NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX: NXE) (NYSE: NXE) (ASX: NXG) is pleased to announce the release of its 2022 Sustainability Report (“the Report”) that covers the period January 1 to December 31, 2022. The Report marks the third year that NexGen has reported on the Company’s robust Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) profile and is …
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU) (OTCQB: PTUUF) (“Purepoint” or the “Company”) today provided an update on the recently completed winter uranium exploration programs at its 100% owned Red Willow Project, its 100% owned Tabbernor Project and the Hook Lake Joint Venture all in Northern Saskatchewan Canada. “We are pleased to report that our winter session this year …
Agreements to cooperate on small modular reactors (SMRs) have been signed between South Korean and US companies during a visit by Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to the USA. Doosan Enerbility and the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate with NuScale Power, while SK and Korea Hydro & Nuclear …
Kansai Electric Power has asked Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) for permission to extend the lifespan of units 3 and 4 at its Takahama nuclear power plant by 20 years. Under regulations which came into force in July 2013, Japanese reactors have a nominal operating period of 40 years. One extension to this – limited …
First concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 4 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China’s Shandong province. It marks the official start of construction of the second of two CAP1000 pressurised water reactors planned as Phase II of the plant. The pouring of concrete began on 22 April and was …
Energoatom President Petro Kotin at the signing ceremony (Image: Energoatom) Up to 20 Holtec SMR-160 plants will be built in Ukraine under a cooperation agreement signed between Holtec International and Ukrainian national nuclear operator Energoatom. The agreement calls for the first plant to begin supplying power by March 2029. The agreement was signed on 21 …
How a completed plant could look (Image: Rosatom/Telegram) Nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has granted a licence to build the country’s first land-based small modular reactor (SMR), in the Republic of Sakha (also known as Yakutia) in Russia’s Arctic north. Rosatom’s SMR is a water-cooled RITM-200N reactor that has been adapted from the RITM-200 series used to …
Laramide Resources Ltd. (“Laramide” or the “Company“) (TSX: LAM; ASX: LAM; OTCQX: LMRXF) is pleased to announce results from the Long Pocket and Amphitheatre drill programs at its Westmoreland Uranium Project in Queensland, Australia (“Westmoreland”). Highlights Long Pocket prospect LP22DD001 – 2m @ 403ppm U3O8 from surface, and 2.7m @ 718ppm U3O8 from 39.3m LP22DD003 – 2.2m @ 287ppm U3O8 from 29.8m LP22DD008 – 0.6m @ 503ppm U3O8 from 16.9m and 1m @ 401ppm U3O8 from 24m Amphitheatre …
After touring the as-yet uncompleted fourth reactor at Plant Vogtle, U.S. Rep. Rick Allen, R-Augusta and U.S. House Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-South Carolina, had a message — the United States needs more Vogtles. “I’ll go back to Washington with Rick and we’ll share with our colleagues on Energy …
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. PHOTO BY VERONICA HENRI /Postmedia file Trudeau says country is prioritizing reducing dependency on oil and gas in the coming decades Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada is “very serious” about reviving nuclear energy production to lower the country’s reliance on fossil fuels. The prime minister made the comments in response to …
