Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 19, 2021 – Uranium Royalty Corp. (NASDAQ: UROY, TSX-V: URC) (“URC” or the “Company“) announces that it is entering into contracts for an additional four spot purchases totaling 400,000 pounds of U3O8 at an average cost of US$45.00 per pound U3O8. Deliveries will be accomplished in October-December 2021 through book transfers to URC’s storage …
After the 2011 Fukushima disaster, it was Germany, not Japan, that cracked down most severely on nuclear power plants. A decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan is moving ahead with plans to restart its nuclear power infrastructure. Germany, a nation with a long history of anti-nuclear sentiments, is on track to phase out all of …
JSC National Atomic Company “Kazatomprom” (“Kazatomprom” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has passed a resolution to participate in a physical uranium fund, ANU Energy OEIC Ltd. (“ANU Energy” or “the Fund”), established on the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC). The Fund will hold physical uranium as a long-term …
The UK government will announce plans to fund a new nuclear power plant before the 2024 election as part of its Net Zero strategy, The Telegraph reported https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/17/exclusive-government-fund-new-nuclear-power-station-part-net late on Sunday. “We are seeking to approve at least one more large-scale nuclear project in the next few years to strengthen energy security and create thousands …
The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is expected to become operational from 2023, months ahead of the scheduled 2024 timeframe, said Shaukat Akbar, its project director. Originally, the first unit of the nuclear power plant was scheduled to open by 2024 and the second unit by 2025. Now, the first unit will be running in 2023, …
Clarington, ON – The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has announced its decision to renew Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG’s) existing Site Preparation Licence for the Darlington New Nuclear Project. “OPG has the experience and expertise to lead the way on this next generation of clean energy, and we look forward to having an SMR in place in …
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (KHNP) has completed loading nuclear fuel assemblies into the Shin-Hanul Unit 1 reactor in South Korea. KHNP obtained permission to load fuel from South Korea’s Nuclear Safety & Security Commission (NSSC) on July 9, 2021. After loading of 241 fuel assemblies into the reactor, KHNP is conducting reactor …
The ongoing energy crisis has spurred division between France and Germany over expanding nuclear power. As energy prices continue to surge and shortages place energy infrastructure under increasing pressure, France is considering a new tack to shore up its energy mix. Per The Financial Times, President Emmanuel Macron is expected to soon approve the development of six small modular …
Soaring gas prices, worldwide energy shortages, fears for energy security and an ambition to have net zero carbon by 2050 have put nuclear power back on the map after a decade in the cold. In the space of just a couple of weeks, the threat of rocketing gas bills and a winter of discontent with …
Sask.-based uranium firm seeks to be “supplier of choice” to fuel a nascent industry. Cameco has entered into non-binding agreements to supply fuel for X-energy, which wants to design a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) for use in Canada and the U.S. — and most recently, GE Hitachi and Synthos Green Energy, which is eyeing …
