Bamidele Omotowa is a Nigerian U.S.-based Chemist, Nuclear Scientist, and Co-Founder of Pearlhill Technologies. In this second part of his interview with Bunmi Fatoye-Matory, he speaks on his American experience and challenges Diaspora Nigerians and scientists face trying to help national development. PT: Tell us about your American journey. Omotowa: I was appointed as a Senior Research […]
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Uranium Participation Corporation Reports Uranium Purchases and Estimated Net Asset Value at December 31, 2017
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Jan. 9, 2018) – Uranium Participation Corporation (“UPC”) (TSX:U) reports its estimated net asset value at December 31, 2017 was CAD$506.0 million or CAD$3.82 per share. As at December 31, 2017, UPC’s uranium investment portfolio consisted of the following: (in thousands of Canadian dollars, except quantity amounts) Quantity Fair Value Investments in […]
A great technical achievement, Molten Salt Reactor could be entombed
Note from FAN: A 1998 article noted that the reactor was “fueled by a molten salt containing uranium tetrafluoride that circulated within the reactor.” Ridge Times, Nov 12, 1998. This article notes that “The coolant salt contained 15,300 pounds of lithium and beryllium fluorides…” Former director Alvin Weinberg once called it the greatest technical achievement […]
Honeywell announces plans to idle Metropolis plant, reduce workforce by 170 positions
METROPOLIS — On March 11, 2011, a nearly six-minute, 9.0 magnitude earthquake violently shook Japan, unleashed a deadly tsunami and set off three nuclear reactor meltdowns resulting in high radioactive releases that forced thousands to flee their homes. Following the disaster, numerous countries shut down reactors and implemented nuclear power phase-out policies. Six years later, the […]
Taiwan’s uranium reserves to be disposed of in 2 years: minister
Taipei, Nov. 6 (CNA) A move to dispose of Taiwan’s uranium reserves is expected to be completed within two years, at a planned cost of NT$150 million (US$4.96 million), Atomic Energy Council Minister Hsieh Shou-shing said Monday. A memorandum of understanding was drafted between the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) and an unnamed contractor earlier this […]
Uranium Participation Corporation Reports Uranium Purchases and Estimated Net Asset Value at October 31, 2017
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 11/06/17 — Uranium Participation Corporation (“UPC”) (TSX: U) reports its estimated net asset value at October 31, 2017 was CAD$436.6 million or CAD$3.30 per share. As at October 31, 2017, UPC’s uranium investment portfolio consisted of the following: (in thousands of Canadian dollars, except quantity amounts) Investments in Uranium: Quantity […]
Netherlands going forward with thorium reactor research
The first phase of a Salt Irradiation Experiment (SALIENT) has begun at the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group in Petten, a nuclear research facility along the North Sea coast in the Netherlands. The experiment is being carried out with the cooperation of the European Commission Laboratory Joint Research Center-ITU (JRC) in Karlsruhe, Germany with the […]
Feds raise concerns over Uranium Processing Facility safety designs
(Photo: Y-12) The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has raised concerns over the revised designs for Y-12 National Security Complex’s Uranium Processing Facility. The revised plans reportedly eliminate thermal barriers from the UPF design, according to the Board’s June 26 letter to National Nuclear Security Administrator Frank Klotz. The thermal barriers, which existed in the original […]
Missing ‘political will’ in UK obstacle to yellow cake deal
TEHRAN – Iran said on Monday London’s lack of “political will” has thwarted a deal with Kazakhstan on import of 950 tons of yellow cake, an acquisition that would not violate the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. “There is no specific discord and it seems that the political will of England is preventing […]
Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facilities
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected Mid-America Conversion Services, LLC (MCS), a joint venture comprised of Atkins, Fluor and Westinghouse, to operate the depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion facilities at DOE’s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio. Client’s Challenge The project includes the operation […]