Analyst says low U prices could jeopardize supply
An analyst at RBC Capital Markets says low uranium prices could undercut exploration and development activities.
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Analysts see no signs of further price weakening
Despite some differences as to the precise level of the current spot uranium price, there was more agreement among analysts that the price had not weakened over
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Australia's WildHorse Energy eyes fly ash as alternative U source
Australia's WildHorse Energy considers fly ash an alternative, viable and readily available source of uranium, the company's vice president of technical services said at the World Nuclear
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Belgium's Synatom invests in US uranium mine projects
Synatom, the subsidiary and uranium fuel supplier for Belgium's Electrabel, will invest Cdn$9 million (US$8.8 million) through a private placement in Powertech Uranium Corp.
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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CNNC: China will satisfy U demand through combination of sources
China will meet its uranium supply requirements between now and 2020 by a combination of domestic production, imports, and production from Chinese-developed foreign resources, according to a
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Commission sets time limits in Diablo case
The NRC commission has set time limits of 20 minutes on oral arguments July 1 in the licensing hearing on a spent fuel dry storage facility at
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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DOE ready for talks on new spent fuel contracts
Shortly after DOE sent an 8,600-page application to NRC for a nuclear waste repository it wants to build at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the department told utilities it's
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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DOE to send TAD evaluation to NRC as part of supplemental EIS
DOE is slated to deliver a supplemental final environmental impact statement to NRC June 16 that includes an evaluation of the cradle-to-grave spent fuel canister system it
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Domenici downblending amendment makes progress, still faces hurdles
Legislation proposed by Senator Pete Domenici to establish a link between Russian downblending of high-enriched uranium and US quotas for imports of Russian low-enriched uranium has cleared
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Four apparent winning bidders move closer to DOE uranium leases
Four out of five uranium mining companies that provisionally won bids to mine federal lands in Colorado have submitted documents to DOE showing that they have the
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Higher production, led by Kazakhstan, boosted U output in 2007, NAC says
Boosted by increased production in Kazakhstan, world uranium production increased 4 million lb in 2007 to 107 million lb, NAC International's Douglas Underhill told participants at the
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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IAEA makes little headway on fuel assurances at June meeting
IAEA governors failed this month to take up a year-old report on ways to provide multinational "nuclear fuel assurances," postponing any IAEA board discussion of implementation proposals
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Idaho company says it will build commercial deconversion plant
International Isotopes said this month it plans to construct the first commercial deconversion facility in the US.
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Inside this Issue
Inside this Issue
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Kazakhstan commissions new mine under Japanese collaboration
Kazakhstan has commissioned a new uranium mine under a joint venture with Japanese partners, Kazatomprom President Moukhtar Dzhakishev said June 4.
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Lerch purloined Urenco data, prosecutors charge at retrial
The retrial of Gotthard Lerch, a German engineer accused of aiding a Libyan clandestine uranium enrichment program between 1999 and 2003, opened in the Superior State Court
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Magnastor nearing completion
NAC International responded June 2 to an RAI on shielding issues related to its bid to certify the Magnastor spent fuel storage system, and NRC's technical staff
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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NRC on track for July Nuhoms SER
Transnuclear Inc. responded May 23 to NRC's second request for additional information on amendment 10 to the Nuhoms spent fuel storage system and NRC remains on schedule
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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NRC publishes final Hi-Storm rule
NRC published a notice in the June 12 Federal Register finalizing the rule that increases the heat load in Holtec International's Hi-Storm 100 spent fuel storage system.
