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Major Niger uranium mine back in public control: govt
Jun 24, 2024 (AFP)
The company last week said it had been excluded from the Imouraren mine in northern Niger, in a move that highlighted tensions between France and the West Afric...
Niger revokes French operating licence at major uranium mine
Jun 20, 2024 (AFP)
Orano said it has been excluded from the Imouraren mine in northern Niger which sits on an estimated 200,000 tonnes of the metal, used for nuclear power and wea...
Australian opposition details plan for nuclear rollout if elected
Jun 19, 2024 (AFP)
Opposition leader Peter Dutton said he would overturn a 26-year nuclear ban to build seven government-owned reactors on the sites of ageing coal-fired power sta...
Kyrgyzstan lifts uranium extraction ban despite concerns
Jun 13, 2024 (AFP)
"Lawmakers overturned the 2019 law banning the research, exploration and development of uranium reserves," the Kyrgyz parliament said in a statement. The issue ...
Sweden shortlists UK, US firms for new nuclear reactor
Jun 12, 2024 (AFP)
The state-owned group said it had whittled the choice of six potential suppliers down to Britain's Rolls-Royce SMR and American GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy. In No...
Bulgaria's nuclear plant starts to replace Russian fuel
Jun 10, 2024 (AFP)
The state-owned Kozloduy plant on the Danube river supplies more than a third of the country's electricity and has so far relied on Russian fuel for its two ope...
IEEFA Australia responds to nuclear energy proposal
Jun 09, 2024 (SPX)
IEEFA, an independent think tank, is committed to researching and reporting on the most financially viable methods to achieve Net Zero, aiming to avoid burdenin...
High Assay Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel Poses Major Proliferation Threat
Jun 07, 2024 (SPX)
"Were HALEU to become a standard reactor fuel without appropriate restrictions determined by an interagency security review, other countries would be able to ob...
Improved plutonium production methods enhance efficiency and cut costs
Jun 05, 2024 (SPX)
Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Nuclear Power Institute of China have reported that their methods - filter burnup, single-energy burnup, ...
Nuclear waste scanning planned before final disposal in Finland
May 31, 2024 (SPX)
After use, nuclear fuel becomes highly radioactive and hazardous. It contains significant amounts of uranium and plutonium, which are materials used in nuclear ...
Framatome and TerraPower to develop HALEU pilot production facility
May 31, 2024 (SPX)
"A strong domestic fuel supply chain is crucial for the wide-scale deployment of advanced nuclear energy solutions; an energy source we know is needed to meet c...
Framatome secures contract for critical underground piping rehab at US nuclear plant
May 26, 2024 (SPX)
"Framatome's teams innovated to adapt an industrial solution and apply it to the nuclear industry in support of our customer's long-term operational needs and c...
Framatome receives top marks in NRC safety review
May 22, 2024 (SPX)
"We are very proud of this milestone that demonstrates our employees' dedication to safety and quality at our manufacturing facilities around the world," said L...
US, Philippines to train Filipinos in nuclear power
May 21, 2024 (AFP)
The announcement comes after Manila and Washington struck a nuclear cooperation agreement in November that cleared a path for US investment to jumpstart atomic ...
US cites security, climate goals in Russian uranium ban
May 14, 2024 (AFP)
President Joe Biden on Monday signed legislation, broadly supported in Congress, that will prohibit any imports of Russian uranium into the United States as of ...
Fuel rods from GE Vernova's Nuclear Fuels are under evaluation at Oak Ridge
May 11, 2024 (SPX)
"This shipment of these rods is another milestone in the drive to develop the next generation of even safer and more reliable fuel," said Mike Chilton, Executiv...
Sam Altman-backed nuclear start-up crashes after Wall Street debut
May 10, 2024 (AFP)
At around 3:40 pm (1940GMT), the stock was down 53.9 percent to $8.40. Founded in 2013 by graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Oklo wen...
France's next-gen nuclear reactor gets green light
May 07, 2024 (AFP)
The authorisation by the ASN regulator means that the Flamanville reactor, located on the English Channel in Normandy, can be filled with fuel and begin testing...
UN nuclear agency chief to visit Iran next week
Apr 30, 2024 (AFP)
"We can confirm that director general Grossi will be in Iran on May 6-7 for meetings with senior Iranian officials," a spokesman of the International Atomic Ene...
France's EDF, Korea's KHNP bid in Czech nuclear tender
Apr 30, 2024 (AFP)
Prague initially launched a tender worth billions of dollars in 2022 for one new reactor. But it later sought bids for a total of four new units: two each at th...
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