Trump declares mineral supply chain ‘national emergency’

US President Donald Trump has declared a “national emergency” to deal with the threat to the USA’s security, foreign policy and economy from its “undue reliance” on supplies of critical minerals from “foreign adversaries”. The country must also expand and strengthen domestic mining and processing capacity for all minerals to guard against the possibility of …

US looking forward to Polish partnership on nuclear energy development

A partnership with Poland in the development of nuclear energy will be an additional area of close and effective cooperation between the US and Poland, wrote US ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher on Twitter on Tuesday. In her tweet on Tuesday, Mosbacher wrote: “The U.S. is looking forward to our partnership with Poland on advancing …

U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Draft Amendment to the Suspension Agreement on Uranium from the Russian Federation

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (Rosatom), on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation, initialed a draft amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation (Agreement), which was originally signed in 1992.  This amendment, if finalized, will extend the …

DOE targets end to US reliance on Russian nuclear fuel, revived domestic capability

Dive Brief: The Department of Energy is working to end U.S. reliance on Russia for nuclear fuel, Secretary Dan Brouillette told members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy last week. The department’s Nuclear Fuel Working Group wants American-sourced uranium and plans to begin processing U.S. uranium into high-grade fuel at a DOE facility …

Net Zero at Risk without Nuclear Power

Plans for a clean economic recovery and the goal of Net Zero by 2050 need commitment to new nuclear power stations, according to a summary of the sector’s future potential published today by the Nuclear Industry Association. Ahead of the Climate Change Committee’s annual progress update due this week, the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has …

Senators Call on Commerce Department to Reduce Russian Uranium Imports

Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mike Braun (R-IN), Tom Udall (D-NM), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sent a letter to Department of Commerce Assistant …

El-Debaa nuclear power plant in Egypt

El-Debaa nuclear power plant in Egypt will receive a reliable supply of fuel once it is built following the announcement that Russia will supply nuclear fuel components including uranium and aluminium items to Egypt for a period of 10 years, following an agreement signed between the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority and Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant …

France, Britain, Germany Trigger Dispute Mechanism in Iran Nuclear Pact

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi and EEAS Secretary General Helga Schmid attend a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria December 6, 2019. (Reuters)   France, Britain and Germany confirmed on Tuesday that they had triggered the dispute mechanism in the Iran nuclear deal given its ongoing violations, but said they were …