Nuclear Power In The USA – EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2018

In EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO2018) Reference case, U.S. nuclear power generating capacity is projected to decline from 99.3 gigawatts (GW) to 79.1 GW over the projection period of 2017–50. To address some of the uncertainty surrounding this projection, this article presents sensitivity cases under different assumptions for oil and natural gas availability, nuclear power unit …

Saudi energy minister visits South Korea’s Atomic Energy Research Institute

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih, center, with Saudi and Korean engineers at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) in Seoul on Saturday. (SPA) Last year, KSA and South Korea entered into a joint venture to prepare engineering designs for the reactor with training programs in a range of …

NASA successfully tests a nuclear reactor that works in space

NASA and the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have successfully demonstrated a new nuclear reactor power system that could enable long-duration crewed missions to the Moon, Mars, and destinations beyond. NASA announced the results of its Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology (KRUSTY) experiment, during a news conference Wednesday at its Glenn Research Center in …

Five countries produce 80 percent of EU nuclear energy

Five countries produce 80 percent of nuclear energy in the EU, according to statistics from Eurostat published on Friday. France was by far the largest producer of nuclear power, with a 48 percent share of the EU total in 2016, followed by Germany (10 percent), the United Kingdom (8.5 percent), Sweden (7.5 percent) and Spain …

Saudi energy minister ‘optimistic’ on South Korea being shortlisted for nuclear project

Saudi Arabia Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih speaks with the media during the International Energy Forum (IEF) in New Delhi, India, April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Friday he was “optimistic” about South Korea being shortlisted to build nuclear power plants for the Middle Eastern kingdom. Falih told reporters …

Bill Gates in Search of Nuclear Nirvana

His company, TerraPower, aims to build a safe, nearly waste-free reactor that won’t contribute to weapons proliferation or climate change Bill Gates originally became famous (and rich) for co-founding Microsoft; more recently, he’s become better known, through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as a philanthropist working to improve global health and sustainable economic growth. …

Catalysts For Upside In Uranium

Summary Uranium has been cheap for years, but the market has been waiting for a catalyst. Rising in oil prices in yen terms are putting pressure on Japan to reactivate plants. Pressure is coming on supply side as well just as new plants come online. Fundamentally, the bull case for uranium is that Uranium prices …

Namibia: Uranium mine records drop in output 

Australian-based uranium miner, Paladin Energy has recorded a 23 percent decline in the production at its Namibia Langer Heinrich Mine during the fourth quarter ending in March 2018.During the period under review, the Langer Heinrich Mine produced 670,456 pounds (lbs) of uranium oxide compared to 873,107 lbs produced in quarter three which ended in December …