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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NRC sets Nuhoms HD schedule
NRC notified Transnuclear Inc. last week that it could complete its review of an amendment to the Nuhoms HD spent fuel storage system and issue draft licensing
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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NRC suspends review of Holtec cask
NRC and Holtec will meet June 27 to discuss the agency's concerns regarding the sufficiency of data supporting the use of Metamic HT in the Hi-Star 180
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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New agreements give KAP access to conversion, fuel fabrication
Kazakhstan's state nuclear company will gain access to uranium conversion and fuel fabrication capability through partnerships launched this month with Cameco and Areva, respectively, advancing its goal
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
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Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
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Pyroprocessing proliferation issues can be solved, Korean experts say
Objections raised by critics in the US to plans by the Republic of Korea to move ahead with a pyroprocessing research and development program can be put
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Red Book remains cautious but applauds expanded U production
Uranium production capability has undergone "a dynamic expansion" in recent years, according to the latest comprehensive survey of the global uranium market by the OECD Nuclear Energy
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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SFST names Brenner licensing chief
Eric Brenner assumed the position of chief of the licensing section in NRC's division of spent fuel storage and transportation June 8, replacing Robert Nelson, who was
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
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Southern Nuclear CEO: Utilities must ensure fuel supply for new units
Utilities need to secure agreements to ensure they have adequate uranium supplies in place when the first wave of new nuclear power plants come online around 2013-2015,
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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TVEL, Paks sign agreement for new uranium-gadolinium fuel
Russia's TVEL and Hungary's Paks Nuclear Power Plant on June 4 signed an agreement for the delivery of second-generation profiled uranium-gadolinium fuel assemblies that will allow power
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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AECL moves closer to licensing spent fuel storage at Chalk River
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has been told that it should accept an environmental review and proceed with the licensing of an Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Contamination from Cameco plant reaches shores of Lake Ontario
Canada's nuclear regulator has been told that contamination leaking for 10 to 20 years from a Cameco fuel processing plant at Port Hope, Ontario has reached the
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Court awards Progress utilities $82.8 million
A federal court has awarded a total of $82.8 million in damages to two Progress Energy utilities that were forced to keep spent fuel at their reactor
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Czech utility might still want two fuel suppliers, official says
Czech utility CEZ aims to have two licensed fuel designs for its VVER-1000 units at Temelin and could decide to purchase more Westinghouse fuel "some years" in
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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DOE awards two TAD contracts, picks NAC, TN over two others
DOE awarded contracts that could total up to $13.8 million May 21 to NAC International and Areva Federal Services to develop cradle-to-grave canister systems for the Yucca
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Holtec might need to derate 100U
An NRC official said last week that Holtec International's best option for securing a license for an underground spent fuel storage system might be to lower the
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Humboldt Bay gets green light to load
NRC notified Pacific Gas & Electric Co. May 20 that it will accept the process used to classify Humboldt Bay's 390 spent fuel assemblies as intact or
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Inside this Issue
Inside this Issue
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Jaczko expands dry storage idea
NRC Commissioner Gregory Jaczko's recent suggestion that NRC consider a rule change to encourage utilities to move spent fuel into dry storage faster was intended to "begin
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Mining license being sought for Four Mile project in Australia
Alliance Resources announced May 19 that a mining license application had been filed for the Four Mile uranium project in the Australian state of South Australia and
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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NSG meeting makes no progress on new rules for sensitive exports
During meetings in Berlin the week of May 19, the Nuclear Suppliers Group made no progress in resolving differences between Canada and the US concerning a key
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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New Colorado law strict on in-situ uranium recovery
Colorado has recently enacted legislation that makes groundwater and surface water protection a condition for receiving state permits for in-situ recovery of uranium.
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Oconee Isfsi review schedule set
NRC told Duke Power Co. in late April that its January 30 application to renew the site specific license for the Oconee independent spent fuel storage installation,
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
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Plans for Swedish repository not stringently reviewed, groups say
Swedish regulators have not stringently reviewed plans for a final spent fuel repository and "have not represented the public interest," two organizations critical of the plans claimed
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
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Reprocessing study cites limits to proliferation resistance
Varying the output stream of separations processes to increase "proliferation resistance" — an approach DOE is pursuing under its Global Nuclear Energy Partnership — in some cases
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
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Sellafield MOX plant still grappling with woes six years after startup
More than six years into operation, the UK's Sellafield mixed-oxide, or MOX, fuel manufacturing facility continues to experience engineering and technical difficulties that keep it at minimal
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Senate OKs Domenici measure tying Russian LEU exports to downblending
The Senate on May 22 approved legislation establishing a link between Russian exports of low-enriched uranium to the US and Russian downblending of high-enriched uranium.
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Several hundred kg of plutonium shipped from Sellafield to La Hague
Several hundred kilograms of plutonium oxide powder were transported from the UK's Sellafield reprocessing complex to Areva's La Hague plant in France in a shipment that got
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Sino-Russian agreement signed for fourth centrifuge plant stage
Russia and China agreed May 23 in Beijing to a framework for contracts under which Russia will construct the fourth and last stage of a gas centrifuge
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Spot U price drops below $60/lb
Just when most market analysts thought that an uptick in the spot price of uranium to above $60 a pound U3O8 was likely, there was a credible
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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URS-EnergySolutions team wins $7 billion Hanford cleanup contract
DOE last week awarded a $7.1 billion contract to a new company formed by the Washington Division of URS and EnergySolutions to store, retrieve and treat radioactive
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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US debating whether pyroprocessing qualifies as reprocessing for Korea
There is no consensus among US government officials and agencies on whether a pyroprocessing program advanced by the Republic of Korea should be regarded under terms of
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Uranium shortage dented output of India's power reactors last year
India's nuclear power output dropped last fiscal year, mainly because the country didn't have enough uranium to operate all of its 15 PHWRs at full capacity, Indian
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Uranium trading strategies evolve, but third parties in short supply
Brokers and investment bank trading arms, which helped transform energy commodity markets in the 1990s, have so far shied away from the uranium market.
