Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said on Tuesday it has achieved a series of significant milestones in the construction of Unit 3 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi. ENEC said it has successfully completed the concrete pouring, installation of the turbine generator, and the internal components of …
New Brunswick’s energy minister says he’d like to see another nuclear reactor built in the Maritime province. Rick Doucet said the development of small modular reactors could present a significant economic and export opportunity. “Canada and New Brunswick have an opportunity to become world leaders in the SMR technology and into bringing a clean, new …
South Korean president Moon Jae-in (R) shakes hands with Khalid Al-Falih, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources and chairman of Saudi Aramco, in their meeting at the Blue House in Seoul on May 4, 2018, in this photo provided by the presidential office. (Yonhap) South Korea’s government said Monday it will step …
Wenyuan Wu says given China’s pressing energy needs and its drive to reduce carbon emissions, the country has no choice but to invest heavily in nuclear power. China is well on its way to reaching its carbon reduction goals ahead of time after years of structural economic change that emphasised shifting to low-carbon hi-tech sectors. A recent …
Cabinet members prepare to sit before a meeting on July 3. They approved the revised Basic Energy Plan during the meeting. (Takeshi Iwashita) A new wave of nuclear reactor restarts became more likely as the government approved the new Basic Energy Plan on July 3, confirming that nuclear power will remain a key component of …
Beijing-run giant seeks 49% holding in eight plants. The Chinese government is in early-stage talks to buy a big minority stake in Britain’s fleet of nuclear power stations, The Sunday Times can reveal. China General Nuclear (CGN), the country’s state-run nuclear giant, is understood to have made an approach about acquiring a share of up …
Yellow Cake, a specialist company operating in the uranium sector with a view to hold long term physical uranium ( “U3O8“), is pleased to announce that following the placing and subscription of approximately 76 million ordinary shares (the “Offering”) and admission to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (the “Admission” together with the …
NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX:NXE, NYSE MKT:NXE) is pleased to report assay results for all fifty-four holes from our recently concluded winter drilling program on our 100% owned, Rook I property, in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. Assays have confirmed uranium mineralization was intersected in areas representing significant step outs to the northeast and northwest …
The board of uranium explorer Vimy Resources has given its members a haircut and slashed executive pay just months after wrapping up a feasibility study on the company’s flagship Mulga Rock project, 240km north-west of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Non-executive directors will take a 10 per cent pay cut from this financial year. Meanwhile executive remuneration could also …
The Nuclear Regulation Authority approved safety measures at the only nuclear plant in the Tokyo metropolitan area, but questions remain on whether its aging reactor can restart and if its operator will survive. At a July 4 meeting, the NRA concluded that Japan Atomic Power Co.’s measures to protect the Tokai No. 2 nuclear plant …