India and Uzbekistan eye uranium deal as ties grow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev “held wide-ranging and substantive discussions … on the entire gamut of the bilateral strategic partnership”, India’s Ministry of External Affairs…

Chevron nears deal to operate two giant oil fields in Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt

(Bloomberg) – Chevron Corp. is finalizing a deal that will significantly expand its operations in Venezuela by adding two giant oil fields in the Orinoco Belt, part of a push…

Fuel loading under way for Palisades restart, Holtec announces

The reactor core consists of 204 fuel assemblies, which includes some partially used assemblies from the Michigan plant’s final operating cycles before it was closed down for decommissioning in 2022.…

IAEA concern over diesel supply for Zaporizhzhia generators

The plant, which has been under Russian military control since early March 2022, lost connection to its last operating external power line on 20 August. Since then it has been…

Tennessee issues licence for fusion plant

In 2023, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that it would base its regulatory framework for fusion energy systems on its existing process for licensing the use of byproduct…

Proposal for Canadian marine-based SMR plant

Under an agreement with Pabineau First Nation and Eel River Bar First Nation, the Prodigy Transportable Nuclear Power Plant (TNPP) Pilot Project will be First Nations-owned and validate plant logistics…

Asia Steps In to Fill Diesel Supply Gap in Africa as Middle East Exports Crash

Asia’s diesel exports to Africa are surging to nearly five-year highs, as Middle East’s sales to Africa crashed to nine-year lows amid threats to shipping and refinery outages, a Reuters…

Iran Dismisses Trump Claim of Kharg Attack as Hostilities Return

Iran on Monday dismissed as “laughable” a Truth Social AI-generated post by U.S. President Donald Trump that the key Iranian oil export hub of Kharg Island is “being blown to…

China Coking Coal Prices Set for Record 46% Monthly Surge

Supply issues have been tightening the Chinese coking coal market for months, pushing the price of the key steelmaking raw material a record 46% in August alone, the biggest surge…

Europe Gas Prices Jump 5% to Highest Level Since 2023

European benchmark natural gas prices jumped by 5% in early morning trade on Monday as the re-escalation of hostilities between the United States and Iran intensified concerns about LNG supply…