BRUSSELS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it has signed a nuclear fuel contract extension with Ukraine’s State Enterprise National Nuclear Energy Generation Company (SE NNEGC) Energoatom. The contract includes nuclear fuel deliveries to seven of Ukraine’s 15 nuclear power reactors between 2021 and 2025, expanding and extending the existing contract for six reactors that was …
* ASN says French nuclear safety now better than year ago * But Flamanville documentation few months behind schedule (Adds ASN comments) By Geert De Clercq PARIS, Jan 29 (Reuters) – The start-up calendar is “tight” regarding French state-controlled utility EDF’s nuclear reactor which is under construction in Flamanville, northern France, said the head of …
A pressure vessel powered by China’s self-developed Hualong One technology is expected to finish its installation on the No. 5 unit reactor by 6:00 p.m. BJT on Sunday. The reactor pressure vessel (RPV), a core part of a nuclear power unit, weighs over 300 tons and endures high levels of radiation and pressure, and soaring …
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will decide later this year whether to build its first nuclear power plant to lower carbon emissions as part of a plan to reduce dependence on coal in the long term, the country’s Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchorzewski said on Monday. Poland, which uses polluting coal to generate most of its electricity, …
Uranium production from the Inkai joint venture in Kazakhstan is forecast to increase by more than 25% this year, according to a new NI 43-101 technical report filed by 40%-owner Cameco. The operation is forecast to reach maximum production of 10.4 million pounds U3O8 per year in 2020. According to the new report – filed …
UEX Corporation (UEX:TSX) (“UEX” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the 2018 drilling program on the Christie Lake Project (the “Project”) is set to commence. Winter Program Underway The winter 2018 exploration program is underway, with the goal of expanding the uranium resources on the Yalowega Uranium Trend (the “Trend”). The $1.5 million program …
Corpus Christi, TX, January 29, 2018 – Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE American: UEC, the “Company” or “UEC”) is pleased to provide the following letter to its shareholders from President and CEO, Amir Adnani, on the outlook for the Company in 2018. Dear Shareholder, On behalf of management and the Board of Directors, I want to …
VANCOUVER, Jan. 29, 2018 /CNW/ – NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX:NXE, NYSE MKT:NXE) is pleased to announce that the winter 2018 drill program has begun at our 100% owned, Rook I property, in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. The winter 2018 program will consist of approximately 25,000 m using eight drill rigs and focus on a number of key objectives. At the …
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) announced today that it filed a technical report under Canadian Securities Administrators’ National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects titled “Inkai Operation, South Kazakhstan Oblast, Republic of Kazakhstan.” The technical report is dated January 25, 2018, with an effective date of January 1, 2018. As outlined in the technical …
The Namibian Husab Uranium Mine operated by China’s State-owned China General Nuclear Power Corp had produced over 1,000 metric tons of uranium oxide in 2017. The Husab mine, the third-largest uranium mine, will continue to be optimized in 2018. The company will ramp up its throughput to ensure the mine reaches its design capacity by …
