Category NUCLEAR
Cold Fusion given the Green Light by NASA
Official NASA Langley Cold Fusion Video Now Online
U.S. Inches Toward Goal of Energy Independence
Jim Wilson/The New York Times An Apache Corporation well near Hobbs, N.M. Apache is drilling in the Permian Basin, an oil field once thought played out.More Photos » By CLIFFORD KRAUSS and ERIC LIPTON MIDLAND, Tex. — The desolate stretch of West Texas desert known as the Permian Basin is still the lonely domain of scurrying roadrunners by […]
Will The Stars Align for Small Nuclear Reactors?
By MATTHEW L. WALD A company that wants to build a new kind of nuclear reactor, one small enough that it could be delivered by truck, has found a potential customer. WestinghouseA rendering of the Westinghouse small modular reactor. The Westinghouse Electric Company has lined up Ameren, a St. Louis-based electric company, as a partner for its […]
Areva Predicts Uranium Demand Freeze Until 2014
By Francois de Beaupuy – Apr 4, 2012 4:01 PM MT Areva SA (AREVA), the world’s largest maker of atomic reactors, predicted the market for uranium will suffer from a glut before nuclear fuel demand rebounds from 2014 as the industry reels from last year’s meltdown in Japan. “In two years, there will be very strong […]
Scana Receives NRC Approval to Build South Carolina Reactors
By Brian Wingfield and Julie Johnsson – Mar 30, 2012 1:22 PM MT Scana Corp. (SCG) won U.S. approval to build nuclear reactors, the second construction permit issued by regulators in more than 30 years for units that may be among the nation’s last erected this decade. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission today voted 4-1 to approve […]
Global Uranium Demand to Surge — Cameco and Uranium Resources Poised to Benefit
Five Star Equities Provides Stock Research on Cameco Corporation & Uranium Resources Press Release: Five Star Equities – Fri, Mar 9, 2012 8:20 AM EST Companies: Uranium Resources, Inc. Cameco Corp. Cameco Corp RELATED QUOTES Symbol Price Change URRE 0.9988 +0.03 NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire -03/09/12)- Despite a recent hit, uranium stocks have been some of the strongest performers […]
Why Uranium Could Go To $200 And Beyond
February 24, 2012 | 31 comments | about: URA, includes: CCJ As I noted in my previous article entitled, “6 Ideas for Where the Next Bubble Will Be,” I believe uranium prices are ripe to go much higher. There is an imminent supply demand imbalance due to the coming end of theMegatons to Megawatts program, as well as an abundance […]
Uranium Miners Continue To Power Up Portfolios In 2012
February 28, 2012 | 1 comment | includes: CCJ, DNN, RIO, URA, URRE, URZ, USU After an absolutely abysmal 2011, uranium miners and the radioactive commodity itself have performed exceedingly well to start off 2012. A primary cause of the 2011 weakness was the Japanese nuclear catastrophe, which hit the industry’s immediate and future demand projections, followed by some expectations that much of the third world may […]
Federal Regulators Approve Two Nuclear Reactors in Georgia
By MATTHEW L. WALD WASHINGTON — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted 4 to 1 on Thursday to grant a license to build and operate two reactors at a nuclear plant in Georgia, a crucial threshold for an industry that has not had a new start since 1978. The $14 billion project, of which $4 billion was already spent on steps […]
Canada’s Harper Reaches Pact With China on Uranium Sale
By Theophilos Argitis – Feb 9, 2012 2:02 PM MT Terry Davis, superintendent of operational services at the Cameco Corp. Cigar Lake uranium mine, speaks to reporters about ore surfacing freezing technology at the mine in northern Saskatchewan, Canada Photographer: Geoff Howe/Bloomberg Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper reached agreements withChina to facilitate uranium exports and air travel as part of efforts […]
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