Milestones in the commissioning of the AP1000s under construction at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China’s Shandong province were met on 8 August. Unit 1 achieved first criticality, while fuel loading started at unit 2. Unit 1 of the Haiyang plant attained first criticality – a sustained chain reaction – at 10.42am yesterday, State …
The fifth meeting of the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Commission on Civil Nuclear Cooperation (the Bilateral Commission) was held in Tokyo on August 8, 2018. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette and Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori led the discussions as co-chairs. The delegations included participants representing a wide range of governmental agencies. Participants from …
Several milestones have been reached at nuclear power plant construction sites around the world including on the Leningrad II-2, Novovoronezh II-2, Barakah, and Plant Vogtle projects. Russian Progress At the Leningrad site, Rosatom—the Russian state atomic energy corporation—reported on August 7 that the main turbine equipment installation for Phase II Unit 2 was completed. The …
Turkey will build a third nuclear power plant in the Thrace region northwest of Istanbul, and will cooperate with China on the initiative, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Wednesday. Donmez also told broadcaster A Haber that Turkey’s first nuclear power plant was expected to come online in 2023. The $20 billion, 4,800 megawatt (MW) plant has …
Shimane Gov. Zembee Mizoguchi expressed an intention Tuesday to approve Chugoku Electric Power Co.’s plan to operate its new nuclear reactor, paving the way for the utility’s application for government screening. The city of Matsue, which hosts the Shimane nuclear plant, the neighboring Tottori Prefecture and other cities in the two prefectures located within 30 …
Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) is currently in the midst of a $6.4 million summer work program at its near-surface Patterson Lake South (PLS) uranium project in northwestern Saskatchewan. It aims to complete the remaining resource and geotechnical drilling to field a pre-feasibility study (PFS) in 2018’s fourth quarter. PLS contains the Triple R …
The National Defense Authorization Act, recently passed by Congress, includes language directing the Secretary of Energy to develop a pilot program and report on the possibility of deploying micro-reactors at national security facilities. The report would identify the best locations for micro-reactors to secure power generation for Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy …
Britain should offer developers of mini nuclear plants subsidies similar to those made available to the offshore wind industry, an independent review commissioned by the government said on Tuesday. Britain needs to invest in new power generating capacity to replace aging coal and nuclear plants that are due to close in the 2020s, and is …
Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU; TSX: EFR) (“Energy Fuels” or the “Company”), today reported its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. The Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and may be viewed on the Electronic Document Gathering and Retrieval System …
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday to impose stiff new sanctions on Russia, the latest effort by lawmakers to punish Moscow over interference in U.S. elections and its activities in Syria and Ukraine. The bill includes restrictions on new Russian sovereign debt transactions, energy and oil projects and Russian uranium imports, and …
