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Workers are returning to the Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, ahead of its planned restart later this week, Cameco has announced. All non-essential personnel were evacuated last week from the site as a precaution due to the proximity of a nearby wildfire.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 06 July 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Cigar-Lake-to-resume-operation-as-wildfire-risk-pa
Production at Cigar Lake has been suspended and Cameco is evacuating all non-essential personnel from the uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan as a precaution due to the proximity of a nearby wildfire. Some 230 workers are being transported off site, the company said yesterday, with about 80 essential personnel remaining on-site to maintain the facility in a safe state.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 03 July 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Cameco-evacuates-Cigar-Lake-as-wildfire-precaution
Production at the Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, resumed near the end of April following the second COVID-19 related shutdown, Cameco said on 7 May whilst announcing its results for the first quarter of 2021. The company said its deliveries to customers in 2020 were not impacted by the pandemic and it does not expect there to be a material impact on its 2021 deliveries. However, it now expects to purchase more uranium in order to meet its supply contracts.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 11 May 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Cameco-increases-uranium-purchases-to-meet-contrac
Innovation and energy have long been intertwined, and with recent advancements in clean technologies, there is an abundance of momentum towards a greener future, writes Steve Threlfall, general manager of U-Battery.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 29 April 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-Advanced-nuclear-for-the-hydrogen-econom
Thirty-five years on from the Chernobyl accident, Ukraine and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have highlighted their commitment to cooperation in nuclear power. Meanwhile Ukraine’s nuclear regulator has launched the start of operations at a new storage facility for used nuclear fuel at the Chernobyl site.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 28 April 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Title
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday called on heads of state to put their political differences to one side and make a collective effort to tackle global warming. Blinken moderated the first session of the Leaders Summit on Climate, which included Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 24 April 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Politics-should-not-detract-from-climate-policy,-s
Orano is confident about its uranium mining future and will continue to invest in its projects while remaining committed to being a responsible mining company at all stages of operation, Orano Mining CEO Nicolas Maes told delegates at the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle forum today.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 16 April 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Orano-Mining-CEO-expresses-confidence-for-future
Canada’s Cameco and Orano Canada on 9 April both announced plans to resume uranium production. Cameco said that it plans to restart production at its Cigar Lake uranium mine located in northern Saskatchewan. Production at Cigar Lake was temporarily suspended in December 2020 due to increasing risks posed by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. At that time, the availability of workers in critical areas was shrinking due to the pandemic, with more individuals screening out or residing in communities with pandemic-related travel restrictions.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 14 April 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuranium-production-to-resume-in-canada-8665738
Canadian uranium producer Cameco is "bullish about the future" thanks to growing interest from around the world in nuclear energy as a reliable, sustainable and low-carbon source of electricity, President and CEO Tim Gitzel said today during the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle forum, which is being held this week by the US Nuclear Energy Institute and World Nuclear Association.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 14 April 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Cameco-buoyed-by-global-interest-in-nuclear
Cameco suspended operations at Cigar Lake in mid-December 2020 because of the increasing risks posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The company said at the time that the availability of workers in critical areas was shrinking, with more individuals screening out or living in communities with pandemic-related travel restrictions.
With the restart of Cigar Lake, Cameco will closely monitor the Covid-19 case counts and the progress of the vaccine rollout, and will continue dialogue with public health authorities and northern Saskatchewan leaders.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 13 April 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/cameco-to-restart-cigar-lake-mine-after-december-pandemic-shutdown-4-1-2021