chinon nuclear power plant has shut down automatically, in …
Gretchen Whitmer and other lawmakers now want to repower the plant, which once provided 800 megawatts daily of carbon-free electricity (Bridge photo by Kelly House) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s budget proposal includes another $150 million to help reopen a shuttered nuclear plant The proposed subsidy comes on top of $150 million approved last year Federal officials …
IsoEnergy Ltd. (“IsoEnergy” or the “Company”) (TSXV: ISO; OTCQX: ISENF) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced “bought deal” brokered private placement announced on January 18, 2024, pursuant to which the Company sold 3,680,000 federal flow-through common shares of the Company (the “Premium FT Shares”) at an offer price of C$6.25 per …
2023 Drilling campaign included 15 holes at Long Pocket and 3 holes at Black Hills uranium prospects. All Black Hills exploration drill holes return significant mineralisation: BH23DD001 – 3.0m @ 259ppm U3O8 from 29m depth BH23DD001 – 6.05m @ 218ppm U3O8 from 120.12m depth Including 0.98m@ 505ppm U3O8 from 120.12m BH23DD002 – 2.0m @ 591 ppm (0.06%) U3O8 from 209m Including 0.9m @ 1154ppm U3O8 from 210.1m BH23DD003 – 3.0m @ 1844ppm (0.18%) U3O8 from 88m Including 2.00m @ 2671ppm (0.27%) U3O8 from 89m Assay results …
Cameco announces 2023 results; strategically positioned to increase tier-one production as security of supply contracting cycle advances; maintaining disciplined financial management and growth; improving Westinghouse outlook Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) today reported its consolidated financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards …
It means completion of general construction works in Unit 1 containment and transition to the equipment start-up-and-adjustment phase. Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Türkiye. – A “clean area” has been arranged in the reactor compartment of Akkuyu NPP Unit No. 1. This term means a prepared working space for controlled assembly of a reactor, namely installation of …
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that the external dome of the Linglong One, the world’s first onshore modular small reactor, was successfully hoisted into place at the nuclear power base in Changjiang, Hainan. After a series of high-precision movements, the 550-ton dome was positioned onto the outer containment shell of the reactor building. The …
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU) (OTCQB: PTUUF) (“Purepoint” or the “Company”) announced today drilling has commenced at the Hook Lake Project. The Hook Lake Project is a joint venture between Cameco Corporation (39.5%), Orano Canada Inc. (39.5%), and Purepoint (21%). The Project lies on the southwestern edge of Canada’s Athabasca Basin and is adjacent to, and on …
