URANIUM PRICES MAY BE HEADED UP AGAIN AS CHINA STARTS BUYING
After three years in the doldrums, uranium prices may be about to revive as China begins stockpiling supplies for the 60 new reactors it is planning to build over the next decade. China bought 5000...
View ArticleSAVANNAH MOX FUEL OPERATION HAVING TROUBLE FINDING CUSTOMERS
The nation’s uneven effort to close the nuclear fuel cycle was on display again this week as the U.S. Department of Energy’s plant for reprocessing weapons plutonium said it is having trouble lining up...
View ArticleNRC APPROVES FIRST NEW URANIUM MINE IN U.S. IN 13 YEARS
After eight years of consideration, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued an operating license to Uranium One’s 11-square-mile Moore Ranch site in Wyoming. It is the first new license issued...
View ArticleDISCOVERY CHANNEL DISCOVERS A “NEW KIND OF URANIUM†LONG KNOWN
TV reporters aren’t always famous for being fully informed, but at least they can get the news out there. 
 
Discovery Channel journalist Eric Bland announces a “new kind of uranium” – actually a...
View ArticleURANIUM PRICES RISE AS CHINA BEGINS TO ASSERT DEMAND
Uranium prices are once again approaching $60 a pound as China begins to soak up supplies to meet its plans for nuclear expansion. Prices finished the second quarter in the $40 range but have since...
View ArticleURANIUM BATTLE IN COLORADO TYPIFIES NATIONAL CONFLICT OVER REVIVING NUCLEAR
Nuclear Townhall December 27, 2010 As nuclear facilities revive around the country, a typical pattern of conflict will emerge – local working-class people eager for economic development versus...
View ArticleCOLORADO URANIUM MILL PROPONENT: SEEKING FUNDING FROM ASIA
Nuclear Townhall December 28, 2010 Throughout the Nuclear Revival, the constant chorus from critics has been, "It’s too expensive. Where will the money come from? Wall Street will never invest." The...
View ArticleWILL VIRGINIA BE THE CATALYST FOR A U.S. URANIUM REVERSAL OF FORTUNE?
March 8, 2011 Nuclear Townhall Once upon a time, the United States was the world’s leading miner of uranium. Since 1980, however, production has been in decline. Today the U.S. produces less than 10...
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