The Latest Breaking News from uranium

A New Bull Market for Uranium?

In just the past 3 months, uranium prices are up 10%. Is this the beginning of a new bull market for the heavy metal?

Barchart · Jul 5, 2023

Iranian envoy tells UK to stick to terms of nuclear deal and lift missile sanctions

Diplomat says accord could collapse if European signatories retain restrictions on weapon development

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2023

UK to breach Iran nuclear deal with refusal to lift sanctions

Decision by UK and other European powers comes amid uncertainty over future of 2015 agreement

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023

Ukraine gets depleted uranium munitions

Depleted uranium is about 40% less radioactive than natural uranium, but it's still toxic

Salon · Jun 17, 2023

The US will send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine – a health physicist explains their military, health and environmental effects

The Biden administration has agreed to provide Ukraine with depleted uranium shells to equip M1A1 Abrams tanks that the U.S. is sending there. Britain has already delivered tanks to Ukraine equipped with depleted-uranium shells.

The Conversation · Jun 16, 2023

US, Iran inch toward understanding aimed at easing tensions

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Iran are close to an informal understanding under which Tehran would free American prisoners and eventually limit its nuclear program, people familiar with the matter said.

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2023

Why we can’t let nuclear energy become the next supply chain crisis

Nuclear power is the lynchpin of the clean energy transition–but the supply chain for Uranium is particularly vulnerable to ongoing geopolitical tensions.

Fortune · Jun 15, 2023

NFC-Kota plant’s first fuel bundle handed over to NPCIL

NFC has a comprehensive manufacturing cycle from ore to core, entailing processing of both uranium and zirconium streams under the same roof.

The Hindu · Jun 9, 2023

Kakhovka dam breach raises risk for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – receding waters narrow options for cooling

A blast on June 6, 2023, destroyed the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River in eastern Ukraine. The rupture lowered water levels in a reservoir upriver at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Enerhodar. The reservoir supplies water necessary for cooling the plant’s shutdown reactors and spent…

The Conversation · Jun 7, 2023

Netanyahu convenes Iran war drill, scorns UN nuclear watchdog

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ramped up threats to attack Iranian nuclear facilities on Sunday, convening a rare cabinet war drill after he accused U.N. inspectors of failing to confront Tehran.

Reuters · Jun 4, 2023