Japan weighs exports of safer, next-gen nuclear reactors

TOKYO — Japan’s government is mulling plans to export next-generation nuclear reactors that promise a greater degree of safety, with Poland lined up as the probable first destination. The move, which would involve high temperature gas reactors, or HTGRs, is part of the government’s infrastructure export strategy. Poland, which is turning to nuclear power as …

KazAtomProm transformation on track

KazAtomProm is making progress in its transition to become a market-led, flexible supplier, the company’s Chief Commercial Officer Riaz Rizvi said today at the World Nuclear Association’s Symposium. The company is transforming its approaches to both production and marketing. Uranium is not alone among extractive industries that are currently experiencing difficult market conditions, Rizvi said. Most …

T. NXE: Announces Filing of NI 43-101 Technical Report for the PEA on the Arrow Deposit, Rook I Project 

VANCOUVER, Sept. 15, 2017 /CNW/ – NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX:NXE, NYSE MKT:NXE) is pleased to announce that it has filed a technical report on the Arrow Deposit, Rook I Project (the “Technical Report“) pursuant to National Instrument 43-101 “Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects” (“NI 43-101“). The Technical Report supports the disclosure made by the …

TEPCO gets OK to restart Niigata reactors, with conditions

The nation’s nuclear watchdog gave conditional approval Sept. 13 to Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s application to resume operations of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant. It marks the first time that reactors operated by TEPCO, which manages the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, have passed more stringent reactor regulations imposed by the Nuclear Regulation Authority after …

Japan Commission Supports Nuclear Power Despite Fukushima

Japan’s nuclear policy-setting Atomic Energy Commission has issued a report calling for nuclear power to remain a key component of the country’s energy mix despite broad public support for a less nuclear-reliant society. By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s nuclear policy-setting Atomic Energy Commission called Thursday for nuclear power to remain a …

China National Nuclear Power plans to establish traveling-wave reactor company

China National Nuclear Power Co Ltd (CNNP), a unit of one of the country’s three largest State-owned nuclear operators, has announced plans to establish a Hebei-based company to promote the development of traveling-wave reactor, or TWR, technology. The move will be carried out in partnership with Huadian Fuxin Energy Limited Company, Zhejiang Zheneng Electric Power Co Ltd, …