Introduction to the I2M Web Portal
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".
I2M Consulting personnel also monitor hazardous field conditions around the world via our Field Alerts program, cybersecurity conditions on the Internet in our Security Alert program, and relevant bias in the Media in our Confronting Media Bias Alerts program.
Candidate papers, technical news items, classic reports, and new publications can be submitted to the I2M Web Portal editors for review. Those deemed worthy are summarized, abstracted, and/or reviewed with [Editorial comments...] and are included in this database appearing under What’s New. Some technical news announcements, short articles, or summaries are captured in total because they are deemed important in case they are later removed by publishers. They will remain as records in the I2M Web Portal database indefinitely.
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This database contains 12,450 records as of February 1, 2023. Additional details are available at About the I2M Web Portal.
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Society conflicts, and training issues involving Artificial Intelligence, various Agencies, Colleges, Universities... as well as those related to Non-Science Issues (Creationism, Intelligent Design, etc.), plus related U.S. and world economic issues.
Resources relating to astrogeology, off-world natural resource exploration and development, planet defense, and associated news of space developments. Also including information related to off-world activities, such as the development of robotics, health issues of zero gravity, and to serious reports of extraterrestrial matters that may create unintended consequences for humans.
Asteroids and Comets, Astrophysicists/Astrogeologists and their Work, Extraterrestrial Matters, Lunar Activities, Mars Activity, Other Planets and Planetoids, Pluto Activities, Robots and Robotics and Space-Craft Designs, Solar Activities - Past and Present, Space Elevator, Space Fight Activities, Propulsion Systems, Power Supplies, Special Satellite News, The NASA James Web Telescope, Titan - The Large Moon of Saturn, Venus Activity
Biological resources relating to natural-resource development, biomedical research, environmental remediation, critters of the past, and conservation.
Biomass and derived biofuels related resources...
Climate Change (Global Warming or Cooling) resources and related issues, both political and technical, including CO2 sequestration, and Anthropocene issues.
Resources for various services and companies of possible interest to clients, associates, and geoscientists.
Resources relating to mining and environmental topics on natural resource development and industrial remediation.
Resources relating to oil & gas, water, environmental associated regulations, and litigation issues.
Resources from various related U.S. government agencies and state resources
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Budgets and Spending, National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), State Resources, TCEQ - Texas, The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), US Geological Survey (USGS)
Various useful resources such as related research journals, technical tools, databases, glossaries...
Geo- and hydrochemistry resources relating to oil & gas development and the various associated fields of interest.
Geophysics, Environmental, Geological, Geotech subjects that apply to energy, mining and environmental issues of the day, and the associated applications of interest to I2M management.
Geospatial resources relating to oil & gas development and the associated energy, mining and environmental uses and applications.
Geothermal energy resources and associated issues...
Health and safety resources related to traveling overseas, mining, oil and gas development and production and environmental projects. Also includes cyber-security issues.
Related to hydroelectric dams and pumped storage of water to create electrical or mechanical power.
The latest resources involving hydrogeology, geology, and the related environmental issues...
Resources with distinct international impacts that may or may not have applications in the U.S.
To this must added recent ideas on society responses to future issues related to natural resource development and use.
Resources related to general mining subjects but not to nuclear, coal or other energy resources.
Critical Mineral Resources, Deep Sea Mining, Gold-Silver Exploration & Mining Projects, Lithium, Potash, Halite, & P2O5 Mining Projects, Mineral Exploration Activities - General, Off-World Exploration, Mining, & Technology, Other Metals, Other Non-Metals, Silver Exploration & Mining, Wastes & Environmental Issues
Information related nuclear power plants, nuclear power generation of electricity, associated economics, SMRs
Includes all oil and gas-related resources, i.e., gas hydrates, oil sand, tar sands, etc.
Local, national, and international geological societies and associations.
This category includes discussions on rare earth deposits, mining and associated economic assessments
International regulations related resources...
Renewable energy related resources...
Risk Assessment subjects associated with natural occurrences or with those applicable to mining, oil & gas, or other industrial activities and their waste products.
Solar energy related resources...
Toxicological-related resources associated with natural occurrences or those applicable to mining, oil & gas, or other industrial activities and waste products.
Uranium (nuclear minerals) exploration, development and related environmental resources and issues...
