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Ur-Energy has announced a decision to "build out" the fully permitted and licensed Shirley Basin Project in Carbon County, Wyoming. The company recently made its first shipment of uranium from the restarted Lost Creek project.

Date: Friday, 15 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ur-Energy-to-build-out-second-Wyoming-project

Germany-based NUKEM Technologies (a subsidiary of Rosatom) announced that the experimental set-up for its state-of-the-art solidification plant has been completed. NUKEM, an international specialist in radwaste and used fuel management, said this “represents a significant advance in the safe and efficient treatment of radioactive waste generated during the operation and dismantling of nuclear power plants and nuclear facilities”.

Date: Thursday, 01 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnukem-completes-test-set-up-for-solidification-plant-11476976

enCore Energy of the USA has entered into an agreement with Australia's Boss Energy, through which Boss will acquire a 30% stake in enCore's Alta Mesa in-situ leach (ISL) project in South Texas.

Date: Thursday, 07 December 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/enCore-and-Boss-Energy-form-strategic-partnership

Uranium production has begun at enCore Energy Corp's South Texas Rosita Central Processing Plant (CPP). The restart of the plant which last produced yellowcake in 2008 is the first step in enCore's South Texas in-situ leach uranium production pipeline strategy.

Date: Saturday, 02 December 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Texas-uranium-operation-returns-to-production

The first in-situ leach field test programme carried out by Denison on Tthe Heldeth Túé uranium deposit at Waterbury Lake achieved its planned objectives and has confirmed expectations that the deposit can be amenable to mining using in-situ techniques.

Date: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Inaugural-study-completed-for-potential-Canadian-I

US uranium mining company Uranium Energy Corp (UEC) announced its plan to accelerate the steps required for a resumption of operations has been completed, enabling a faster restart at the Christensen Ranch in-situ leach (ISL) project in Wyoming.

Date: Friday, 14 July 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Christensen-Ranch-project-ready-for-restart

Uranium production will resume at the Alta Mesa processing plant in early 2024, enCore Energy has announced, making it the company's second producing location following resumption of uranium production at the South Texas Rosita plant which is scheduled for later this year. Meanwhile, supply chain issues have meant a slight delay to the restart of commercial production at Peninsula Energy's Lance project.

Date: Friday, 17 March 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/More-progress-towards-US-uranium-production-restar

A demonstration project for the deep underground exploration of hydrothermal uranium deposits in southern China recently passed a national acceptance check. Meanwhile, Chinese researchers have developed an innovative method of pre-enriching uranium in seawater by membrane filtration.

Date: Friday, 27 May 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Chinese-researchers-seek-to-expand-uranium-resourc

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has partnered with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the US Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) to complete the recent demolition of a building and removal of a reactor to make room for new facilities, LLNL said on 10 May.

Date: Saturday, 14 May 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsreactor-and-buildings-demolished-at-us-lab-site-9695816

Vimy Resources Limited yesterday announced the start of mining activities at Mulga Rock, where the excavation of a ramp at the Ambassador North pit is under way.

Date: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Vimy-breaks-ground-at-Mulga-Rock