GoviEx Uranium Inc. has completed the required payment to Toshiba Corp. under the terms of the previously announced termination agreement and mutual release. The agreement sets out the terms and conditions under which GoviEx and Toshiba (collectively, the “Parties”) have agreed to settle the tranche B bond dated April 18, 2012, as amended; terminate the …
BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) — The Chinese mainland now has 38 nuclear power units in operation, with a total installed capacity of 36.93 million kilowatts, according to China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA). Most of the nuclear power units are located in southeast China’s coastal provinces, whose nuclear power generation makes up about 15 to 25 …
India’s government-owned National Nuclear Power Corp. (NPCIL) in March signed cooperation agreements for equipment and construction related to the massive 9,900-MW Jaitapur project in Maharashtra, the world’s largest nuclear plant project in terms of generation capacity. Jaitapur is the key project in nuclear collaboration between India and France, which was first broached in 2009 when …
First concrete was poured yesterday into what will become the foundations for the nuclear island buildings of unit 1 of the Kursk II nuclear power plant in western Russia. This is the first of the VVER-TOI (typical optimised, with enhanced information) design nuclear reactors. More than 16,000 cubic meters of self-compacting concrete mix will be …
Growth in world uranium inventories is slowing as the supply sector is responding to a gradual recovery in uranium demand, according to speakers at the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle (WNFC) conference held in Madrid on 18-19 April. Uranium resources remain plentiful, but the investment needed to bring resources into production depends heavily on the market, …
Plateau Energy Metals Inc. (“Plateau” “PLU” or the “Company“) (TSX VENTURE:PLU) (FRANKFURT:QG1) (OTCQB:PLUUF), a lithium and uranium exploration and development company, is pleased to announce results from recently completed vertical drill holes from Platform 9 (drilled ~315 m NW of Platform 1) and Platform 3 (drilled ~170 m SE of Platform 1) at the Falchani …
VANCOUVER (miningweekly.com) – Canadian uranium major Cameco is settling in to a more relaxed pace of business as it rides out the uranium price doldrums, with two of its best assets languishing on care and maintenance. President and CEO Tim Gitzel noted on Friday that “unprecedented noise in the political economy” are yet to translate …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry and François Jacq, Chairman of France’s Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), seized the occasion of President Trump’s Head-of-State welcome for French President Emmanuel Macron to sign two Statements of Intent (SOIs). The signing ushers in a new era of DOE-CEA research and development (R&D) cooperation …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 13 projects to receive approximately $60 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development for advanced nuclear technologies. These selections are the first under DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy’s U.S. Industry Opportunities for Advanced …
The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission is in “advanced” talks with China National Nuclear Corp. to build the kingdom’s first nuclear reactor at a cost of $1 billion, according to the chairman of the Middle Eastern government agency. An agreement on the proposed 220-megawatt reactor is planned to be signed next year, with operations to start …
