Opinions mixed on whether market has hit bottom
Will the spot price of uranium drop below $60 a pound U3O8 over the next week or two or will the price now begin to rise —
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Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
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Paladin buys diesel generator for Langer Heinrich mine
Paladin Energy's Langer Heinrich mine in Namibia has not been affected by national power cuts, the company said May 15, but the company has ordered a 10-MW
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Reversing a previous trend, EPZ seeks to use MOX at Borssele
Citing rising uranium prices, Dutch utility EPZ has applied for a license to use mixed-oxide fuel in the Borssele PWR, saying it wanted to "decrease its dependence
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
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Sellafield readies to test facility aimed at returning HLW to customers
Specially fabricated radioactive waste containers will shortly be used by Sellafield Ltd. to test a facility that aims to eventually export high-level waste, or HLW, to the
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Sichuan reactors shut; no radiation detected
China's National Nuclear Safety Administration, NNSA, ordered all reactors operating in Sichuan Province shut indefinitely in response to the earthquake that struck May 12, well-placed Beijing officials
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UK NDA mum on possible disposal of its site, fuel stocks
The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has no comment as yet on proposals received on its March 6 solicitation for expressions of interest in its properties.
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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URI reports increased net loss, higher revenues in first quarter
Uranium Resources Inc. reported a bigger net loss for first-quarter 2008 than a year ago, despite increased revenues from higher uranium prices, the Texas-based company said May
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US looking to add GNEP members by emphasizing fuel supply
DOE hopes to add about 20 countries to the nearly 40 now affiliated with the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, in part by making assured fuel supplies an
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Uranium One suspends development of Honeymoon mine in Australia
Canadian-based Uranium One will suspend development of its Honeymoon mine in the Australian state of South Australia, and analysts expect the company may try to sell it.
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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latts Forward Uranium Indicator
latts Forward Uranium Indicator
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Bilateral diplomacy needed to solve US-Canadian impasse on NSG rules
The US and Canada have not been able to resolve fundamental differences in their positions on future trade rules of the Nuclear Suppliers Group concerning transfers of
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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DOE, TVA agree to joint effort on pursuing advanced fuel cycle
The Tennessee Valley Authority will be giving DOE a utility's perspective on how private-sector spent fuel storage and reprocessing facilities should be set up, the department announced
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Domenici bill would authorize, help fund US reprocessing centers
The nuclear power industry's leading advocate in the Senate plans to soon introduce legislation that would authorize DOE to help pay for two spent fuel reprocess-ing/storage facilities
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Domenici bill would link Russian downblending, SWU quota
US import quotas for Russian enrichment would range from 15% to 25% of the US market, based on the extent of Russia's continued downblending of high-enriched uranium,
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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ESA concerned about EU's supply of enriched U
Enrichment supply to European utilities could be problematic between 2010 and 2013, and even later, if new enrichment facilities are delayed, according to a Euratom Supply Agency
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Extension of Eurodif import case adds new wrinkle to SWU questions
The US Supreme Court announced on April 21 that it would hear a trade case on exports of low-enriched uranium to the US by French uranium enricher
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Holtec receives Hi-Star Humboldt Bay RAI
NRC sent Holtec International a second RAI April 15 on its request to amend the Hi-Star 100 spent fuel transportation system to accommodate Humboldt Bay spent fuel.
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Holtec, NRC seeking path on wind
NRC staff owes Holtec International a final position on how wind will be treated in the licensing review of Holtec's proposed underground version of the Hi-Storm 100
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Inside this Issue
Inside this Issue
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Mixed signals run through spot U market
The spot price of uranium remained at $65 a pound U3O8 over the past week, with analysts giving mixed signals as to the future direction of the
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Monticello presents loading plans
Nuclear Management Co. is preparing to begin loading the Nuhoms-61BT spent fuel storage system at Monticello in late summer 2008, company officials told NRC April 22. The
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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NFU ushers in liquidation of Ukraine's state-owned Ukratomprom
The Ukrainian government decided April 17 to liquidate the state nuclear fuel cycle company Ukratomprom and replace it with state-owned Nuclear Fuel of Ukraine, or NFU, whose
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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NRC schedules July arguments in Diablo Canyon Isfsi case
NRC commissioners last week scheduled oral arguments for July 1 on the remaining contention in the licensing of a spent fuel dry storage facility at Diablo Canyon.
