Spotlight: Nuclear Power

FILE PHOTO: The front entrance of the Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant is pictured in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

Constellation Energy talking to Pennsylvania on Three Mile Island restart: sources

This plan, driven by rising power demand and the push for carbon-free energy, faces high costs and logistical challenges.

By Laila Kearney and Jarrett Renshaw2 Jul 2024Reuters

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks during an interview with Reuters in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Douglas/File Photo

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US to start buying up to $2.7 billion in domestic nuclear reactor fuel

The U.S. is bidding to buy domestically-supplied enriched uranium, in an effort to steer the country away from buying it from Russia.

By Timothy Gardner27 Jun 2024Reuters

Niger's military rulers have have broken ties with France, the former colonial power and traditional partne (AFP)

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Major Niger uranium mine back in public control: govt

Niger's military rulers have broken ties with France and have now revoked the licence of nuclear fuel producer Ornao.

By AFP24 Jun 2024Agence France-Presse

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Paladin Energy buying Canada’s Fission Uranium in stock deal valued at $1.1 billion

Fission Uranium Corp has signed a deal to be acquired by Australian company Paladin Energy Ltd.

By CP24 Jun 2024The Canadian Press

FILE PHOTO: Businessmen pass the Toronto Stock Exchange sing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 6, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo

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Australia’s Paladin Energy to buy Canada’s Fission Uranium for $833 million

Paladin Energy has applied for a listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange as it agrees to buy Fission Uranium.

By Reuters24 Jun 2024Reuters

Decarbonizing Canada's electricity grid could lead to a significant uptick in merger and acquisition activity in the renewable energy sector, a new report says. Power transmission lines and wind turbines as seen with the Rocky Mountains in the background near Pincher Creek, Alta., Thursday, June 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

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Net-zero grid could spark flurry of deal-making in renewables sector: report

Decarbonizing Canada's electricity grid could lead to a significant uptick in mergers and acquisitions in the renewable energy sector, a new report says

By Amanda Stephenson20 Jun 2024The Canadian Press

Chimneys from the coal-powered Mount Piper power station are be seen behind trees near the town of Lithgow, located west of Sydney in Australia, February 26, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray/ File Photo

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Clyde Russell column: Australia’s nuclear power proponents have questions to answer

If there is to be a genuine debate on what form of generation is best to replace Australia's ageing and increasingly unreliable fleet...

By Clyde Russell19 Jun 2024Reuters

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton unveils details of proposed nuclear energy plan as Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor, left, looks on during a press conference at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Sydney, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Australia's main opposition party has announced plans to build Australia's first nuclear power plants by 2037, arguing the government's policies for decarbonizing the economy with renewable energy sources including solar, wind turbines and green hydrogen would not work. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP)

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Australian opposition puts nation’s first nuclear power plants in energy plan

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s main opposition party on Wednesday announced plans to build Australia’s first nuclear power plants as early as 2035, arguing the...

By Rod Mcguirk18 Jun 2024The Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: Xcel Energy's Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, the site of a leak in November which was not made public for four months, as well as a newly reported recurring leak, is seen in Monticello, Minnesota, U.S. March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Adam Bettcher/File Photo

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U.S. Senate passes bill to support advanced nuclear energy deployment

(This June 18 story has been corrected to rectify the type of nuclear fuel to ‘high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU),’ from ‘highly enriched uranium,’...

By Reuters18 Jun 2024Reuters