Denison Announces Filing of Technical Report for Wheeler River

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Denison Mines Corp. (“Denison” or the “Company”) (TSX:DML)(NYSE MKT:DNN)(NYSE American:DNN) today announces that it filed a technical report under Canadian Securities Administrators’ National Instrument 43-101 Standard of Disclosure for Mineral Projects for its 63.3% owned Wheeler River Project in Saskatchewan titled “Technical Report with an Updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the Wheeler River Property, Northern Saskatchewan, Canada” …

IAEA Releases Country Nuclear Power Profiles 2017

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The IAEA has released its annual edition of the Country Nuclear Power Profiles (CNPP), documenting the status and development of nuclear power programmes worldwide as of the end of 2017. The publication summarizes organizational and industrial aspects of nuclear power programmes, including information about relevant legislative, regulatory and international framework, in 50 countries, including 30 that …

China Plans to Build Multiple Nuclear Reactors in 2018

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China’s plan to focus on nuclear power will include constructing six to eight new reactors and bringing five reactors online in 2018, the National Energy Administration (NEA) announced last week. With this plan in place, the country will raise its total nuclear-generating capacity by as much as 6 gigawatts. In its Energy Work Guidance Opinion for 2018, …

Czech business boss says PM’s position on new nuclear reactors is ‘fiction’

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The head of the Czech Chamber of Commerce has hit out at current prime minister Andrej Babiš for his stance that state dominated utility ČEZ should be able to build new nuclear reactors on its own without any help. Chamber president Vladimír Dlouhý, speaking at an energy conference in Prague, said such a position was …

Russia Begins Delivery of Equipment for Unit-3 of India’s Kudankulam NPP

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Atomenergomash — a division of Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM — has shipped out the first batch of equipment for the construction of the turbine for the third unit of India’s Kudankulam nuclear power plan (NPP) on March 13. The company said that two high-pressure heaters of a total requirement of four will be delivered to India …

Plateau Uranium Announces Name Change

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Plateau Uranium Inc. (“Plateau Uranium” or the “Company“) (TSX VENTURE:PLU) (FRANKFURT:QG1) (OTCQB:PLUUF), a lithium and uranium development company, announced today that it has changed its name to “Plateau Energy Metals Inc.” to better reflect the activities of the Company and its mineral diversification. The common shares of the Company will commence trading under the new …

Russia brings Chinese funding into uranium mining

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Russia has opened its uranium mining industry to foreign investment with an agreement signed yesterday between the Russia-China Investment Fund for Regional Development (RCIF), ARMZ Uranium Holding, and Priargunsky Industrial Mining and Chemical Union (PIMCU). ARMZ and PIMCU are subsidiaries of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom. The three parties to the agreement will work on …