Kyushu Electric Power Co. said Wednesday it has decided to scrap its aging No. 2 reactor at its Genkai nuclear plant in Saga Prefecture. The utility abandoned a plan to restart the unit, which has an output of 559 megawatts, in the face of the huge costs involved in enhancing the safety of the reactor …
Spain aims to close all seven of its nuclear plants between 2025 and 2035 as part of plans to generate all the country’s electricity from renewable sources by 2050. Energy Minister Teresa Ribera announced the move on Tuesday (Feb 12), just as the Socialist government gears up to call an early national election in anticipation …
The first nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan is a national project that can be considered a reason for pride, Trend reports with reference to the IAEA expert John Haddad. The seminar of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was held in Uzbek capital from 4 to 6 February 2019. It became the first large-scale seminar …
Kazakhstan will remain the world’s leader in uranium mining despite the complicated situation in the global market, said Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Kanat Bozumbayev, Kazinform correspondent reports. “Despite the difficulties in the global uranium market, we intend to maintain leadership in uranium mining. Now there is an oversupply of uranium and this trend continues,” …
A ceremony has been held to mark the loading of the first fuel into unit 4 at South Korea’s Shin Kori nuclear power plant. The country’s nuclear regulator gave Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) permission to start up the APR1400 unit on 1 February. The event, on 7 February, marked the loading of the …
THE uranium market was turning around and this time it was for real after being depressed for the past decade during which price recoveries were predicted on several occasions but never materialised. That was the view from a panel discussion on uranium held at the Investing in African Mining Indaba taking place in Cape Town. …
EXCLUSIVE TO SIGHTLINE U3O8: Any time a commodity price heads towards a high note, we see an abundance of newly minted exploration companies and newly identified projects of great prospect. In the absence of a defined resource, exploration companies must raise financing on a demonstration of superior talent, superior technology and superior indications of a …
The Kazakh uranium miner produced 7.6 million pounds of U3O8 in the December quarter, taking its full-year attributable production to 29.8Mlb, a 7% fall year-on-year and in line with its plan to keep 20% below permitted output. Kazatomprom’s London listing means it now has to put out quarterly total and attributable production numbers, although the …
Insights into the 2019 Uranium forecast by the leading CEO’s in the space: Amir Adnani (Uranium Energy Corp), Jeff Klenda (Ur-Energy), Dev Randhawa (Fission Uranium) and David Cates (Denison Mines). Moderated by Marin Karusa at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference 2019.
Bill Gates is no stranger to Washington. His foundation has a big office here. And last March he met with President Trump and talked about preventing disease and spreading vaccines. Recently Gates visited some key members of Congress. This time he was talking about what he sees as a key part of the answer …