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Korea Times reporter, Dong-hwan, wrote in mid-April 2024 that AI-powered monitoring, quake-proof tests boost Korea's export competitiveness. Digital twin technology, now under development for application by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), will enable the firm to monitor and control the country's 26 nuclear power generating units more effectively than ever before, according to the state-run company Friday.
Researchers at AIMD Center inside Korea Hydro...
Read More...InterGroup Mining reported in 2024 that The Brilliant Brumby Project covers more than 100 km2 in an under explored gold district of the Charters Towers Gold Province, [as first indentified by I2M in 2012 (here and 4 mins 12 sec into 2012 video)].
The Charters Towers region has produced more than 20 million ounces (Moz) since being originally discovered in the late 19th century. The gold deposits are known for their large size and continuation to depth.
The best gold discoveries to date are along a prominent 2 km trend called the B...
Read More...WNA reported in Agusgust of 2023 that:
WNN reported in late March 2024 that Western Australia is home to a "considerable share" of Australia's uranium but cannot capitalize on this, due to the state government's 2017 ban on uranium mining, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCIWA) notes in its report.
Yeelirrie: One of Four Uranium Projects Excluded from the Ban (Image: Cameco Australia)
The ban conditionally excludes four uranium projects that had already received ministerial approval from the previous gove...
WNN reported in mid-April 2024 that Anfield Energy Inc has submitted its production reactivation plan for the Shootaring Canyon uranium mill to the State of Utah's Department of Environmental Quality. The Vancouver-based company said it is targeting the mill restart for 2026 - it has been on standby since 1982.
Shootaring Canyon Uranium Proessing Plant, Utah (Image: Anfield Resources)
The plan outlines an increase in mill throughput capacity to 1000 tonnes of ore per day from 750...
Stein opined in mid-April 2024 that during last December’s U.N. climate change conference, more than 20 countries from four continents launched the Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy. The Declaration recognizes the crucial role of nuclear energy in achieving global net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and keeping the 1.5 degree goal within reach.
Among the signers were the U.S., Canada, France, Finland, the U.K., and 11 other European countries, Japan, Korea, Ghana, Jamaica, Morocco and Mongolia.
U...
Read More...EnCore Energy is a major uranium mining company specializing in in-situ recovery (aka mining) of uranium in sandstones in the U.S. In-Situ Recovery (ISR) offers a minimally intrusive, eco-friendly, and economically competitive approach to mineral extraction. It’s been proven a successful technique for obtaining uranium, especially from lower-grade deposits that might not warrant conventional open pit or underground mining due to costs.
Unlike traditional mining, ISR doesn’t involve open pits, waste dumps, or tailings, making it more envir...
Xiao and Zhang eported in erarly 2024 that allanite is commonly encountered as an accessory rare-earth silicate mineral in association with minerals such as garnet, biotite, and feldspar. It is distributed globally and occurs in igneous formations such as granites, pegmatites, and syenites, as well as in various metamorphic rocks such as schist, gneiss, and amphibolite.
Allanite from the Seward Penisula, Alaska (Campbell, et al, 2018)
Moreover, it can be found in mineral ve...
Tangermann reported in mid-2022 that a Romanian rocket startup called ARCA Space showed off one of the strangest rocket designs he has ever seen. Adding to the general sense of eccentricity hovering over the project, it says the venture will be funded by selling crypto-tokens that can later be exchanged for ore that — we're serious, this is the pitch — it'll obtain via asteroid mining.
Image by ARCA Space
Tangermann emphasized that the co...
Read More...The BBC reported in early 2024 that a spectacular design for a space elevator, with the goal of efficiently transporting passengers into outer space, has been awarded a $11,000 prize. As the BBC reports, British architect Jordan William Hughes won the prize for space architecture and innovation from the Jacques Rougerie Foundation in Paris.
His concept, dubbed Ascensio, connects an ocean-based ship to a structure in Earth's orbit via a cable-like structure. The ship is designed to keep up with the spaceport by moving around the ocean. ...
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