Rosatom obtains first license on Akkuyu nuclear plant construction in Turkey

MOSCOW, October 20 – Rosatom has obtained the first license on construction of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the first nuclear power plant in Turkey, Russia’s nuclear corporation reported Friday. “The limited construction permit allows to launch construction and assembly operations at all sites of the nuclear power plant, excluding the buildings and facilities that are …

India seeks to buy more than 2,000 tons of Uzbek uranium

AKIPRESS.COM – President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi discussed the issue of supplying Uzbek uranium to India at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, The Economic Times reports. India is holding talks on the purchase of uranium for its nuclear power plant, the report said. “Uzbekistan, the seventh biggest …

Australia company Peninsula Energy exits SA uranium venture in Karoo

Peninsula Energy, the Australian company bankrolling the Karoo uranium mining venture, has announced it is pulling out. Peninsula had been seeking through its South African partners Tasman Pacific Minerals, Beaufort West Minerals, Lukisa JV Company and Tasman Mmakau JV Company to launch three uranium mines between Beaufort West and Aberdeen: Rhyst Kuil and Kwaggas Fontein …

South Korea’s Moon Will Resume Building Existing Nuclear Reactors

South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s support of a government panel to resume building two stalled nuclear reactors sent shares of engineering and construction companies surging. The recommendation released Friday on the $7.5 billion project came after a nine-member committee gathered public opinion over the past three months about the permanent suspension of the Shin Kori …

V.SYH: Option Partner Announces Upcoming Exploration Program

Vancouver, BC – Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH) (OTCQB: SYHBF) (Frankfurt: SC1P) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce the Company’s option partner Azincourt Energy (TSX-V: AAZ) (“Azincourt”) has announced details for an upcoming exploration program at the East Preston Uranium Project located in the western Athabasca Basin near NexGen Energy Ltd.’s high-grade Arrow deposit hosted on its Rook-1 property and …

T.NXE: Drills Massive Pitchblende at South Arrow 

VANCOUVER, Oct. 18, 2017 /CNW/ – NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX:NXE, NYSEMKT:NXE) is pleased to report radioactivity results for sixteen holes from South Arrow as part of our on-going summer drilling program on our 100% owned, Rook I property, in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. South Arrow Aggressive step out drilling at the recently discovered South Arrow has intersected significant off-scale radioactivity in multiple …

V.PLU:  Negotiates First Access Agreement  and Announces New Prospecting Discovery

TORONTO, ONTARIO — October 16, 2017 – Plateau Uranium Inc. (“Plateau Uranium” or the “Company“) (TSX VENTURE: PLU) (OTCQB: PLUUF) (FRANKFURT: QG1), a uranium and lithium exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that it has signed the first agreement with the local community of Chaccaconiza to explore a highly prospective area in the south …