Enter the Nimble Dragon: China looks to small reactors for nuclear edge

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is betting on new, small-scale nuclear reactor designs that could be used in isolated regions, on ships and even aircraft as part of an ambitious plan to wrest control of the global nuclear market. Within weeks, state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) is set to launch a small modular reactor (SMR) …

France to close some nuclear reactors, says ecology minister Hulot

BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) – French environment and energy minister Nicolas Hulot said on Monday that the government plans to close some nuclear reactors of state-controlled utility EDF (EDF.PA) to reduce nuclear’s share of the country’s power mix.He gave no indication of timing.Hulot told reporters at the G7 environment summit in the Italian city of Bologna …

IAEA fuel ‘bank’ on course

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Yukiya Amano yesterday updated the agency’s board of governors on recent developments including the IAEA’s storage facility for low-enriched uranium (LEU) – known as the LEU Bank – which will be inaugurated on 29 August and should receive its first uranium in 2018. The facility, at the Ulba Metallaurgical …

T.LAM: Laramide Resources Provides Update on Churchrock Uranium Project and Commences NI 43-101 Resource Estimate

TORONTO, March 29, 2017 /CNW/ – Laramide Resources Ltd. (“Laramide” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce it has engaged SRK Consulting (U.S.), Inc. of Denver, Colorado (“SRK“) to prepare an independent NI 43-101 Technical Report on the mineral resources for the Company’s 100% owned Churchrock and Mancos Properties (the “Properties”), located in New Mexico, United States ( the “Resource Estimate”). The …