Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU) (OTCQB: PTUUF) (“Purepoint” or the “Company”) announced today the commencement of mobilization efforts at the 100%-owned Red Willow project within the eastern uranium mine district of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan Canada. This past winter’s drilling intersected uranium mineralization along 1.2 kilometres of strike length associated with the northern area of the Osprey …
Japan’s power generation mix, nuclear fleet This analysis is by Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Industry Analyst Henik Fung and Associate Analyst Chia Cheng Chen. It appeared first on the Bloomberg Terminal. The energy equivalent of a Greek chorus is beating the drums for Japan to fire up its nuclear plants, with public support rising to 60% …
A rendering of the Aurora powerhouse, a 1.5-MW fission power system being developed by Oklo Inc. Source: Oklo Inc. Oklo, the developer of the much-watched 1.5-MW Aurora microreactor, has submitted a recharged licensing project plan (LPP) with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), launching a renewed effort that could help the advanced nuclear reactor developer set …
Global Atomic Corporation (“Global Atomic” or the “Company”), (TSX:GLO, OTC:QX:GLATF, Frankfurt:G12) is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of shareholders exercising warrants that were issued along with common shares in March 2021 primarily to advance the Company’s Dasa Uranium Project in the Republic of Niger. Since these warrants were issued, 3.12 million C$3 investor warrants …
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) (9501.T) said on Friday it will revise its pricing for high-voltage industry customers next year to reflect soaring costs, but will take into account the assumed restart of the No.7 unit of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. Tepco President Tomoaki Kobayakawa told a news conference of the new pricing policy, including the …
A worldwide nuclear renaissance led by Japan, some countries in Europe (despite German obfuscation), and hopefully the USA, is changing the international uranium market. Uranium producers across the world are forecasting a long-term embrace of nuclear power driving up demand for Uranium and are adjusting accordingly. These producers are not content to just quickly cash in from an ephemeral price …
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has conducted its first ever Site and External Events Design (SEED) mission to look into site selection for a small modular reactor (SMR). The three-day mission to Romania was conducted last month at the request of Nuclearelectrica. Nuclearelectrica and NuScale are cooperating with the US Trade and Development Agency …
The Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) appears to be open to postponing preparations for the Doel 3 reactor’s dismantlement, as will be discussed by the Federal Government at an upcoming meeting. On Wednesday, it was reported that the Doel 3 power station would be permanently decommissioned on 23 September and would no longer supply roughly 7,500 …
This filing marks the largest S-K 1300 uranium resources reported in the United States combining UEC’s recently acquired Uranium One Americas, Inc. (“U1A”) and Anfield Energy assets together with the Reno Creek Project. The Irigaray Processing Plant is the Hub central to eleven satellite In-Situ Recovery (ISR) projects across the Powder River Basin (“PRB”) and …
The Taishan Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 & 2, in Guangdong, China. (Source: EDF Energy via Wikimedia Commons) China had last approved a larger number of nuclear power plants in 2008, when it gave the go-ahead to 14 new ones. The projects approved this week will cost about 80 billion yuan ($11.5 billion), reported Yicai.com, …