Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation has announced that the fourth unit of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant has entered into commercial operation, with the company’s CEO Mohamed Al Hammadi stressing the global nuclear industry’s growth opportunity as demand soars for carbon-free energy, at World Nuclear Symposium. On the Barakah achievement, Al Hammadi said: “We are enormously proud of …
Kursk Nuclear Power Plant A government agency in Russia has published a draft plan for the expansion of nuclear power in the country that calls for construction of as many as 34 new reactors by 2042. The Unified Energy System of Russia recently released the plan (translated from Russian), writing that it is open for consultation …
Tomas Pojar, national security adviser of the Czech government, speaks during an interview with the Korea JoongAng Daily at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Jung District, central Seoul, on Tuesday. [PARK SANG-MOON] The Czech government is confident that the new nuclear deal with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) will go through despite …
France’s state-owned nuclear fuel company Orano has selected Oak Ridge, Tennessee as a preferred site to build a multi-billion dollar U.S. uranium enrichment plant, Tennessee and Orano officials said on Wednesday. The move comes months after the administration of President Joe Biden signed legislation meant to eventually end dependence on Russia, the world’s top supplier …
Regulators will host a workshop this week to consider using “advanced” nuclear technologies. After the issue was tucked into a wide-ranging energy bill approved by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature, state regulators in the coming months will study the feasibility of adding more nuclear power. The Florida Public Service Commission has scheduled a Sept. …
Pennsylvania lawmakers are beginning to discuss reopening the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, however, no specific plan to revive the plant has been made. TMI-2, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in US history, has stoked environmental fears in the public for years. Now, state lawmakers are considering reopening the plant. “This …
Tohoku Electric Power Company announced it has started loading fuel assemblies into the reactor of unit 2 at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in Japan’s northeastern Miyagi Prefecture. The reactor has been offline since November 2010 and will become the 13th Japanese reactor to be restarted. Tohoku applied to the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) in …
Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE American: UEC, the “Company” or “UEC”) is pleased to announce that it has received a Sustainalytics Rating of 23.8, which places the Company as the leading uranium mining company and in the top 5th percentile of the Diversified Metals and Mining Subindustry as rated by Morningstar Sustainalytics (as at September 2, 2024). Amir …
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced Kazakhstan will hold a national referendum on October 6 to decide on the construction of a nuclear power plant. The decision reflects the government’s push to address the country’s growing energy needs amid the global energy deficit. “I support the government’s proposal. The national referendum on the construction of a …
Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:SYH) (OTCQX:SYHBF) (Frankfurt:SC1P) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company has commenced a 2,500 metre summer drill program at its 100% owned, 35,705 hectare high-grade Moore Uranium Project. The project is located approximately 15 kilometres east of Denison Mine’s Wheeler River project and proximal to regional infrastructure for Cameco’s Key Lake and McArthur River …
