Agreement on post-ARENH nuclear electricity pricing

The French government and state-owned EDF have reached an agreement to regulate the price at which the utility’s nuclear-generated electricity is sold to an average of EUR70 (USD76) per MWh once the current ARENH mechanism expires at the end of 2025. Currently, under the so-called Regulated Access to Incumbent Nuclear Electricity (Accès Régulé à l’Electricité Nucléaire …

Kazakh-French Joint Venture to Commence Uranium Mining at South Tortkuduk at Year-End

KATCO, a joint venture of the French Orano Mining and Kazatomprom national atomic company, will start mining uranium at Kazakhstan’s South Tortkuduk site at the end of 2023, Trend.az reported on Nov. 12, citing a source at Orano multinational nuclear fuel cycle company. As the world’s largest uranium producer, Kazakhstan hosts Orano through KATCO, established in …

T.LAM Completes A$12.0 Million Placement

Laramide Resources Ltd. (“Laramide” or the “Company“) (TSX: LAM) (ASX: LAM) (OTCQX: LMRXF) is pleased to announce that further to the news release of November 9, 2023, the A$12 million placement to institutional and sophisticated investors pursuant to s708 of the Corporations Act (Cwth) 2001 in Australia has completed. Funds have been received and CDIs are being issued. Proceeds from …

IAEA sees enhancement of Swiss nuclear security

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has completed a follow-up nuclear security advisory mission to Switzerland. The International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) mission concluded Switzerland has strengthened its nuclear security regime since a mission in 2018. IPPAS missions are intended to assist IAEA member states in strengthening their national nuclear security …

Construction schedule agreed for Paks II in Hungary

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Rosatom’s Director General Alexei Likhachev have signed an agreement on the schedule for the construction of the Paks II nuclear power plant. Although the detail of the agreed schedule has not been released, Szijjártó (pictured, right, with Likhachev) said on his Facebook page: “We signed the Paks II schedule, based …

Sixth NuScale SMR simulator opens, in Korea

NuScale Power Corporation has announced the opening of the first privately-funded NuScale Energy Exploration Centre (E2 Centre) at Seoul National University (SNU) in partnership with GS Energy Corporation, Doosan Enerbility and Samsung C&T Corporation. The E2 Centre offers users a hands-on opportunity to apply nuclear science and engineering principles through simulated, real-world nuclear power plant …

Russian nickel miner wants nuclear power for Arctic plant

Nornickel starts talks with Russia’s state nuclear energy company Rosatom on the building of a small-scale nuclear power station in Norilsk. A memorandum of understanding was this week signed by Nornickel owner and CEO Vladimir Potanin and Rosatom General Secretary Aleksei Likhachev. It outlines the building of a small-scale nuclear power station in the far …