Cameco, one of the world’s largest providers of uranium fuel, has joined Net Zero Nuclear as a strategic partner for 2025. Net Zero Nuclear is a global initiative calling for a tripling in nuclear energy by 2050, to provide the clean and reliable energy that is essential for energy security, decarbonization, the technology revolution and human development. …
The Spanish Congress session on 12 February (Image: www.congreso.es) The Plenary Session of the Spanish Congress has approved a proposal calling for the government to implement a series of measures that would reverse the country’s decision to phase out nuclear power. Under current plans, Spain’s power reactors are all scheduled to shut by 2035. The …
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU) (OTCQB: PTUUF) (“Purepoint” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that recent ground electromagnetic (EM) surveys at the Smart Lake Joint Venture (JV) project have refined high-priority drill targets along the Groomes Lake Conductor with drilling scheduled to begin in mid-March. Smart Lake is a joint venture between Cameco …
A rendering of a 15,000 TEU-class SMR-powered containership (Image: HD KSOE) South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has unveiled a nuclear-powered container ship model utilising small modular reactor technology. The design was revealed on 12 February at the New Nuclear for Maritime Houston Summit, held at the Asia Society Texas Center in Houston, USA. …
Welding has been completed of the upper half of the VVER-1200 reactor vessel for El Dabaa nuclear power plant’s second unit, with Rosatom saying that new materials and welding technologies can help increase the service life of reactors to 100 years. (Image: Rosatom) The welding, at the Atommash production site in Russia, lasted for 20 …
TerraPower, a nuclear innovation company, announced today the selection of three supplier awards to support its first Natrium plant. These awards complete the procurement selection for long lead items for the United States’ first commercial advanced nuclear power plant. The Natrium Reactor Demonstration Project is currently under construction in Kemmerer, Wyoming, and is the first …
As the U.S. makes a U-turn on premature nuclear closures with plans to restart both Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania and Palisades in Michigan, Spain is sticking to the less than ideal model pioneered by the German nuclear phaseout: close the plants now and worry about grid reliability later. Spain has seven nuclear reactors currently operating. Spain’s misguided nuclear phaseout …
Global Atomic Corporation (“Global Atomic” or the “Company”) (TSX: GLO, OTCQX: GLATF, FRANKFURT: G12) is pleased to provide an update on recent activities at the Company and the Dasa Uranium Project in the Republic of Niger. NIGER UPDATE At the African Mining Indaba Conference held in Cape Town last week, the Company held several important …
India wants more nuclear power, has pledged over $2 billion toward research and will change laws to boost investment to do it. The pledges were made by India’s finance minister earlier this month as part of a plan to expand electricity generation and reduce emissions. Nuclear power is a way to make electricity that doesn’t …
Uranium Spot Struggles While Miners Gain: Uranium prices were down 3.09% in January, finding support at around $70 per pound.1 Despite this, uranium miners outperformed with a modest 1.45% gain, and junior miners surged 6.00% as they played catch-up. Early 2025 Turbulence: The uranium sector experienced volatility through January, largely due to the emergence of the Chinese artificial …
