Strathmore Minerals Corp. announce positive core assay results from the 2007-08 well installation program at its Roca Honda uranium development project in New Mexico. The program successfully installed groundwater monitor and sampling wells on the project site. In addition, cores were collected for environmental and metallurgical studies. These studies are part of the mine permit [...]

Ur-Energy Inc. announce today that its permitting and engineering work at Lost Creek continues to progress on schedule and a vigorous drilling program has been underway since May.
Bill Boberg, President & CEO stated, “The first half of 2008 has been significant for Ur-Energy. We are now listed on the American Stock Exchange (”AMEX”) under the [...]

Strathmore Minerals Corp. is pleased to update progress on its uranium mill and tailings design and studies being carried out by the Company for its uranium projects in northwestern New Mexico. The Company and its Joint Venture partner, Sumitomo Corporation of Japan, have made considerable progress in the evaluation of designing and identifying the optimal [...]

Ogala Sioux got a lift from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission who ruled in late April that the tribe had legitimate concerns about groundwater contamination from a uranium mine, reports Indian Country Today. The mine owners, Cameco Corp. of Canada wants to expand the mine. The tribe believes that fractures in rock allow water used [...]

A Utah company seeking federal permission to import and dispose of more than 20,000 tons of nuclear waste from Italy has raised its campaign contributions to U.S. lawmakers by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions Inc. is donating to members of key energy committees in Congress as it increasingly seeks lucrative federal contracts [...]

The Senate has passed a pair of big tax breaks meant to help lure a proposed new $2 billion uranium enrichment complex to a site near the Idaho National Laboratory outside Idaho Falls.
Lawmakers voted 27 to 7 on Monday to extend a sales tax exemption for production equipment that handles nuclear fuel. They also voted [...]

The Senate has passed a pair of big tax breaks meant to help lure a proposed new $2 billion uranium enrichment complex to a site near the Idaho National Laboratory outside Idaho Falls.
Lawmakers voted 27 to 7 on Monday to extend a sales tax exemption for production equipment that handles nuclear fuel. They also voted [...]

Uranerz Energy Corporation is pleased to announce that it has submitted applications to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (”NRC”) and the Land Quality Division of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (”WDEQ”) for licenses and permits to construct and operate in-situ recovery (”ISR”) uranium facilities on its Nichols Ranch and Hank projects located in [...]

Rep. Marilyn Musgrave sent a letter Tuesday asking atomic energy regulators to consider water quality as they decide whether to allow uranium mining in Larimer and Weld counties.
Musgrave, R-Colo., said she’s heard from residents concerned about water quality as a Canadian company prepares to prospect for uranium near the town of Nunn.
Powertech Uranium Corp. last [...]

A state judge denied a request by two environmental groups to temporarily stop test drilling for uranium in Fall River County.
Circuit Judge Jack Delaney said at a hearing Tuesday that the groups had not shown how continuing the exploration would harm the environment.
Defenders of the Black Hills and ACTion for the Environment are challenging a [...]