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John Hopkins, President and CEO of NuScale Power, indicated that he and the senior managmeny team "are grateful to the entire NuScale Power team for the strides made in 2023, including the submission of our Standard Design Approval (SDA) application to the U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a VOYGR™-6 (6-module) power plant configuration powered by an uprated 250 MWt (77 MWe) module. The NRC officially accepted the SDA last summer with a 24-month review schedule now in place for approval.
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DOE produced this report in 1984. This document assesses and compares the environmental impacts of various alternatives for remedial action at the Gunnison uranium mill tailings site located 0.5 miles south of Gunnison, Colorado. The site covers 56 acres and contains 35 acres of tailings, 2 of the original mill buildings, and a water tower.
The Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act af 1978 (UMTRCA), Public Law 95-604, authorized the U.S. Department of Energy to clean up the site to reduce the potential health impacts associated with the...
Read More...Botis and six co-authors reported in 2006 that The distribution of natural radiation-induced damage in quartz from the uranium-mineralized Athabasca basin in northern Saskatchewan has been investigated by cathodoluminescence (CL) imaging and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy.
The figure above is the location map of the Athabasca basin, northern Saskatchewan. Sample locations in this study are marked by solid squares (uranium deposits) and open circles (exploration areas). Only those mentioned in the text are labeled: the Cig...
Richard and five co-authors reported in 2013 that Fluid inclusions from two quartz samples of the McArthur River and Rabbit Lake unconformity-related uranium deposits (Athabasca Basin, Canada) were analysed by synchrotron X-ray fluorescence (SXRF) and X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES) to shed light on (i) the detailed chemistry of the fluids having transported the uranium and (ii) the speciation of uranium in these fluids.
In the figure above, the composition is illustrated of the NaCl-rich brine fluid inclusions from the Rabbit...
Schreiner reported in late March 2024 that Kentucky’s Republican-dominated legislature wrapped up work Friday on a bill meant to lay the foundation for nuclear energy in a state where coal has been king for generations, fueling the economy. The House gave 92-0 final passage to send the measure to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. The bill cleared the Senate by a 34-0 vote last month.
Full-Size or SMR Types of Nuclear Power Plants in Kentucky?
While extolling the untapped...
Read More...Hartmann opined in March 23 2024 that: "Like Hitler, Netanyahu, and Bush all did, Putin just claimed that up is down, that the terrorist attack he knew was coming was an unprovoked surprise, and that it came from Ukraine, not ISIS-K ...
Image by Andreas Hoja from Pixabay
Hartmann goes on to opine that: "Normally, I’d push this article out on Monday morning, as I publish these free “Daily Takes” every weekday and I usually write Monday’s piece over...
Read More...Leventhala and Dolley reported in 1994 that Japan could acquire a 50-year reserve of low-enriched uranium fuel for its nuclear power plants at about half the cost of its plutonium program, providing energy security and major economic and political benefits. Fuel for light-water reactors made with plutonium costs four to eight times as much as conventional uranium fuel.
Japan Recyling "Used" Fuel.
Japan can develop a Strategic Uranium Reserve to addres...
Read More...Hartmann opined in late February 2024 that "back on March 13, 2020 — almost exactly four years ago — I wrote an article that was published at alternet.org laying out how Republicans were then, ten months before January 6th, planning to partially repeat the debacle of the election of 1876 by having Vice President Pence refuse to certify swing state votes and thus throw the election to the House to keep Trump in office, no matter how the election went.
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Read More...VOA News reported in late 2023 that Vietnam, with the world’s second-largest reserves of the rare earths used in such modern devices as electric vehicle batteries and smart phone screens, is intensifying mining of the critical minerals. The industry, though, faces high processing costs, environmental concerns, and the takedown of industry leaders for illegal mining and mineral sales.
Rare earth oxide samples are seen at mining company VTRE in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Vietnam's rare ea...
Read More...Hargrave reported in early 2024 that Uranium Energy Corp. has announced that it will resume operations at its mine and processing plant in southern Johnson County, Wyoming in August.
Christensen Ranch Satellite plant interior in Wyoming
Bulletin photo courtesy of Uranium Energy, Corp
The company and its board have been waiting for a consistent uranium market to commit to produc...
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