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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NRC, NAC discuss Magnastor RAIs
NRC staff spent most of an April 30 meeting with NAC International discussing the agency's April 25 RAI on the Magnastor spent fuel storage system. An NRC
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Nevada lawmakers seek longer filing deadline
Nevada's congressional delegation is asking the NRC to give parties to a repository licensing up to 180 days to file petitions or contentions. Existing NRC regulations give
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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OIG says documents passed muster
Five documents that DOE contractor Bechtel SAIC Co. prepared after a suspension of such work had been put in place did not harm the quality of work
Publication Date: MAY 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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Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
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TN gets second RAI on amendment 10
NRC sent a second RAI to Transnuclear Inc. April 23 on the vendor's bid to add new canisters, additional contents, and a high-seismic horizontal storage module to
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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US-ROK negotiation will be key to Korea's closed fuel cycle plans
With the Republic of Korea anticipating having as many as 60 power reactors on line by 2050, the country is determined to establish a closed nuclear fuel
Publication Date: MAY 2008
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Advisory committee urges NRC staff to risk-inform cask burnup credit
An NRC advisory committee has recommended that agency staff take a risk-informed approach to evaluating burnup credit for spent fuel transportation casks.
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Bure opponents protest nomination of Bataille to chair local committee
Opponents to a potential deep-geologic repository at Bure, in eastern France, say they will not participate in the local oversight committee if Member of Parliament Christian Bataille
Publication Date: APR 2008
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DOT extends schedule for review of DOE request for Yucca rail line
The US Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board this month issued a longer-than-usual schedule to consider a DOE application for a 319-mile rail line to the proposed
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Decision on GNEP will be delayed, scaled back, DOE's Spurgeon says
A decision by Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman on the future of the department's Global Nuclear Energy Partnership will come later and be less specific than originally planned,
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Enusa gives Westinghouse four more years on UO2 contract
Westinghouse Electric UK Ltd. announced last week it has signed a four-year extension of a uranium dioxide, or UO2, contract that calls for the supply of 1,500
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Holtec files tie-rod amendment
Holtec International submitted a request April 5 for amendment 7 to the Hi-Storm 100 spent fuel storage system that seeks to add instrument tube tie rods to
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Inside this Issue
Inside this Issue
Publication Date: APR 2008
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MHI may challenge Toshiba for NFI in wake of Areva deal, some suspect
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., or MHI, might make a bid to acquire Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd., NFI, following MHI's forging of a fuel fabrication partnership with Areva
Publication Date: APR 2008
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NMC files Prairie Island amendment
Nuclear Management Co. submitted a request last month to add a new high-burnup cask, Transnuclear Inc.'s TN-40HT, to the site-specific license for Prairie Island's dry storage facility.
Publication Date: APR 2008
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NRC issues RAI on advanced Nuhoms
NRC issued a request for additional information, or RAI, March 27 to Transnuclear Inc. on its request to amend the advanced Nuhoms spent fuel storage system. The
Publication Date: APR 2008
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NRC urged to act on waste confidence
Top members of a Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee urged NRC Chairman Dale Klein this month to ensure the agency "expeditiously" updates its waste confidence finding,
Publication Date: APR 2008
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NSG nearing accord on sensitive exports
Nuclear Suppliers Group members are preparing to meet April 21-22 in Vienna to lay the groundwork for an agreement that would pull the group out of a
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Nelson leaves SFST
Robert Nelson became deputy director of the division of operating reactor licensing in NRC's Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation April 14, leaving open the position of chief
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Nevada doesn't have standing, DOE says
The state of Nevada overstepped its authority when it asked an NRC advisory board early this month to disqualify the legal counsel DOE had hired to help
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Nevada official: Drip shields no guarantee
DOE is relying on thousands of titanium drip shields that it might not ever install to keep a repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada safe, making it important
Publication Date: APR 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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Renewed ESA could probe fuel bank initiative under next director
Among the initiatives on the plate of the Euratom Supply Agency's next director general could be a proposal, now under discussion, for the ESA to be the
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Rudd government reviewing Australia's GNEP commitment
The Australian government led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Labor Party is reviewing the country's membership in the US-sponsored Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, or GNEP, Australian government
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Russia and EU could agree on nuclear fuel market shares
Russia and the EU could be on the road to an agreement that would lift the unofficial ceiling on supply of Russian SWU to EU users, following
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Russia, Mongolia to cooperate in the production of uranium
Rosatom and the Mongolian Ministry of Industry and trade signed an action plan April 11 in Moscow that calls for their cooperation in the geologic prospecting, production
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
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Spot U price weakening, could drop below $65/lb
The spot price of uranium is continuing to show signs of weakening and could drop to below $65 a pound U3O8 over the next seven days, according
Publication Date: APR 2008
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TN addressing basket 'force-fit'
NRC's division of spent fuel storage and transportation, or SFST, asked Transnuclear Inc. March 31 to document the technical basis for allowing 80,000 pounds of force to
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Areva proposes secure storage to ensure some HEU for future use
French fuel fabricator Cerca could securely store "large quantities" of high-enriched uranium to ensure future availability of fuel to customers who need higher enrichment levels than can
Publication Date: APR 2008
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CNNC favors remote site for future reprocessing plant
For a combination of developmental, security, and political reasons, officials at China National Nuclear Corp., CNNC, so far aim to proceed according to original plans made during
Publication Date: APR 2008
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CNNC to boost production capacity at two fuel fabrication plants
China National Nuclear Corp., CNNC, aims to substantially increase production of UO2 fuel at two fabrication plants in Sichuan and Inner Mongolia to accommodate escalating demand from
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Cameco says it will use market and fixed prices
Canadian uranium miner Cameco says it will continue to use a mix of market-price related and fixed-price contracts for the sale of uranium.
