Nuclear Long-Term Operation will help Europe meet its climate goals

FORATOM, the voice of the European nuclear energy industry, called on the European Commission and other EU institutions to recognise and reward the long-term operation (LTO) of nuclear reactors given its role in meeting Europe’s long-term climate goals during a workshop held yesterday in Brussels. “Nuclear LTO pays off for a number of reasons. It …

T.LAM: Closes Over-Subscribed $3.75M Equity Financing

TORONTO, June 21, 2018 /CNW/ – Further to its press release dated June 4, 2018 and June 8, 2018, Laramide Resources Ltd. (“Laramide” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company has closed its non-brokered private placement on June 20th, 2018 (the “Offering”), and that the Offering was over-subscribed as the Company issued 12,500,000 units (the “Units”) at a …

T.NXE Commences Summer Drilling Program at Arrow

NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX:NXE, NYSE MKT:NXE) is pleased to announce that the summer 2018 drilling program has commenced at the 100% Company owned, Rook I property, in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. The summer 2018 drilling program will target 20,400 m using four diamond drill rigs which is estimated to cost $8.3 million and will focus …

Fission Summer Program to Focus on Completion of Pre-Feasibility Study

FISSION URANIUM CORP. (“Fission” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce preparations have begun for a $6.4M summer work program at its award-winning PLS project in Canada\’s Athabasca Basin. The summer field program is designed to complete all remaining resource and geotechnical drilling required for a pre-feasibility study.  The post- field program will focus on …

China to build nuclear tech college amid talent shortage

China will build a new university dedicated to nuclear power research, amid a severe shortage of qualified people. China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), the country’s leading nuclear power developer and nuclear power plant operator, has signed a contract with the government of Tianjin Municipality to invest in a nuclear technology university in Tianjin, local reported …

Turkey to build third nuclear power plant

Turkey’s president said June 18 that the country will build a third nuclear power plant. During a live question-and-answer social media broadcast with Turkish youths, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey would build its own nuclear power plant after the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, to be built by Russia. “Akkuyu will meet 10 percent of our energy needs,” he said, …

Reactor at trouble-hit Genkai nuclear facility in Saga Prefecture comes back online

A reactor at the trouble-hit Genkai nuclear power station in Saga Prefecture was restarted Saturday for the first time in more than 6½ years despite lingering safety concerns. The No. 4 unit at the Genkai plant is Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s fourth, and the nation’s ninth, to go back online since stricter safety rules were …