The Swedish government’s key coalition partner is ratcheting up pressure on Vattenfall AB to expand nuclear power production and says a separate company could be formed for that purpose if the state-run utility doesn’t move fast enough. The strategy of the nationalist Sweden Democrats, whose support is crucial to the country’s three-party government, stems from …
The selection of several hubs focused on hydrogen production from fossil fuels and carbon capture drew the ire of environmental groups. The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced its selection of seven regional hydrogen hubs in Appalachia, California, the Gulf Coast, the Mid-Atlantic, the Midwest, the Pacific Northwest and a Heartland hydrogen hub comprising Minnesota and …
Twenty countries met at the end of September and committed to nuclear energy as part of the solution to reaching net zero emission targets, the largest shift toward a global accord on the technology in decades. The ‘Roadmaps to New Nuclear’ conference, organized by the French Ministry for Energy Transition and the OECD-NEA in Paris, …
Spot electricity price reaches six-week high in France Strike started Wednesday, will last until Friday evening French spot power prices reached a six-week high on Thursday as output was curbed by an Electricite de France SA strike over pay. The labor action curbed hydropower production by 150 megawatts on Thursday morning, and output was also lowered at the Belleville …
he US State Department on Tuesday officially classified the events in Niger at the end of July as a ‘coup d’etat’. This designation has placed a temporary hold on US development bank financing for the Dasa project. In a response, Toronto-listed Global Atomic has acknowledged that, although it has sufficient cash reserves to cover its operations for the …
GoviEx Uranium Inc. (TSXV: GXU) (OTCQX: GVXXF) (“GoviEx” or “Company“) is pleased to announce the publication of its 2023 Sustainability Report, covering the 12-months to June 30, 2023. GoviEx’s Sustainability Report underscores our commitment to Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG“) principles. The report is compliant with SASB, IFC and GRI standards and showcases GoviEx’s continued commitment …
Nuclear power generation at EDF’s French reactors in September rose 47.8% year on year to 26.9 terawatt hours (TWh), the utility said. EDF’s website said total nuclear generation in France since the start of the year was 233 TWh, up 11.4% from the same period last year thanks to optimisation and control of the maintenance …
Rolls-Royce SMR has awarded a contract to Westinghouse for the development of a fuel design for its small modular reactor (SMR). Meanwhile, it has partnered with the UK’s National Physical Laboratory to investigate safe automated reactor operation for SMRs. Westinghouse Electric Company UK Ltd is to develop a fuel design for the Rolls-Royce SMR. The …
Denison Mines Corp. (“Denison” or the “Company”) (TSX: DML) (NYSE American: DNN) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation, as sole book-runner and lead underwriter, on its own behalf and on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters (collectively, the “Underwriters”), under which the Underwriters have agreed to …
Global Atomic Corporation (“Global Atomic” or the “Company”), (TSX:GLO, OTC:QX:GLATF, Frankfurt:G12) provided an update on the Dasa Project in the Republic of Niger. The United States of America, State Department today officially designated that a “Coup d’Etat” did occur in the Republic in Niger at the end of July 2023. This designation will put a …
