uranium - AIPG-TX

An Update: Nuclear Power & Uranium Markets, Ownership & Uranium One

This is a brief update produced by Henry Wise (President-AIPG Texas Section) and Michael D. Campbell (VP-Eastern Texas-AIPG-Texas Section) since the 2017 Annual Report from the Chair, Uranium (Nuclear and Rare Earth) Committee of the Energy Mineral Division (AAPG) was released April 1, 2017. Some 99 nuclear power plants in the U.S. remain in operation, a few are scheduled for retirement, two new reactors are being built in Georgia. Japan is slowly upgrading and re-starting its fleet of nuclear power plants after Fukushima. China is rapidly building some 25 new plants and hundreds more are planned, along with financially underwriting the [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T18:48:32-05:00November 27th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

2017 AIPG Texas Section Field Trip Postponed to Spring, 2021 – Planning Underway

Final Announcement of the 2017 AIPG Texas Section Field Trip to Uranium Country in South Texas / West Texas to Visit REE Mine Henry M. Wise, P.G., C.P.G., President of AIPG Texas Section, announced today that after detailed discussions with the five uranium mining companies having exploration/recovery operations in south/west Texas, the AIPG Texas Section Board has decided to postpone the uranium field trip to south Texas indefinitely (circa spring of 2022?). The companies and Board concluded that it would be more interesting to field trip participants if all of the companies' operations were in production of yellowcake, or [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:22:38-05:00March 18th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

EPA Rescinds Proposed New Rule on Uranium Tailings in the Western U.S., but will Resubmit Soon The U.S. EPA, rather than finalizing its proposed rule on uranium tailings, opted to rescind its existing proposed rule and re-propose a new rule in 2017. The proposed rule would impose new health and environmental standards around uranium in-situ recovery facilities, including groundwater monitoring requirements. More information on the planned re-proposal can be found here (more). Once it is published in the Federal Register, the public comment period will be open for 180 days. The rule will likely draw criticism from Republicans in Congress [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:28:09-05:00January 14th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

On October 28, 2016, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) received a petition from Lloyd Gosselink on behalf of the Owner/Operator Members of the Uranium Committee of the Texas Mining and Reclamation Association (TMRA-UC or petitioner). TMRA-UC requests that the commission revise rules in 30 TAC §305.62 (Amendments); 30 TAC §331.84 (Monitoring Requirements); 30 TAC §331.105 (Monitoring Standards); 30 TAC §331.107 (Restoration); 30 TAC §336.109 (Fees after Request for Termination of License); and 30 TAC §336.208 (Radiation Safety Officer). The requested revisions to the TCEQ’s rules address requirements for both injection well permitting and radioactive materials licensing for [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:32:09-05:00December 10th, 2016|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The Texas Mining and Reclamation Association (TMRA-UC) has petitioned the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a revision of administrative rules regarding monitoring and sampling requirements for uranium mining operations, the definition of excursions, restoration sampling, restoration table amendments, fees, and radiation safety officer requirements. For more information go to: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/legal/rules/rule_lib/petitions/17005PET_petition.pdf Henry M. Wise, P.G.

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:35:49-05:00November 4th, 2016|AIPG-TX News|

Post-AIPG Texas Section Field Trip Guidebook Now Available & the EMD Uranium Committee Has Released it’s Uranium FAQ

Henry M. Wise, P.G., CPG, President, Texas Section of the AIPG, announced today that the Guidebook accompanying the 2016 Field Trip to Central Texas has been revised to include field-trip photos and expanded coverage of topics. It is available in PDF. A future field trip by bus is being planned for Spring, 2017 to visit uranium mines in South Texas. More information when available. Also just released, Michael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H., CPG, Vice President - Eastern Texas, announced that the Uranium FAQ was produced by the Committee of Uranium, Thorium, and Rare-Earths, Energy Minerals Division (AAPG). Mr. Campbell has been the Chair of [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:38:16-05:00October 1st, 2016|AIPG-TX News|

“Unconventional Energy Resources: 2015 Review” in the Journal of Natural Resources Research

Michael D. Campbell, AIPG-TX Vice President - Eastern Texas, and James R. Conca, Member of the Advisory Group of the EMD Uranium (and Nuclear and Rare Earth Minerals) Committee have just published a section in the "Unconventional Energy Resources: 2015 Review" in the Journal of Natural Resources Research, Vol. 24, No.4 entitled: "Energy Competition in the Uranium, Thorium, and Rare Earth Industries in the U.S. and the World," updated and summarized from the 2015 Annual Report of the EMD Uranium (and Nuclear and Rare Earth Minerals) Committee, see pp. 8-16, (here).

By admin|2025-08-04T20:00:50-05:00November 25th, 2015|AIPG-TX News|