Production figures issued by Cameco and Kazatomprom for the first quarter of 2020 show a slight decrease on the same period last year, while those announced by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) show an 86% year-on-year fall from US facilities. This follows a year when US uranium production was the lowest on record. Kazatomprom …
“This is a bit of a one-two punch in uranium’s favor,” said Nick Piquard, a portfolio manager at Horizons ETFs. “Not only has Covid-19 likely not impacted nuclear power demand very much, but it is certainly impacting supply.” While demand for energy, including nuclear, is taking a hit due to the pandemic, many atomic power …
The U.S. nuclear power fleet last year achieved its lowest recorded average total generating costs in two decades—$30.42/MWh—though it ran at a record-high 93.4% average capacity factor. Total generating costs were 7.6% lower last year compared to the prior year, and have fallen nearly 32% since 2012. The numbers, highlighted in the Nuclear Energy Institute’s …
A massive supply deficit in the uranium market is driving prices to four-year highs at record speed as the coronavirus pandemic wrecks global supply chains. One of the world’s largest producers, Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) has now shut its Port Hope fuel service facility just weeks after suspending operations at its flagship Cigar Lake mine in northern …
Uranium mining major Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) is extending the temporary production suspension at its Cigar Lake mine in northern Saskatchewan as the effects of the global covid-19 pandemic persist, the company announced on Monday. In late March, Cameco placed the Cigar Lake operation on care and maintenance for four weeks, during which it …
Canada’s Cameco (TSX:CCO) (NYSE:CCJ), the world’s largest publicly traded uranium miner, is placing its plant at the Port Hope conversion facility, in Ontario, in a temporary safe shutdown state for four weeks. The move comes as the company faces the increasing challenge of maintaining an adequate workforce as a result of screening protocols and other measures put …
JSC National Atomic Company “Kazatomprom” (“Kazatomprom” or “the Company”) announces the following update related to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the Company’s business. “As the impact of COVID-19 continues to be felt around the world, Kazakhstan has taken strong steps to slow the spread of the virus,” said Galymzhan Pirmatov, chief executive officer …
To swap out the spent uranium rods, hundreds of technicians from around the country must work in close quarters for weeks. That’s a challenge during a quarantine. EACH SPRING, NEARLY 1,000 highly specialized technicians from around the US descend on the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station near Phoenix, Arizona, to refuel one of the plant’s three nuclear …
Canada’s Cameco this week announced it was shuttering Cigar Lake, the world’s largest uranium mine, for at least four weeks after directives from the Canadian and Saskatchewan provincial governments. The Canadians are concerned about the use of fly-in, fly-out workers while COVID-19 is spreading. Meanwhile, Namibia, a key supplier of uranium to China’s nuclear fleet, …
The nuclear sector has sprung into action to screen employees for signs of the novel coronavirus and prepare for potential disruptions to their typical refueling practices in light of pandemic-related travel restrictions. Nuclear generators have been enacting pandemic protocols for weeks to continue protecting their workforce. “We were prepared in advance for a range of …
