Tag: uranium

March 10, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ensuing sanctions may have a limited immediate impact on the U.S. nuclear industry, despite its reliance on uranium imports. Potential implications over the longer term, however, require urgent action, officials from the Nuclear Energy Institute […]

February 11, 2020

The uranium reserve funding is part of USD1.3 billion requested for the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy, which also includes USD295 million for the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) project. The DOE’s total budget request is USD35.4 billion for the next […]

June 26, 2017

Production of U.S. uranium concentrate fell 40 percent between 2014 and 2016 to 2.9 million pounds in 2016, the lowest annual total since 2005, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported. Production was affected by falling uranium prices, which moved from […]

March 11, 2016

China will expand its strategic uranium reserve as part of its “five-year plan” for 2016-2020, with the aim of ensuring it has enough fuel to supply a massive program of new nuclear reactors. Beijing, which began stockpiling uranium in 2007 […]

February 24, 2016

Production of uranium concentrate in the fourth quarter of the year, at 585,048 pounds U3O8 (225 tU), was down 24% from the third quarter and down 46% from the fourth quarter of 2014. The quarterly production figure was the lowest […]

December 30, 2015

US Secretary of State John Kerry has described yesterday’s shipment of more than 8.5 tonnes (25,000 pounds) of low-enriched uranium materials from Iran to Russia as “one of the most significant steps” the Middle Eastern country has taken toward fulfilling […]