Nuclear

Sibanye-Stillwater sits on 27 million pounds of uranium at Beatrix mine in the Orange Free State and 32 million pounds on the surface in a tailings facility at its Cooke operations. The miner want to play a bigger role both upstream and downstream in the energy transition in the future. 

The huge cost of nuclear power stations will only decrease when nations start building them in large numbers, a leading…

Lord Hunt said nuclear development needs to be turbocharged.  “That means working ever more closely with our international partners and that challenge is one that my government, alongside I know many other governments, are very keen to take up and take forward.”

It is important to get the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to understand that nuclear energy is a viable solution.  

Small modular nuclear units (SMRs) have been in use in the US for 50 years on navy submarines and carriers; the technology is not new and has been proven.

Defence chiefs from the US and South Korea are set to hold high level talks about the nuclear missile threat…

Britain’s largest nuclear plant operator has apologised after admitting to a series of cyber security failings that could have jeopardised…

Chinese defence chiefs are planning to install a star wars type laser on its nuclear submarines so that it will be…

The US is encountering challenges in securing uranium supplies, with some traditional sources becoming increasingly unstable.

Four Russian warships and a nuclear-powered submarine will enter Cuban waters next week as part of a preplanned set of…

As the world moves away from fossil fuels, ISS Africa examines how Africa can transition to cleaner energies whilst dealing…

mid concerns that China’s Change’e 6 mission to the moon, launched on May 3, could be a part of a strategy to militarise the moon, Dr John Plumb, the Assistant Secretary of Defence for Space Policy at the U.S Department of Defence, said, “I do not buy the idea of the militarisation of the moon.” He expressed his belief that space could instead serve as a significant platform for diplomacy with China. On the threat of nuclear weapons in space, Dr Plumb said the Defence Department (DOD) was taking the threat of Russia sending a nuclear head into space very seriously,” and added that no space-faring nation should entertain such a capability due to its catastrophic implications. Regarding the threat of cyber-attacks in space, Dr Plumb suggested that constellations of low-orbit satellites could provide a solution to ensuring satellite safety and said that the DOD is exploring other potential applications of low-orbit satellites