Futures for yellowcake rose about $80.25 a ton on Monday Renewed demand alongside disrupted mines drives long rally Uranium prices topped $80 a pound for the first time in more than fifteen years on renewed demand for nuclear power and disrupted supplies. Nymex futures tracking physical-market contracts for a raw form of uranium known as yellowcake …
A ceremony has been held to mark the beginning of the installation – ahead of schedule – of the core catcher in the second unit at Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear power plant. The installation of the core catcher – or melt trap – was one of the construction targets for 2024 so its installation is …
The pressurised water reactor was synchronised to the South African energy grid on 18 November after nearly a year offline for the replacement of the plant’s three original steam generators, a prerequisite for the long-term operation of the plant. Completion of the longest outage in the plant’s history is a “huge milestone” in its generational …
Korea Electric Power Corp. CEO Kim Dong-cheol, sixth from left, poses with field workers at Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, Thursday (local time). Courtesy of Korea Electric Power Corp. Company chief inspects Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) CEO Kim Dong-cheol visited the Barakah Nuclear Energy …
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power station restart, a key toward the dual goals of energy security and decarbonization is now strengthening counterterrorism measures. (Captured on November 6 in Kariwa Village, Niigata Prefecture. (© Sankei by Aya Yonezawa) Tokyo Electric Power Holdings is accelerating preparations for the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture. In the face …
Once all four units enter full operations, the UAE will be getting 25 per cent of its electricity from a clean, nuclear energy source The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) granted the operating licence for the fourth and final reactor of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, which is located in Al Dhafra region of …
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy report, Made in Britain: The Pathway to a Nuclear Renaissance, says multiple small modular reactor (SMR) units should be ordered to justify firms’ investment in UK production facilities – and calls for Wylfa in North Wales to be backed within the next year as the next large-scale plant. The …
Eiffage, through its subsidiary Eiffage Génie Civil, just signed the contract with EDF to carry out the main civil engineering works for the first pair of EPR2-type nuclear power plants on the site of Penly. The contract has a value greater than 4 billion euros. The tender of this contract began in 2019. The contract …
The termination of the project that had been expected to be the first operational NuScale SMR reactor was “very disappointing” but the company remains bullish about the future, according to the company’s CEO. Speaking in a special update to the 2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo, hosted by the American Nuclear Society (ANS), John Hopkins said the mutual …
Construction has started of the nuclear island for unit 1 at the Xudabao nuclear power plant in Liaoning Province, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced. The construction of units 1 and 2 of the Xudabao (also known as Xudapu) plant was approved by China’s State Council on 31 July this year. On 6 November, the …