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Cameco's Inkai in 2008 faces political risk and acid shortages
Canadian uranium giant Cameco said its Inkai uranium mine project in Kazakhstan — a joint venture with state-owned Kazatomprom — faces a number of risks in 2008,
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Constellation Energy to trade uranium, eyes possible purchase of Nufcor
US-based Constellation Energy is looking to move into uranium trading and is reportedly in discussions to buy Nufcor International, a London-headquartered uranium trading and finance company, according
Publication Date: APR 2008
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DOE OIG: Lack of documentation 'disturbing'
Given the controversy surrounding DOE's repository project, the lack of documentation on DOE's selection of a legal services contractor was "disturbing," the department's Office of Inspector General
Publication Date: APR 2008
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EU inspectors begin safeguards check of SMP's materials inventory
European Union inspectors from the Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, or DG-TREN, started their annual materials accountancy check at the UK's Sellafield mixed-oxide, or MOX, facility March
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Energoatom hires Holtec to prepare three plants for transport casks
Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom signed a supplementary agreement with Holtec International March 30 on the use of spent fuel casks at three Ukrainian nuclear power stations.
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Holtec plans tie-rod amendment
Holtec International plans to seek an amendment this month to add tie rods to the non-fuel hardware it can load into the Hi-Storm 100 cask system, officials
Publication Date: APR 2008
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House panel to draft legislation to guide DOE sales of DUF6
Following a hearing April 3, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations appears likely to move quickly to draft legislation that would give DOE
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Inside this Issue
Inside this Issue
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Key legislators rap NNSA for handling of MOX, GNEP work
Senior congressional appropriators sharply questioned DOE's top nonproliferation official April 3 on two of the department's high-profile programs, arguing that the nonproliferation section of DOE was spending
Publication Date: APR 2008
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Kouts named principal deputy director
Christopher Kouts has been named the DOE waste program's principal deputy director, director Edward Sproat said last month. The move puts Kouts in the program's No. 2
Publication Date: APR 2008
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NAC wins Dairyland contract
NAC International will supply its NAC-MPC spent fuel storage system to Dairyland Power Cooperative to hold the entire spent fuel inventory from the shuttered La Crosse plant
Publication Date: APR 2008
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NEA waste committee launches study on reversibility/retrievability concepts
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency's radioactive waste management committee has launched a study of what is meant by the concepts of "reversibility and retrievability" in deep-geologic disposal
Publication Date: APR 2008
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NNSA seeks safety board's help in assessing for red oil reactions
DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration is asking for assistance from an independent oversight board in evaluating a solvent extraction process that has the potential to create a
Publication Date: APR 2008
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NRC issues Advanced Nuhoms RAI
SFST issued a second request for additional information, or RAI, March 28 on Transnuclear Inc.'s request for an amendment to the Advanced Nuhoms spent fuel storage system.
Publication Date: APR 2008
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NRC may be hit with record number of challenges to Yucca Mt. Project
NRC expects to receive a record number of contentions when it begins considering DOE's license application for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Estimates recently
Publication Date: APR 2008
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NRC, Holtec discuss underground system
After NRC staff and Holtec spent the better part of two days last month discussing outstanding issues related to Holtec's bid to license an underground version of
Publication Date: APR 2008
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NRC, Humboldt discussing options
NRC's division of spent fuel storage and transportation, or SFST, has taken the position that Pacific Gas & Electric cannot load Humboldt Bay's spent fuel into a
Publication Date: APR 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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