The modular flexibility of Urenco’s advanced fuels’ operations was emphasised at the Nuclear Industry Association’s (NIA) Nuclear 2024 conference last week. Head of Advanced Fuels – Commercial, Magnus Mori, told a panel on allied fuel supply that both supportive Government policy and customer contracts were key to standing up the developing market. With regard to increasing …
[AFP] In the latest sign of a dramatic deterioration in relations, Niger’s military rulers appear increasingly determined to drive France out of any significant sector in their economy – and particularly uranium mining. This week the French state nuclear company Orano announced that the junta – which deposed France’s ally, President Mohamed Bazoum, in a …
An abandoned apartment building toward the planned nuclear power plant construction site in the village of Ulken, about 400 kilometers north of Almaty, Kazakhstan, the place where the first country’s nuclear power plant is planned to be built. September 21, 2024. The Uranium-rich nation, which suffers from chronic energy shortages, approved plans to build a nuclear …
After a comprehensive review, Axpo decided on 4 December 2024 to secure the operation of the Beznau nuclear power plant until 2033 by investing CHF 350 million. This means that in 2033, Beznau will be able to look back on 64 years of reliable and low-carbon electricity production. Axpo has made extensive clarifications and conducted …
The UK’s Heysham 1 and Hartlepool Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor nuclear power plants will operate until March 2027, while the Heysham 2 and Torness AGR plants will operate until March 2030, EDF Energy has announced. EDF manages the UK’s eight nuclear power plant sites, five that are operating (Sizewell B, Torness, Heysham 2, Heysham 1 …
Orano SA said Niger has taken operational control of the Somair uranium mine, in an escalating clash between the French state-controlled nuclear group and African nation’s military junta. The French company, which owns 63.4% of the Somair mine, plans to defend its rights, while keeping the door open for an accord with the Niger government, …
The Facebook and Instagram parent aims to deploy new nuclear generation capacity to power its data centers beginning in the early 2030s, it said Tuesday. Meta wants nuclear energy developers to submit proposals for new generation capacity to help it “meet our AI innovation and sustainability objectives,” the company said Tuesday. Its request for proposals seeks 1 GW …
Poland is reportedly exploring the possibility of constructing a third nuclear power plant (NPP) on its territory, according to sources. The Polish Ministry of Industry is expected to present an updated nuclear energy development program before the end of the year, which will include an analysis of the potential for a third NPP, News.Az reports, citing a Polish …
The South African government remains committed to the use of nuclear energy and is planning to revive its Pebble Bed Modular Reactor programme and embark on new builds, the Deputy Director General of the Department for Mineral Resources and Energy has said. The 29 November event was themed Advancing Nuclear Technology’s Contribution for Just Energy Transition, Energy …
Canada’s uranium miners, confident that only they can meet US demand for the element after Russian supply curbs, have accelerated output and forward contracts to supply US energy companies, but they are now worried about possible tariffs from US President-elect Donald Trump. Shares of uranium companies rallied in Toronto and New York over the last …
