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 …
Performance as of March 31, 2023 Asset 1 MO* 3 MO* YTD* 1 YR 3 YR 5 YR U3O8 Uranium Spot Price 1 -0.30% 4.93% 4.93% -12.42% 22.84% 19.23% Uranium Mining Equities (Northshore Global Uranium Mining Index) 2 -6.74% -1.48% -1.48% -24.68% 52.15% 18.92% Uranium Junior Mining Equities (Nasdaq Sprott Junior Uranium Miners Index TR) 3 -11.02% -10.02% -10.02% -36.57% 60.99% …
GoviEx Uranium Inc. (“GoviEx” or the “Company“) (TSXV: GXU; OTCQB: GVXXF) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an amended agreement with Eight Capital and Sprott Capital Partners, as lead underwriters and joint bookrunners (collectively, the “Underwriters“), in connection with an upsized “bought deal” private placement financing of 85,714,200 units of the Company …
With the European Commission having started work on the 11th Russia sanctions package since its invasion of Ukraine, Russia hardliners are reviving pressure to target the country’s nuclear industry. As the EU this week started preparing the next sanction package of sanctions against Russia, the bloc’s ambassadors are set to meet with European Commission officials …
IsoEnergy Ltd. (“IsoEnergy” or the “Company”) (TSXV: ISO; OTCQX: ISENF) is pleased to provide an update on winter 2023 exploration activities on its 100% owned Larocque East, Hawk and Geiger projects, all located in the northeastern region of the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan (Figure 1). Larocque East hosts the Company’s high-grade Hurricane Deposit. Highlights: Five …
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) has signed a 10-year supply contract to provide sufficient volumes of natural uranium hexafluoride, or UF6 (consisting of uranium and conversion services), to meet the full requirements of the Kozloduy 5 Reactor at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, the only nuclear generating station in the Republic of Bulgaria. “This is Cameco’s first …
