Armenia and Russia discuss Armenian 2 operating extension, and new nuclear

Further extending the operating life of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant’s second unit was identified as a priority during a meeting between Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. During the meeting, in Yerevan, the two “agreed on specific steps for the near future, which will allow the re-extension work to …

Westinghouse announces a new small nuclear reactor — a notable step in the industry’s efforts to remake itself

Westinghouse announced the launch of a small version of its flagship AP1000 nuclear reactor on Thursday. The new reactor, called the AP300, aims to be available in 2027, and will generate about a third of the power as the flagship AP1000 reactor, enough to power about 300,000 homes. It’s expected to cost about $1 billion …

V.SYH Resources Receives $1.55 Million from Warrant Exercises

Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH) (OTCQX: SYHBF) (Frankfurt: SC1P) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has received an aggregate CAD $1,551,456.50 from the exercise of share purchase warrants with a strike price at $0.22 since April 1st, 2023. A total of 7,052,075 warrants have been exercised with the batch of warrants expiring May 1st, 2023. About Skyharbour Resources Ltd.: Skyharbour holds …

Team Holtec signs agreements with Korean financial firms

Two South Korean national financial institutions – Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure) and the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) – have each entered into agreements with Holtec International and Hyundai Engineering & Construction to provide financial support for SMR-160 projects around the world. Holtec participated in the Korea-US Advanced Industry and Clean Energy Partnership Event …

State takeover of EDF resumes after appeal dismissed

The French State has requested the country’s Financial Markets Authority (AMF) reopens the simplified public tender offer for the outstanding shares of EDF after the Paris Court of Appeal dismissed a claim lodged by minority shareholders in EDF challenging the deal. EDF’s board of directors on 27 October last year approved an offer by the …

Construction begins of third unit at Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear power plant

First concrete has been poured into the foundation slab marking the start of the main construction phase for unit 3 of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant project, and follows the issuing of a construction licence by the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority on 29 March. Chairman of Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA), Amged …

Oliver Stone’s new movie makes the case nuclear power is the obvious solution to climate change

Director Oliver Stone attends the “Nuclear” red carpet at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 09, 2022 in Venice, Italy. Oliver Stone’s new movie, “Nuclear Now,” makes an impassioned plea that nuclear energy is a necessary and obvious solution to climate change. The movie had a special screening at the World Economic Forum …

U.UEC Files S-K 1300 Technical Report Summary for its World-Class Roughrider Project in Saskatchewan, Canada

Total Roughrider Project resources are 27.8 million lbs. U3O8 in 389,000 tonnes grading 3.25% U3O8 in the Indicated category and 36.0 million lbs. U3O8 in 359,000 tonnes grading 4.55% U3O8 in the Inferred category (Table 1). Following the acquisition of the Roughrider Project in 2012, Rio Tinto completed additional delineation and geotechnical drilling during 2012 through 2016, further delineating …

V.PTU Releases Airborne Electromagnetic Results for Tabbernor Project

Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU) (OTCQB: PTUUF) (“Purepoint” or the “Company“) today provided results from a helicopter-borne versatile time domain electromagnetic (VTEM) survey across its 100% owned Tabbernor Project that lies on the eastern edge of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan Canada. “Our Tabbernor VTEM survey has provided us with excellent first-pass exploration target areas; …

Hot Functional Testing completed for Vogtle Unit 4

Georgia Power today announced the completion of hot functional testing for Unit 4 at the Vogtle nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Ga. The completion of hot functional testing marks a significant step towards operations and providing customers with a reliable, carbon-free energy source for the next 60 to 80 years. Unit 4 is projected to enter service …