Uranium

Uranium Project

UK to Develop HALEU Transport Capability

Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), a subsidiary of the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), has been awarded £10.5m ($13.4m) by the Department for …

Nuclear Fuel

Last Used Nuclear Fuel Removed From Gremikha Naval Base

The process of removing the used uranium-beryllium fuel from former nuclear submarine reactors at the Russian naval base Gremikha has concluded after more than …

Nuclear Reactor

Russia Starts Decommissioning Plutonium-Producing Reactor

Decommissioning of the ADE-2 water-cooled uranium-graphite thermal neutron reactor has begun at the Mining and Chemical Combine in Zheleznogorsk, in the Krasnoy…

Uranium Project

US Regulator Authorises Urenco Plant to Increase Enrichment

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved Urenco USA's licence amendment request to increase uranium enrichment levels up to 10% at its facility in …

Nuclear Reactor

Historic ADE-2 Reactor Transformation Underway

Rosatom’s Mining & Chemical Combine (GKhK – Gorno Khimiheskovo Kombinata) in Zheleznogorsk has begun to decommission the ADE-2 industrial uranium-gr…

Uranium Project

UK to develop transport capability for HALEU

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority subsidiary Nuclear Transport Solutions has been awarded funding by the UK government to spearhead the development of transport…

Nuclear Fuel

Rosatom Starts Reactor Tests Aiming to Increase Nuclear Fuel Enrichment

Russia's Rosatom is testing VVER nuclear fuel containing the neutron absorber erbium and uranium enriched to about 5%. It says such fuel could significantly…

Uranium Project

USA Selects Suppliers for Low-Enriched Uranium Contracts

The US Department of Energy has selected six companies which will be able to compete for contracts to supply low-enriched uranium. It follows June's request…

Nuclear Fuel

GoviEx Commences Niger Arbitration Proceedings

The Vancouver-based company is seeking arbitration on the basis that the State of Niger breached its legal obligations when it withdrew the company's mining…

Nuclear Fuel

GLE Acquires Land for Uranium Enrichment

Visualisation of the planned Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility (Photo credit: GLE)Global Laser Enrichment (GLE), jointly owned by Australia’s Silex System…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kazakhstan Holds Talks With France on 1st Nuclear Power Plant

Kazakhstan on Friday said that its energy minister had held talks with French officials and companies in the running to build the Central Asian country's fi…

SMR

Niger Seizes Control Of Somaïr Uranium Mine

France’s Orano has said that the Nigerien authorities have taken operational control of the Somaïr uranium mining company in which which it is the ma…

Nuclear Reactor

Centrus Expands Uranium Enrichment Capacity

US Centrus Energy Corp is resuming centrifuge manufacturing activities and expanding its manufacturing capacity at its Oak Ridge facility in Tennessee. The comp…

Nuclear Reactor

Iran Vow to Cap Enriched Uranium Stock Unconditional, IAEA Says

Iran’s pledge to cease stockpiling uranium enriched close to the levels needed for nuclear weapons was made unconditionally and is the first time the nati…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

NexGen Energy Ltd (NXE)’s Rook I: Discovering the Richest Uranium Veins in Canada

We recently published a list of 10 Best Nuclear Energy Stocks To Invest In Now. In this article, we are going to take a look at where NexGen Energy Ltd. (NYSE:N…