Atomic Eagle Ltd (ASX:AEU, FRA:6QZ0) has kicked off a major 30,000-metre drilling campaign at its flagship Muntanga Uranium Project in Zambia, targeting resource growth and new discoveries across multiple high-priority zones. The program marks the company’s first large-scale field campaign since lifting the project’s mineral resource by 24% earlier this year to 58.8 million pounds (Mlbs) of triuranium …
A delegation from Foment del Treball, headed by its president Josep Sánchez Llibre, has conveyed this Tuesday to the European institutions in Brussels the need to review the pace and execution of the energy transition to guarantee the balance between sustainability, security of supply, and economic competitiveness. The Catalan employers’ association considers that decarbonization will only be …
Rosatom State Corporation has started to load fuel into the first unit of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh, the company said. “On April 28, 2026, the loading of fresh nuclear fuel began at Unit 1 of the Rooppur NPP [the general contractor and general designer of which is Rosatom’s Engineering Division]. This was …
Ukraine’s updated energy development strategy through 2050 envisions that at least half of the country’s electricity production will come from nuclear power plants. This was stated by First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal at the International Chornobyl Conference on Recovery and Nuclear Safety, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “We are updating the …
Electric utilities in the United States currently operate about 98 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear generating capacity, but very little nuclear capacity has been built in the last few decades. High capital costs and lengthy licensing and approval processes have limited the expansion of nuclear power. However, several companies are developing new small modular reactor (SMR) designs aimed at reducing capital costs and …
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today announced a groundbreaking proposed rule that enables the safe, rapid deployment of microreactors and other reactors with comparable risk profiles. The proposed regulatory framework, Part 57, is a streamlined, risk-informed, and flexible licensing pathway that maintains strong protection of public health, safety, and security. Developed to implement Executive Order 14300 …
TERM contracts for uranium entered into between nuclear utilities and uranium miners have been strengthening consistently for the past five years, and will continue to drive the outlook for uranium prices, Paladin Energy showed in its latest quarterly results presentation. Over the past five years, the midpoint of term pricing for uranium has risen from $40/pound …
IsoEnergy Ltd. (“IsoEnergy” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: ISOU; TSX: ISO) is pleased to announce the continuation of its U.S. exploration program, focused on advancing its uranium projects in southeast Utah (Figure 1). The 2026 program will include the completion of seven additional surface rotary drill holes with core tails, totaling 11,000 feet on the Flatiron Project (“Flatiron” …
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU) (OTCQB: PTUUF) (“Purepoint“) reports results from an integrated geophysical program combining airborne MobileMT surveys with advanced 3D structural modelling, completed by Expert Geophysics Limited, across three of its Athabasca Basin projects. By integrating MobileMT data into detailed 3D structural models, Purepoint has significantly improved its ability to identify and …
Fuel loading at the first unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is set to begin on 28 April, with electricity expected to be supplied to the national grid on a trial basis by late July or early August. Science and Technology Secretary Anwar Hossain confirmed the development to The Business Standard today (23 April). …