Commentary Saskatchewan, one of the world’s leading sources of uranium production, recently announced a significant achievement. “Saskatchewan is now the second largest producer of uranium in the world!” Premier Scott Moe tweeted on June 15. “Ranked third in 2021, Saskatchewan has now passed Namibia and Australia making our province a front-runner in supplying a reliable,…
Michael Taube: Saskatchewan’s Success With Uranium Could Be Alberta’s Renewed Success With the Oilsands
‘Why Cut Nuclear Energy Funding?’ Republicans Question Granholm on Biden Budget
Republican lawmakers questioned Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on the place of nuclear energy in President Biden’s proposed 2024 budget and America’s continued reliance on enriched uranium from Russia. “Why cut nuclear energy funding?” Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) asked Granholm, citing decreases in proposed spending on the department’s nuclear programs. “That funding had been used to…
Bringing Dead US Uranium Enrichment Industry Back to Life Will Be ‘A Heavy Lift’ But Needed: Industry Leader
April 18, 2023
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Uranium mining in the United States hasn’t been profitable since the Russians flooded the global market with predatorily priced ore and processed fuel a decade ago. Long before, the nation’s atrophied uranium enrichment industry, episodically idled by market paralyses and perpetually frozen in costly multi-jurisdictional regulatory entanglements, had ossified into obsolesce. In 1980, the United…
UN Nuclear Watchdog Says Missing Libya Uranium Found
CAIRO—U.N. inspectors visiting southern Libya found drums containing natural uranium reported missing earlier this month in the chaos-stricken country, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday. The International Atomic Energy Agency said earlier this month that some 2.5 tons of natural uranium stored at a site in the southern town of Sabha had gone missing. Forces…
UN Nuclear Watchdog: 2.5 Tons of Uranium Missing in Libya
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Some 2.5 tons of natural uranium stored in a site in war-torn Libya have gone missing, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Thursday, raising safety and proliferation concerns. However, forces allied to a warlord battling the Libyan government based in the capital of Tripoli claimed on Thursday night that they recovered the…
Fire Breaks out at Uranium Processing Facility in Tennessee, Latest in Spate of Fires Across US
Multiple emergency crews responded to a fire at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on Wednesday. The federal facility had all its staff—some 200 employees—evacuated in response to the fire. Some employees in adjacent buildings were also evacuated. The Y-12 National Security Complex was built as part of the Manhattan Project, a U.S. government research…
Iran Denies Reports That It’s Enriching Uranium to Near Weapons-Grade Levels
Iran has denied reports that it enriched uranium to close to weapons-grade purity after the United Nations nuclear watchdog—the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)—said it was in discussions with Tehran about the results of recent inspections at Iran’s nuclear facilities. Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesperson for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, told the state-linked Fars news website late…
UK Police Arrest Man Over Uranium Found at Heathrow Airport
A man has been arrested under terrorism laws after traces of uranium were found in a cargo package at Heathrow Airport, police said. Uranium was detected in a package at the airport on Dec. 29, London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed on Jan. 11. The man, who is in his 60s, was arrested after counter-terror officers searched…
UK Counter-Terror Police Investigating After Uranium Detected in Package at Heathrow Airport
Britain’s counter-terrorism police have launched an investigation after material contaminated with a radioactive substance was found at London’s Heathrow Airport last month. Uranium was detected in a package at the airport on Dec. 29. According to the Sun newspaper, which first reported the incident, the package had originated from Pakistan and arrived in the UK…
Head of Israeli Military Intelligence Says Iran Close to Enriching Uranium at 90 Percent
Israel’s military intelligence chief said on Monday that Iran is moving closer to reaching 90-percent-enriched uranium, which could be used to escalate its nuclear program. Gen. Aharon Haliva, head of Israeli military intelligence, made the comment at a conference at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. “The moment is coming … when Iran entertains…
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