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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WCS awarded license to dispose of byproduct material in Texas
Texas regulators agreed May 21 to issue a license to Waste Control Specialists to dispose of radioactive byproduct material at its facility in Andrews County.
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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Yucca application to go to NRC this week
DOE is expected to send a repository license application to NRC June 3, nearly two decades after the submittal would have had to have been made in
Publication Date: JUN 2008
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AEC halts development of two Maple reactors
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. will halt development of its two Maple isotope producing reactors at Chalk River because "it is no longer feasible to complete commissioning
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Areva prepared to tackle uranium exploration in Finland
Areva Resources Finland is prepared to spend between 15 million and 30 million euros (US$23 million and $46 million) on exploration of three sites for uranium mining,
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Bluerock advances US mines, plans uranium mill project
Would-be uranium producer Bluerock Resources announced April 29 the first production of uranium "development" ore at the J-Bird Mine in Montrose County, Colorado.
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Bush ignores lawmakers' concern, sends US-Russia pact to Congress
President George W. Bush sent the US-Russia nuclear cooperation agreement to Congress May 13 despite strongly worded concerns expressed by lawmakers of both parties who had urged
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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CEO departs Nukem Inc., sparking speculation on sale
The departure of James Cornell from Danbury, Connecticut-based Nukem Inc. after 10 years as president and CEO is stirring market speculation that the nuclear fuel services company
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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CEO: Fennovoima's hands 'tied' on new reactor spent fuel issue
When it comes to the final disposal of spent fuel, Fennovoima's "hands are tied. There are clear and careful political decisions that all spent fuel should be
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Cameco plans to take advantage of lower prices, pursue acquisitions
Cameco Corp. plans to take advantage of current lower uranium prices to acquire new properties, company CEO and President Jerry Grandey said May 15.
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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China targets transuranics recovery in reprocessing R&D through 2020
The China Institute for Atomic Energy, CIAE, has set the goal of significantly improving the recovery factor for transuranic elements separated from plutonium, uranium, and fission products
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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DOE seeks bids for new M&O contract
DOE is seeking bids for a management and operating contract at its repository site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada that could be worth up to $2.6 billion over
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Denison begins processing ore from Tony M mine at White Mesa
The first ore from Denison Mines' Tony M mine reached the leaching circuit at its 100%-owned White Mesa conventional uranium mill on April 28, the company said
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Denison sold US uranium for average price of $90.25/lb
Canadian-based Denison Mines said it sold its US uranium production in first-quarter 2008 for an average price of $90.25/lb U308.
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Denison will use long-term U price, not spot, for contracts, CEO says
The uranium spot price is becoming less relevant in pricing uranium contracts, said Denison Mines CEO E. Peter Farmer.
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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EBRD contributing part of profit to Chernobyl dry storage project
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is proposing to donate Eur 78 million (about US$120 million at current rates) to Holtec International's project to build a
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Greenpeace challenges French decree on return of foreign waste
Greenpeace has filed a plea with France's supreme administrative court seeking annulment of a March 3 decree that stipulates procedures for handling foreign spent fuel and reprocessing
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Group explores uranium contract to create liquid spot market
An industry working group is considering launching a physically delivered uranium contract on an electronic trading platform, and the head of the group says he doesn't foresee
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Hanford waste treatment plant has typical construction challenges
Some of the biggest challenges now facing a DOE nuclear waste treatment plant under construction in Washington state don't involve radiation issues, but deal with infrastructure, workforce
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Inside this Issue
Inside this Issue
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Lead Nevada attorney Joseph Egan dies
Nevada's lead attorney in the state's fight against the DOE repository project at Yucca Mountain, Joseph Egan, 53, died May 7 after battling gastro-esophageal cancer for two
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Moving fuel from decommissioned sites
Roughly 2,800 tons of spent fuel now are at nine decommissioned reactor sites around the US and if that fuel is moved, the question is who pays
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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NAC, TN hit with violations
NRC has told cask fabricator GE Hitachi Custom Fabrication it will undergo increased inspections and cited NAC International and Transnuclear Inc. each for two Severity Level IV
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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OPAL restart license requires Ansto to review fuel design
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization will establish a "specific engineering project team" to review the fuel assembly design for its OPAL materials test reactor over
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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