ELEANOR HALL: The nuclear debate so far has focused on uranium. But there is another mineral that could drive an Australian nuclear industry.
A Sydney nuclear physicist has been working on an experimental accelerator driven reactor that uses thorium as a fuel.
Dr Reza Hashemi-Nezhad from the School of Physics at the University of Sydney says thorium […]
TONY EASTLEY: Mining exploration companies have welcomed the Federal Government’s inquiry into uranium mining and nuclear energy.
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies, AMEC, is holding its National Congress in Perth today.
AMEC represents the mid-range and junior explorers, which have been identifying uranium deposits in Australia in recent years.
The Association says total spending on exploration […]
Tournigan Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:TVC.V ) is pleased to announce the acquisition of 413 federal lode mining claims covering 8,260 acres in the historic “Arizona Strip” uranium district in the Colorado Plateau of northern Arizona, USA. The claims cover known or potential uranium mineralization hosted in “collapse” breccia pipes. Uranium mineralization found in collapse breccia […]
Diamonds North Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:DDN ) announces that Stuart (Tookie) Angus, Geir Liland, Maynard Brown and Mark Kolebaba have been appointed to the Board of Uranium North Resources Corp. Terry Lyons has been appointed as an advisor to the Board.
The first tasks of the Board will be to complete the property portfolio, finalize selection […]
Iran began to enrich a second batch of uranium in its research plant this week on the same day that world powers delivered a negotiating offer to Tehran conditioned on its suspension of nuclear activities, according to a report released yesterday by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The timing of the nuclear work, which Western diplomats […]