Mining giant BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) has shelved a planned US$2.5 billion expansion of its Olympic Dam copper, gold and uranium mine in South Australia, after studies of the ore body revealed weaker than expected results. While the mine yielded more than 50,000 tonnes copper in the three months to Sept. 30, which was …
The solar panels outside the visitor’s center in Blanding, Utah produce enough electricity that the city can sell some of that power back to the grid, according to City Manager Jeremy Redd. But that’s only when the sun is shining. “You have intermittent sources of power and I think those are super important, and I …
The Bugey power plant is the oldest in France still operating at full capacity. After 40 years, the nuclear power station, located to the east of Lyon, still provides 2,000 jobs and accounts for 7 percent of national nuclear production. In 15 years, two of its four reactors could be shut down but in the …
The US Department of Energy has approved a cost-share award of more than USD1 billion for the construction of the first NuScale small modular reactor power plant in the USA. Meanwhile, the US International Development Finance Corporation has signed a Letter of Intent to support NuScale in the development of nuclear generating capacity in South …
A “solid group” of 10-12 countries building nuclear power plants for the first time will emerge in the next decade, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Director General William Magwood in a WebChat last week. Bangladesh, Belarus, Egypt, Turkey and the UAE are among the nuclear newcomers, …
A proposed amendment to Spain’s draft climate change and energy transition bill that would prohibit the exploration and extraction of uranium is unconstitutional, says Berkeley Energia. The Australian-based company is at an advanced stage in licensing its Salamanca uranium mine. The draft bill was originally presented to the Spanish Parliament in May 2020. A series …
The Canadian government is investing CAD20 million (USD15 million) of federal funds to accelerate development of Terrestrial Energy’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) power plant. Small modular reactors (SMRs) are expected to play a key role in the country’s efforts to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and in providing economic benefits as it …
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) is proposing to deploy its Micro Modular Reactor (MMR) at sites in Idaho and Illinois by 2026 through partnerships with Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). The proposals are part of the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, which aims to accelerate …
Bruce Power and Westinghouse Electric Company have agreed to pursue applications of Westinghouse’s eVinci micro reactor programme within Canada. The companies said the agreement supports efforts by the federal and provincial governments to study applications for nuclear technology to reach their goal of a Net Zero Canada by 2050. Over the next year, the work …
Cold functional testing has been completed at unit 6 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China’s Jiangsu province, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has announced. The ACPR1000 reactor is scheduled to enter commercial operation by the end of 2021. Cold functional tests are carried out to confirm whether components and systems important to safety …