After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in late February, global energy costs skyrocketed, and U.S. consumers were hit with record high prices at the gas pump. President Biden banned Russian oil imports and was quick to call for U.S. “energy independence” as Americans felt the sting of inflation rates not seen in four decades due in large part to energy …
Skyharbour Resources Ltd.’s (TSX-V:SYH) (OTCQB:SYHBF) (Frankfurt:SC1P) (the “Company”) partner company Azincourt Energy (“Azincourt), is pleased to announce that the 2022 exploration program has been completed at the East Preston uranium project, located in the western Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada. Drilling for the 2022 winter season at the East Preston Project commenced in late January and a total of 5,004 …
Denison Mines Corp. (“Denison” or the “Company”) (TSX: DML) (NYSE: DNN) is pleased to report the discovery of multiple new high-grade intercepts of unconformity-hosted uranium mineralization in the final three drill holes completed during the winter 2022 exploration program on the Waterfound River property (“Waterfound”). The results were highlighted by drill hole WF-68, which returned a …
A new poll reveals that only 9% of Belgians would support an immediate closure of all nuclear power plants in the country – a considerable swing in popular support for the power source with 15% backing a complete withdrawal from nuclear energy just three months ago. In light of Europe’s ongoing energy crisis, questions about the provision …
For the first time in more than a decade, a narrow majority of Japanese now support restarting idled nuclear reactors, according to a poll in the country’s top business newspaper. The survey result marks the first time since the Fukushima disaster in 2011 that an increasing role for nuclear has been favored. It comes amid …
Four provinces are working together to advance small modular reactors in Canada through an inter-provincial Memorandum of Understanding. Small modular reactors are nuclear reactors that are significantly smaller and more flexible than conventional nuclear reactors. (Gary Solilak/CBC) Provinces say Canada could become global exporter of reactor technology Four provincial governments are pushing ahead with a plan …
With the first pour of concrete for a 700 MW atomic power plant in Karnataka’s Kaiga scheduled in 2023, India is set to put in motion construction activities for 10 ‘fleet mode’ nuclear reactors over the next three years. The first pour of concrete (FPC) signals the beginning of construction of nuclear power reactors from …
Unit 6 of the China National Nuclear Cooperation’s Fuqing nuclear power plant, the second unit of the Hualong One demonstration project, became ready for commercial operation on March 25, meaning that the Hualong One demonstration project has been completed and put into commercial operation. This is one of the major achievement in China’s nuclear power …
The government on Thursday (24 March) informed the Parliament that as many as 22 nuclear power plants with power generation capacity of 6,780 megawatt (MW) are operational in the country at present and the capacity is set to be increased to 22480 MW by the year 2031 . “The present installed nuclear power capacity in …
Congressman Pete Stauber (R-MN), joined by his colleagues Congressmen Adrian Smith (R-NE), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) and Henry Cuellar (D-TX), introduced legislation to ban imports of uranium from Russia. According to the Energy Information Administration, the United States purchased more than 34 million pounds of Uranium from 2016-2020. “It’s more important now than ever for the …
