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Restarting uranium mining in Western Australia could create up to 9000 jobs and produce uranium worth more than AUD1 billion a year, a 12-month inquiry by the state's Chamber of Commerce and Industry has found. It recommends that the state overturn its ban on uranium mining to unlock significant economic benefits.

Date: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Chamber-calls-for-Western-Australia-to-overturn-ur

The African Commission On Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) and US-based DeepGEO have signed a partnership agreement paving the way for expanding nuclear energy in Africa and establishing a fully autonomous African nuclear supply chain. The African Nuclear Energy Funding Initiative (ANEFI) agreement supports the development of multinational repositories for high level nuclear waste in Africa to promote regional governance and secure financing for vital infrastructure development. DeepGEO said this “enhances the sustainability of nuclear energy worldwide, and boosts sustainable development in a continent that is expected to become home to 25% of the global population by the year 2050”.

Date: Saturday, 09 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsafcone-and-deepgeo-launch-partnership-to-expand-nuclear-energy-in-africa-11585821

The Saskatoon-based company will reopen underground access at the Tony M uranium mine in Utah during the first half of this year, with the goal of restarting uranium production operations in 2025, should market conditions continue as expected.

Date: Saturday, 02 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IsoEnergy-to-reopen-Utah-uranium-mine

Canada’s Cameco has announced that acquisition of?Westinghouse Electric Company in a strategic partnership with Brookfield Asset Management alongside Brookfield Renewable Partners and institutional partners has been completed. Cameco now owns a 49% interest and Brookfield a 51% in Westinghouse.

Date: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscameco-and-brookfield-complete-acquisition-of-westinghouse-11297387

Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) says it has completed the first stage of demolition of buildings at the Unit for Decommissioning of Caldas (UDC) in southern Minas Gerais, which is currently undertaking clean-up of a former uranium mine. Altogether 12 buildings were demolished at the industrial plant comprising 1,900 square metres of disused structures. The cooling tower was the last structure demolished in early September. According to INB, the area where the buildings were located will be restructured using local soil.

Date: Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsinb-completes-first-stage-of-decommissioning-in-caldas-11174058

Peter Kotin, President of Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom and US ConverDyn President Malcolm Critchley signed a confidentiality agreement and a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on uranium conversion during the recent 2023 World Nuclear Symposium in London. ConverDyn is a general partnership between the American multinational companies General Atomics and Honeywell, which provides uranium hexafluoride conversion (UF6) and related services to companies operating nuclear power plants in North America, Europe and Asia.

Date: Saturday, 16 September 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsenergoatom-and-converdyn-sign-mou-on-uranium-conversion-11150491

Remediation work at legacy uranium mining sites in Uzbekistan is under way, bolstered by a EUR9 million (USD11 million) grant from the Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia (ERA)­ set up on the initiative of the European Union and managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Date: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Clean-up-work-begins-at-Uzbek-legacy-uranium-sites

Kazak President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, in a wide-ranging state-of-the nation has proposed holding a referendum on the issue of NPP construction or refusal to build a nuclear power plant to a national referendum. The Ministry of energy said that, together with interested state bodies, Deputies of Parliament, experts in this field, and public activists, it will consider all issues related to the implementation of the President's instructions, work out other aspects and inform the public about this work.

Date: Wednesday, 06 September 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskazakhstan-to-hold-referendum-on-nuclear-power-11122035

The US Senate has voted by 96-3 to approve legislation that would strengthen domestic nuclear fuel production and ensure that disruptions in uranium supply will not impact the development of advance reactors or the operation of the USA's existing power reactor fleet.

Date: Tuesday, 01 August 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-Senate-votes-to-onshore-nuclear-fuel-production