World Nuclear Association Director-General Agneta Rising today called on governments, expert bodies and the nuclear industry to do more to ensure that nuclear energy can make the full contribution that society requires to meet its future clean energy needs. Rising was speaking at a press event at the World Nuclear Association Symposium, being held this …
The first of three steam generators has been installed at Karachi unit 2. The unit is the first of two Chinese-designed Hualong One nuclear power reactors being constructed at the site in Pakistan. The operation to raise the steam generator – some 21 meters in length and weighing about 365 tonnes – over the reactor …
China National Nuclear Power Co Ltd (CNNP), a unit of one of the country’s three largest State-owned nuclear operators, has announced plans to establish a Hebei-based company to promote the development of traveling-wave reactor, or TWR, technology. The move will be carried out in partnership with Huadian Fuxin Energy Limited Company, Zhejiang Zheneng Electric Power Co Ltd, …
Energy Fuels, a leading US producer of uranium, expects to be the country’s top producer at about 650,000 lb in 2017 and could triple its annual output if prices rose from the current $20/lb, a company official said Monday. In comments webcast on the company’s website Monday afternoon, Curtis Moore, vice president of markets and …
UEX Corporation (UEX:TSX) (“UEX” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the results of the summer drilling program at the Christie Lake Project. The summer program’s main goal was to expand the high-grade Ōrora Deposit, discovered during the winter 2017 exploration campaign. Highlights from the winter discovery program included hole CB-109, which intersected 22.81% U3O8 over 8.6 …
FUKUOKA – Kyushu Electric Power Co. is planning to restart two nuclear reactors at its Genkai power plant in Saga Prefecture next year, the utility’s president said Tuesday. The Nos. 3 and 4 reactors are tentatively scheduled for January and March restarts, respectively, and would bring the number of the utilities’ reactors back online to four, …
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is visiting India nearly two months after operationalisation of the historic Indo-Japan civil nuclear deal, which has added a new dimension to bilateral ties that could scarcely be imagined in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima tragedy. The journey traversed by the two nations over the past six years …
ARIEL (ELI) LEVITE, TOBY DALTON Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Responsible nuclear states should work with the global nuclear industry to sustain strong nonproliferation, safety, and security practices in a market increasingly dominated by Russia and China. READ THIS ARTICLE: Leveling Up the Nuclear Trade Playing Field – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Sept. 12, 2017) – Denison Mines Corp. (“Denison” or the “Company”) (TSX:DML)(NYSE MKT:DNN)(NYSE American:DNN) is pleased to announce a significant increase in the number of drill holes to be completed during the summer 2017 exploration program on the Company’s 60% owned Wheeler River project. The summer 2017 program is now expected to continue …
A 500-member jury was formed Monday to deliberate on President Moon Jae-in’s proposal to scrap the construction of two atomic power reactors in the southeastern city of Ulsan to lessen the country’s dependence on nuclear energy, officials said. The members were selected from a pool of 5,981 people who expressed willingness to take part in …
