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"The US uranium mining industry has the personnel and yellowcake processing plants on standby, and is ready to expand into new areas with discoveries that will provide hundreds of years of available uranium resources from a variety of secure sources," says Michael D. Campbell, chairman of the Uranium (Nuclear & REE) Committee of the Energy Minerals Division of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). "So let the drilling and processing begin."
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 25 December 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-uranium-miners-ready-to-support-nuclear-power,
CNNC Rössing Uranium has announced the suspension of normal mining operations at the Rössing uranium mine in Namibia from 28 March because of a partial lockdown of the Erongo region in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Elsewhere, uranium miners continue to address issues arising from the global pandemic.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 31 March 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Rossing-operations-suspended-in-Namibian-lockdown
It is not too late for Australia to join nuclear power countries in the fight against climate change, writes Tania Constable, CEO of Minerals Council of Australia.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 25 October 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-Australia-must-review-its-outdated-regul
Australia should repeal its prohibition on nuclear energy regardless of whether it decides to build nuclear power plants, Ziggy Switkowski, a former chairman of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, told a federal parliamentary committee yesterday. Switkowski, who led the 2006 Review of Uranium Mining Processing and Nuclear Energy in Australia, was the first to address the committee's inquiry into the prerequisites for nuclear energy in the country.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 31 August 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Switkowski-Australia-should-repeal-nuclear-ban
Australia should repeal its prohibition on nuclear energy regardless of whether it decides to build nuclear power plants, Ziggy Switkowski, a former chairman of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, told a federal parliamentary committee yesterday. Switkowski, who led the 2006 Review of Uranium Mining Processing and Nuclear Energy in Australia, was the first to address the committee's inquiry into the prerequisites for nuclear energy in the country.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 30 August 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Switkowski-Australia-should-repeal-nuclear-ban
Energoatom and Cameco have signed a memorandum of cooperation and understanding as part of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator's strategy to diversify its nuclear fuel supply. The document was signed yesterday at the uranium producer's headquarters in Saskatoon, Canada.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 27 August 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ukraine-further-diversifies-fuel-supply-with-Canad
Energoatom and Cameco have signed a memorandum of cooperation and understanding as part of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator's strategy to diversify its nuclear fuel supply. The document was signed yesterday at the uranium producer's headquarters in Saskatoon, Canada.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 23 August 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ukraine-further-diversifies-fuel-supply-with-Canad
Kyrgyzstan's parliament on 2 May voted to ban uranium exploration and mining despite previously issuing licences to foreign companies.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 07 May 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskyrgyzstan-bans-uranium-mining-as-environmental-remediation-work-begins-7195677
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has called on the Australian government to reverse legislation that effectively bans the country from developing a nuclear energy industry. The MCA, which represents the country's exploration, mining and minerals processing industry, has also called for uranium projects to be removed from the definition of "nuclear action" under federal environmental law.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 01 September 2017
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Australian-organisation-calls-for-end-to-nuclear-b
South Australia Royal Commission into the Nuclear Fuel Cycle recommended, in its 344-page report published on 9 May, that South Australia should "further investigate" the feasibility of the storage and disposal of international used nuclear fuel and intermediate-level waste. The commission said South Australia has the attributes and capabilities to manage and dispose of international used nuclear fuel safely, and it would have a significant inter-generational benefit to the community.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 10 May 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssouth-australia-considers-international-waste-facility-4888242