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Uganda looks to potential uranium production

Uganda looks to potential uranium production

The Government of Uganda is hosting an International Atomic Energy Agency Integrated Uranium Production Cycle Review mission as it reviews its potential to produce uranium to support its plans for 24,000 MWe of nuclear capacity.

Uranium & Fuel 16 May 2024

Podcast: World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2024

Podcast: World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2024

The challenges and opportunities arising from the goal of tripling nuclear energy capacity feature in a special report on discussions at the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2024 event in Kazakhstan.

Uranium & Fuel 01 May 2024

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US Senate passes act banning Russian uranium imports

UK aims for Urenco-built HALEU facility by 2031

Podcast: World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2024

X-energy awarded federal tax credit for TRISO fuel plant

Production to begin of innovative fuel for German research reactor

First Westinghouse fuel at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant

Fuel cycle players explore opportunities and challenges at WNFC 2024

Post-irradiation testing of high-burnup fuel under way at ORNL

First drum of uranium from restarted Australian project

US Q1 uranium production highest since 2018

US Q1 uranium production highest since 2018

US production of 82,533 pounds U3O8 (32.1 tU) in the first quarter of 2024 was the highest Q1 production since 2018 and almost 80% more than production for the whole of 2023.

Uranium & Fuel 14 May 2024

Post-irradiation testing of high-burnup fuel under way at ORNL

Post-irradiation testing of high-burnup fuel under way at ORNL

High burnup fuel rods manufactured by GE Vernova's Global Nuclear Fuel are being examined at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory after spending six years in a commercial nuclear power reactor.

Uranium & Fuel 10 May 2024

UK aims for Urenco-built HALEU facility by 2031

UK aims for Urenco-built HALEU facility by 2031

The UK government is awarding GBP196 million (USD245 million) to Urenco to build a uranium enrichment facility with the capacity to produce up to 10 tonnes of high-assay low-enriched uranium per year by 2031.

Uranium & Fuel 08 May 2024

Niger minister visits Dasa uranium project

Niger minister visits Dasa uranium project

Niger's Mines Minister Ousmane Abarchi took part in the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the processing plant at Global Atomic Corporation's site, and expressed the government's support for the project when he visited the mine on 3 May.

Uranium & Fuel 07 May 2024

Former Canadian uranium mine site returned to province

Former Canadian uranium mine site returned to province

The Province of Saskatchewan has released the former Cluff Lake uranium mine and mill site from decommissioning approvals and its associated surface lease, Orano Canada Inc has announced. The area now has unrestricted public access.

Uranium & Fuel 03 May 2024

US Senate passes act banning Russian uranium imports

US Senate passes act banning Russian uranium imports

The Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act, which will ban the importation into the USA of low-enriched uranium that is produced in Russia or by a Russian entity, will now go to President Biden to be signed into law.

Uranium & Fuel 01 May 2024

X-energy awarded federal tax credit for TRISO fuel plant

X-energy awarded federal tax credit for TRISO fuel plant

A USD148.5 million federal tax credit has been awarded to X-energy for the construction of the first-of-a-kind fuel facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The TX-1 fuel fabrication plant will be constructed by the company's TRISO-X subsidiary and is designed to produce up to 714,000 TRISO fuel pebbles per year.

Uranium & Fuel 24 April 2024

Fuel cycle players explore opportunities and challenges at WNFC 2024

Fuel cycle players explore opportunities and challenges at WNFC 2024

Meeting pledges to triple nuclear capacity by 2050 will mean opportunities for all stages of the nuclear supply chain. These opportunities - and associated challenges - were widely discussed at the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2024 conference which took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Uranium & Fuel 23 April 2024