Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:18:45 +0000
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded contracts with a total potential value of $8 million to four nuclear fuel companies to further U.S. enrichment capabilities for high-assay, low-enriched […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 15:36:32 +0000
India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) will allow the country’s flagship 500-MWe/1,250-MWth prototype fast-breeder reactor (PFBR) in Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, to approach criticality. The nuclear energy safety watchdog on July 30 […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 19:22:39 +0000
The U.S. Senate on April 30 passed—by unanimous consent—a bill to ban imports of unirradiated low-enriched uranium (LEU) produced in Russia. The bill now heads to the president’s desk for […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:11:30 +0000
Iran’s state-run news service said the country has started construction on four new nuclear power units. The IRNA agency on Feb. 1 reported that the four reactors would have expected […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 18:33:28 +0000
There are many reasons to be excited about the U.S. nuclear power industry and its potential for growth. For activists focused on climate change, its carbon-free attribute makes it a […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 18:52:31 +0000
Uranium has been one of the best-performing asset classes in 2022, according to data supplied by HANetf’s Sprott Uranium Miners UCITS ETF (URNM). In fact, the uranium spot price has increased 24.12% during the year through Oct. 31, according to the fund. October was a particularly strong month for uranium oxide (U3O8), which is used […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:13:00 +0000
China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Aug. 2 gave Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) the green light to commission the experimental 2-MWth thorium-based molten salt reactor (TMSR-LF1) at
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 16:14:04 +0000
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ensuing sanctions may have a limited immediate impact on the U.S. nuclear industry, despite its reliance on uranium imports. Potential implications over the longer term, however, require urgent action, officials from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) said. NEI CEO and President Maria Korsnick told reporters at the ongoing CERAWeek by […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:25:32 +0000
Eighteen bipartisan U.S. Senators are backing a bill that would direct the president to declare a national emergency and prohibit imports of Russian energy commodities, including crude oil, petroleum products, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and coal. While the measure does not include Russian uranium, a senior Department of Energy official said addressing U.S. reliance on […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:24:50 +0000
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Efforts to commercialize production of high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel, which is needed for an array of advanced reactors, ramped up this week with two major announcements. As the Department of Energy (DOE) contracted Centrus Energy to demonstrate production of HALEU fuel for advanced reactors at the DOE’s American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio, private […]
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