Denison Mines Corp has announced its decision to advance the Wheeler River uranium project in Canada's Athabasca Basin. The Wheeler River Joint Venture (WRJV) has approved a CAD10.3 million (USD7.7 million) budget for 2019 to begin work towards developing an in-situ leach (ISL) operation at the Phoenix deposit. World-nuclear-news.org The US acceded to Pakistan's demand to overlook its secretive nuclear weapons programme following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the late 70s after Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping convinced Washington to support Islamabad for the "stability" in South Asia, according to latest declassified State Department documents. Ndtv.com Higher Education Minister, Nkandu Luo says construction works for the nuclear centre in Chongwe district will start in the first quarter of 2019. Znbc.co.zm By a voice vote, the U.S. Senate Thursday approved bipartisan legislation intended to promote America's nuclear energy industry. It is called the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA). Localnews8.com
