The Lower House Energy and Mineral Resources Committee on Sunday visited the Jordan Uranium Mining Company (JUMCO) to assess the state-backed enterprise’s progress in mineral exploration and strategic mining projects. The parliamentary delegation, which included lawmakers Jamal Qammoh, Khader Bani Khaled, Rakeen Abu Hanieh, and Iman Al-Abbasi, met with Khaled Toukan, Chairman of the Jordan …
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Armenia’s decision regarding the type of future nuclear power plant it will build will be based on economic considerations rather than political preferences. Speaking to journalists during a “Civil Contract” campaign event in Yerevan, Pashinyan stated that Armenia is evaluating proposals from multiple countries, including Russia, the United States, …
The CEO of Indian company Tata Power has told shareholders it is advancing its plans for small modular reactors. Praveer Sinha said the company was in the process of preparing detailed project reports, in collaboration with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd, for two 220 MWe reactors, which could be ready in six months from now. …
Rosatom’s Director General Alexei Likhachev has said Russia is ready to offer Indonesia a comprehensive approach to developing its national nuclear programme, ranging from gigawatt-scale units to small modular reactors and floating power plants. His comments came after meeting Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (pictured above, left with Likhachev), and discussing areas of cooperation in the …
Wyoming’s already hot nuclear sector just went global, with Taiwan and Wyoming signing an agreement on modular nuclear reactors to serve the island’s surging, AI-driven demand. “This deal bodes well for Wyoming,” said Wyoming mining honcho Travis Deti. It’s another day and another deal for Wyoming’s booming uranium sector, which has been ramping up to …
Kazakhstan’s new Atomic Energy Agency is already thinking beyond the first reactor site on the shores of Lake Balkhash. This week, agency chair Almasadam Satkaliyev said the northern Kostanay region could become “a promising location” for a nuclear power plant in “20 to 30 years,” effectively adding a new dot to the country’s fast-expanding energy …
Opposition is already building as Cork East TD James O’Connor plans to bring Electricity Regulation (Amendment) bill to a Fianna Fáil meeting following support from the Taoiseach A bill which would see Ireland overturn a two-and a-half decade ban on nuclear energy will be discussed this week by Fianna Fáil politicians. Cork East TD James …
The changes are likely to be included in final rules that are due to be published in the next couple of months after the country opened its nuclear generation sector to private and foreign players last year; India aims to expand nuclear capacity to 100 gigawatts by 2047 from about 8 gigawatts at present as …
CME’s new contract aims to meet rising investor demand for physical uranium exposure Current CME uranium contract is thinly traded, with limited open interest and liquidity Demand for uranium expected to more than double by 2040, World Nuclear Association says CME Group (CME.O), opens new tab plans to launch a physically based uranium futures contract in the …
The Lubiatowo-Kopalino site is a suitable location for Poland’s first nuclear power plant, the president of the National Atomic Energy Agency has determined after examining the Preliminary Site Report for the facility. The preliminary site assessment covered: seismic, tectonic, geological-engineering, hydrogeological, hydrological and meteorological conditions of the site area; external events resulting from human activity …