Exploration, Mining, Marketing, & Acquisitions, Mapping and Geospatial Information, Nuclear Power - Economics, Design, & Industry, Other, RTGs, Thorium, Helium-3, & Fusion Research, Recovery, Remediation and other Mining-Related Technology, Related Environmental Issues, Yellowcake and Fuel Processing Processing
Wind energy related resources...
Latest 10 Resources
Conley, Mazzone and Richards of Haynes & Boone, International Attorneys, asked the question: Does the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) have the authority to regulate microreactors and small modular reactors (“SMRs”)? According to the plaintiffs in a recent case, the answer is an emphatic “no.”
On Dec. 30, 2024, the States of Texas and Utah, along with Last Energy, Inc., a commercial developer of micro-modular nuclear power plants, filed suit against the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission in a Texas federal court. The plaint...
Skidmore reported in mid-January 2025 that uranium prices have hit an all-time high, with artificial intelligence data centers driving increased demand for nuclear fuel. According to an FT report, the price of enriched uranium reached $190 per separative work unit, which measures the effort needed to separate uranium isotopes. This is a marked increase from $56 three years ago.
Fuel Pellets Ready for Installation to Power Nuclear Reactors – Getty Images
The price rise comes as lar...
Crownhart reported in mid-January 2025 that while nuclear reactors have been generating power around the world for over 70 years, the current moment is one of potentially radical transformation for the technology. As electricity demand rises around the world for everything from electric vehicles to data centers, there’s renewed interest in building new nuclear capacity, as well as extending the lifetime of existing plants and even reopening facilities that have been shut down.
Efforts are also growing to rethink reactor designs, and 2025 m...
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Arnold reported in mid-January 2025 that the State of Texas plans to move forward with nuclear energy plans dedicated to relieving stress on our grid system. KPRC 2 Investigates Robert Arnold showed the new generation of nuclear reactors is far smaller in size and cost than traditional nuclear plants.
Small nuclear reactor prototype (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)
In a recent interview, Texas State Senator Paul Bettencourt shared the state’s vision to use small...
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AZINCOURT ENERGY CORP. announced in late 2024 that it has entered into a definitive property option agreement with BR Corporation Pty Ltd., an arms-length party, pursuant to which it has been granted the option to acquire up to a one-hundred percent interest in and to a mineral claim block located in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, commonly known as the “Snegamook Project”.
Figure 2: Snegamook and Two Time Zone mineralization map.
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Sanders reported in early January 2025 that the price of fuel for nuclear reactors has surged to a record high as demand from artificial intelligence data centres exacerbates a squeeze on the market following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Prices for enriched uranium have hit $190 per separative work unit — the standard measure of the effort required to separate isotopes of uranium — compared with $56 three years ago, according to data provider UxC.
A resurgence of interest in nuclear power has come as governments and companies eye carbon-f...
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The Oregon Group reported in early 2025 that Canada’s Athabasca Basin has the highest grade uranium deposits in the world, with grades up to x100 higher than averages mined elsewhere in the world. And now, the region is at the center of a geopolitical struggle to secure the uranium to supply the West’s massive expansion of nuclear energy to power AI, data centers, EVs and net zero targets. The West’s clean energy ambitions and national security are heavily reliant on current and future Athabasca Basin uranium production.
Athabasca Basin
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Mishra reported in early January 2025 that over the long term, small modular reactors (SMRs) can mitigate the economic impacts of closing a coal plant. Researchers have argued that eight former coal sites across Indiana could serve as coal-to-nuclear opportunities. The study conducted by researchers from Purdue University maintain that small nuclear reactors could present “substantial opportunities” for Indiana to meet its energy demands.
Small modular reactors (SMRs) could present sig...
Parviainen and 5 additional Guest Editors reported than alterations to the rate or intensity of natural weathering of metal ore deposits has the potential to negatively affect Earth's surface environments. Changing chemical conditions (e.g. pH, temperature, redox potential) surrounding mine waste storage facilities may induce re-mobilisation of metal(loid)s in environmental systems.
Pit lake at an abandoned, legacy Sb-mine in NE Tasmania, Australia' courtesy
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Strickland reported in early 2025 that an international research team has successfully drilled and retrieved a 9,186-foot-long (2,800-meter-long) ice core from Antarctica that dates back 1.2 million years. The sample extended so deep that it reached the bedrock beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
The ice core collected from the Little Dome C site in Antarctica can be seen inside the drill.
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