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This blog post is an edited version of several reports published in Fuel Cycle Week by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC . Quebec says no to protests seeking a ban The Quebec government rejected protests taking place Aug 17 at the provincial legislature calling for a ban on uranium mining...

This blog post is an edited version of a column published in Fuel Cycle Week , 02/17/10 V9:N364 by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC. Cameco re-enters Cigar Lake mine after flood Cameco Corp ( TSX:CCO ) announced Feb 11 its crews re-entered the main working level of the Cigar Lake mine...

Proceeds from sale of stake in gold firm fuel drive for growth This report is based on an article in Fuel Cycle Week , V9N360, January 20, 2010, published by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC. Stock prices referenced in this article are in the currency of the country of origin and cited...

McClean Lake Mill on standby for lack of ore Just before Christmas 140 workers at Areva's McLean Lake uranium mill in Saskatchewan got a holiday greeting they'd been dreading for some time. The firm announced plans to lay off 140 workers in 2010 because of a lack of ore from Cameco's Cigar...

This is an edited version of a monthly column published 12/16/09 in Fuel Cycle Week V8:N357 by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC. Cameco sells gold mine shares to focus on uranium Cameco (TSX:CCO), one of the world's largest uranium producers, will reap estimated net proceeds of [cdn...

Debut issue of a new monthly column This is a new monthly column for this blog. In addition to the Western Lands Uranium Gopher, which covers the industry in the U.S., I'm expanding blog coverage to include the Canadian uranium mining industry. This column is an edited version of content published...

What if they held a sale and nobody came? One of the arguments for having the government build nuclear reactors in Canada, via a ‘crown corporation,’ is that the private sector won’t have to take the risks given the enormous amounts of capital needed to pay for them.  That principle is being called...

Harper government and Ontario province dig themselves into holes with AECL as the shovel Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper may come to regret  his blunt language reported in the Economist June 18 in which his spokesman called Atomic Energy Canada Limited (AECL) “dysfunctional.”  The...

This time they really mean it In the latest round of what passes for a soap opera plot in the heavy industry world of nuclear energy, the government of Canada has announced yet again it will offer a crown corporation, or at least parts of it, for sale.  The part it wants to sell off is the CANDU...

Two nuclear fuel banks are needed – one in Russia’s sphere of influence and another in the West.  Is Saskatchewan it? When President Barak Obama made a proposal in Prague on April 5 to establish an international nuclear fuel bank in Kazakhstan, what he was talking about was putting non-commercial...

A $15 billion project and future participation in global nuclear markets hang in the balance Atomic Energy Canada Limited ( AECL ) is part of one of three mega-consortiums which have submitted bids for the rights to build two new reactors, with options for two more, in the Toronto suburb of Darlington...

AECL would finance the deal with private sector firms Canadian Energy Minister Jack Keir said this week he will seek approval for two additional new nuclear reactors at Point Lepreau in New Brunswick province.  The atomic power plants would be built by Crown corporation Atomic Energy Limited Canada...

It's a fluid environment in the western provinces The progress of plans for new nuclear builds in Canada took a couple of unexpected turns this week. Alberta wants to study nuclear energy while Bruce Power wants to build two or more units in the tar sands region near Peace River. However, next door...

Nuclear diplomacy gets complicated   A drive by the Canadian province of Saskatchewan to develop uranium enrichment capabilities so it can move up the value chain of the nuclear fuel cycle has put international diplomacy on the issue into high gear.  The Wall Street Journal reports (sub req'd...

International nuclear agreements end nation's silence on big potential deals with GNEP and Russia. GNEP nations need Canada's uranium.  Russia needs its reactor technologies. Last summer when more than a dozen nations held a ministerial level diplomatic meeting in Vienna, Austria, on the...

The country's nuclear industry is eager to get into the business The Toronto Globe & Mail reports that Canada will eventually get into the business of reprocessing spent fuel. Gary Lunn , Canada's Natural Resources Minister, said September 5th, "reprocessing spent fuel from a CANDU reactor is not something...