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This I2M Web Portal is made available to clients, I2M Associates, geoscientists, and the general public worldwide with a focus on geoscientific and other matters of interest to I2M management. Searches can be conducted using single words, phrases or exact phrases (if you put them in quotes), for example: a simple phrase might be "Russian interests in U.S. uranium" whereas an exact phrase is "critical minerals".
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Rogers and three co-authors reported in 1978 that primary uranium deposits formed by granitic magmas can be classified on two bases: petrologle process of ore formation and tectonic occurrence.
Figure From Bonnetti, et al., (2022)
The processes of ore formation can be subdivided as follows:
1. syngenetic, orthomagmatic disseminations;
2. High-temperature, late-magmatic deposits, including pegmatite stage deposits, s...
Finch reported in the classical U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 538 in 1967 that epigenetic uranium deposits in sandstone and related rocks are formed by the precipitation of uranium minerals from solutions. These deposits are widespread in the United States; they have yielded most of the uranium ore produced in this country and contain nearly all the domestic ore reserves.
The figure above shows the distribution of peneconcordant (circle) and vein (triangle) uranium deposits in sandstone beds of Pennsylvanian and Permian ages and o...
Kelly and 8 co-authors reported in 2007 that the success of sequestration-based remediation strategies will depend on detailed information, including the predominant U species present as sources before biostimulation and the products produced during and after in situ biostimulation.
Real part A of the Fourier transform of the U LIII-edgeEXAFS
spectrum (open symbols) and the EXAFS model (green
...
Hartmann opined on May 1 2024 that "Trump has unleashed his inner psychopath and if he wins this election it’s going to get uglier here in America than most people today can imagine."
Image by StockSnap from Pixabay
"TIME magazine reporter Eric Cortellessa spent hours interviewing Donald Trump, producing a shocking cover story this week. Converting one of his opening paragraphs into bullet points for readability, he summarized that Trump fully pla...
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ENTRA1 is NuScale's exclusive global strategic partner commercializing the NuScale SMR Technology. Through this partnership, NuScale deploys its approved SMR Technology globally to ENTRA1 while ENTRA1 develops, finances, owns, and operates energy production plants.
ENTRA1
Stands as a global powerhouse in the energy sector, steadfast in its mission to bolster energy security worldwide. As an independent energy production company, ENTRA1 is deeply committed to navigating the energy transition spectrum to deliver power solutions that are n...
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McNamara of the UK governmnet announced in early March 2024 that Great British Nuclear (GBN) is buying land for new nuclear development from Hitachi at both Wylfa in Ynys Môn/Anglesey and Oldbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire.
GBN also announced today that the six companies in Great British Nuclear’s (GBN) Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Technology Selection Process can now access tender documentation, allowing them to bid for potentially multi-billion-pound technology development contracts.
Earlier this year, the government published th...
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The Nuclear Energy Insitute (NEI)'s Top Articles in 2023 - 2024 
Nuclear Power Industry
Date posted: 05/01/24
NEI presented the following articles in 2023:
Nuclear still had a big year in 2023. From nuclear being a climate solution to strong, bipartisan support for nuclear policies across the United States to how nuclear energy can change the fashion industry - support for nuclear continues to grow, and NEI captured it all. As this exciting year comes to an end, let’s take a look at our top articles from 2023.
1. State of the Nuclear Energy Industry 2023
This year’s most popular blog was coverage of the Nuclear Energy Assembly, where N...
Wener reported in late April 2024 that BWX Technologies is developing tractor trailer-sized micro nuclear reactors that could illuminate a small U.S. city, run a forward operating military base, power directed energy weapons or fuel deep-space missions.
An illustration of a portable microreactor. Department of Energy Image
BWX Technologies – the prime contractor building the reactors on the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers – has for years devote...
NN reported late April 2024 that a 60-year-old Wyoming industrial machinery company is partnering with nuclear innovator BWX Technologies to deploy 50-megawatt microreactors in America’s heartland over the coming years to provide carbon-free heat and power for industrial users.
L&H Industrial has signed a joint development agreement with Virginia-based BWXT to develop and deploy the company’s advanced nuclear reactor (BANR) in cogeneration sets—equipped to deliver electricity, steam for process heat, or both—in Wyoming and the s...
Nevill and 8 co-authors reported in April 2024 that the authors have discovered a rare dust particle trapped in an ancient extra-terrestrial meteorite that was formed by a star other than our sun. The discovery was made by lead author Dr. Nicole Nevill and colleagues during her PhD studies at Curtin University, now working at the Lunar and Planetary Science Institute in collaboration with NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Researchers have discovered a rare dust particle in a meteorite, form...
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