Source: The Energy Report 3/11/10
http://www.theenergyreport.com/pub/na/5809

Rick Rule and Sam Kirtley in Auckland recently

Having had the privilege of talking to Rick on a one on one basis we can tell you that he is very interesting and knowledgeable and well worth listening to, uranium bugs, don’t miss his ‘take’ on Urani-Mania Rerun, in this article.

Rick Rule probably could draw an audience if he were talking about the weather, but combine his presence with knowledge, understanding, experience and a track record of success, particularly in the resource arena, and the crowd falls silent. Founder and chairman of Global Resource Investments, Rick recently made himself available for a brain-drain, the foundation of the piece that follows (read more…)

Steven Chu, The U.S. Energy Secretary wants the U.S. To recapture the lead in the nuclear energy industry and set the stage for a more competitive economic future as the following snippet shows (read more…)

This morning we recieved a this missive from Hyperion the mini nuclrear power people that may be of interest to you.

NPR - National Public Radio to interview Hyperion Power
CEO John R. Grizz Deal at 3:00 p.m. Eastern on Friday, March 5, 2010
 
DENVER, CO, USA, March 4, 2010 - Hyperion Power Generation’s CEO, John R. Grizz Deal will be a featured guest interviewed on tomorrow’s (March 5) Science Friday show on NPR: National Public Radio. Deal will be joined on the program by Dr. Richard Lester from MIT who is the founding Director of the Industrial Performance Center and Professor and Head of Nuclear Science and Engineering. The program will air live beginning at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Hyperion Power is the global leader in the development of Mini Power Reactors (MPRs) (read more…)

The latest news release from Extract resources reveals the appointment of a new chief Executive Officer, Jonathan Leslie, as follows:

Extract Resources Ltd a uranium exploration and development company with projects in Namibia, today announces the appointment of Mr Jonathan Leslie as the Group’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with immediate effect. Mr Leslie will join the Board of Extract in due course.

Mr Leslie is a highly experienced mining executive, with extensive operational and management knowledge of the global mining industry which includes experience in uranium marketing and project management (read more…)

RBC Capital Markets recently released this forecast for the Uranium Market covering the demand, supply and price forecasts for uranium going out to 2019. The price is estimated to peak at $80/lb in three years time before dropping back to $60/lb in 2019 (read more…)

Good news today for First Uranium boosted the stock price by 36% on volume of 11.9 million shares traded as we write, largely based on the following news release:

First Uranium Corporation (TSX:FIU, JSE:FUM) has been notified by the North West Provincial Government’s Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Rural Development that they have issued a positive decision on the amendment application lodged by MWS last year pertaining to the Environmental Authorization (”EA”) for a future Tailings Storage Facility (”TSF”) for its Mine Waste Solutions tailings reclamation project (”MWS”) near the town of Stilfontein, North West Province, South Africa (read more…)

Iran plods on with its nuclear development programme which it requires for future energy needs as the western world holds a skeptical view of their activities as per this article carried in the English.News.cn (read more…)

Areva continues to make progress with the signing of this agreement with Jordanian government to advance their nuclear energy programme.

AMMAN — Energy-poor Jordan on Sunday signed an agreement with France’s nuclear giant Areva giving it exclusive uranium mining rights, during a visit by French Prime Minister Francois Fillon.

Fillon and his Jordanian counterpart Samir Rifai attended the signing of the agreement which will grant Areva the exclusive right to extract and mine uranium in the central parts of Jordan.

Jordan, which is poor in energy and water resources, is seeking to develop nuclear energy to generate power and desalinate water (read more…)

Source: Interviewed by Karen Roche, Publisher, The Energy Report 2/18/2010
http://www.theenergyreport.com/pub/na/5655

In this exclusive Energy Report interview, GreenTech Opportunities editor and publisher Lawrence Roulston talks about how private enterprise has stepped up to the plate, managed to tweak technology and bring the costs of wind-powered energy production down 80% since 1980. It’s to the point where wind is on the brink of being able to compete directly with conventional energy. Solar isn’t as close, Lawrence says, but the virtuous circle of alternative energy is in motion and gaining momentum. Reduced costs lead to further research and development, improvements in technology, industry expansion and greater economies of scale, which lead again to lower costs, more innovation, more industry growth and cheaper energy, and round and round it goes (read more…)

President Barack Obama has announced more than $8bn (£5bn) of federal loan guarantees to help build the first US nuclear power stations for 30 years. Two new plants are to be constructed in the state of Georgia by US electricity firm Southern Company. President Obama said the plants would be “safe and clean” and were needed to meet the country’s future energy needs (read more…)