Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 21:24:27 +0000
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has directed its staff to publish a proposed rule and draft guidance to create Part 53, a much-awaited risk-informed and technology-inclusive licensing framework geared toward […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:33:06 +0000
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Global Nuclear Fuel—Americas (GNF) its first-ever authorization to produce nuclear fuel with uranium-235 (U-235) enrichments up to 8% for commercial power generation. GNF, […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:17:02 +0000
The UK may be poised to become the first European country to launch domestic production of high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU). New funding announced by the country’s government this week signifies […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:24:32 +0000
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has fabricated roughly two dozen commercial-grade fuel pellets of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) uranium dioxide (UO2), the Department of Energy (DOE) revealed on Nov. 20. The […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 03:59:24 +0000
A number of companies with ties to the power industry revealed new projects and other interesting developments this week. The following are some the more noteworthy announcements that POWER has […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 19:43:21 +0000
Westinghouse Electric Company signed a long-term agreement with Slovenské elektrárne to license and supply VVER-440 fuel assemblies to its nuclear power plants in Slovakia. Westinghouse said the agreement “supports Slovakia’s […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 15:39:35 +0000
A number of companies in the power industry revealed new projects and other interesting developments this week. The following are some the more noteworthy announcements that POWER has been monitoring. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 19:11:55 +0000
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has allowed Centrus Energy—a firm contracted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) production with domestic technology—to introduce uranium […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:25:48 +0000
Marking a major milestone, Centrus Energy—a firm under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate production of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) with domestic technology—on Feb. 9 said it completed construction and initial testing of its advanced uranium enrichment centrifuge cascade as well as most of its associated support systems. Once the company […]
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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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