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Grossi's fresh appeal about nuclear safety in Ukraine
Grossi's fresh appeal about nuclear safety in Ukraine
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has said "we cannot afford to let our guard down" after military action over the past week near to nuclear facilities in Ukraine.
Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 28 March 2024
Floating nuclear power plant plan for Russia's Far Eastern coast
Floating nuclear power plant plan for Russia's Far Eastern coast
Rosatom and the government of Primorsky Krai have signed an agreement for a feasibility study and location options for floating nuclear power units off its coast.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Agreements with Burkina Faso, Nicaragua and Kazakhstan at Atomexpo
Agreements with Burkina Faso, Nicaragua and Kazakhstan at Atomexpo
Russia's Rosatom has signed agreements relating to developing nuclear medicine centres in Nicaragua and Kazakhstan, and also a memorandum of understanding with Burkina Faso which includes potential nuclear energy projects.
Nuclear Policies · Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Upgraded Kalinin 1 to get new control room simulator building
Upgraded Kalinin 1 to get new control room simulator building
First concrete has been poured for the new full-scale control room simulator building for Kalinin nuclear power plant's first unit - it used to share a simulator with the second unit, but a modernisation programme means it now needs it own training facility.
Regulation & Safety · Wednesday, 20 March 2024
CERN's decision to end cooperation with Russian scientists criticised by Moscow
CERN's decision to end cooperation with Russian scientists criticised by Moscow
CERN, the European Council for Nuclear Research, is to cut cooperation with Russian scientists later this year, a decision the country's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called "politically motivated and absolutely unacceptable".
Nuclear Policies · Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Work under way on Akkuyu decommissioning costs
Work under way on Akkuyu decommissioning costs
TVEL has entered an agreement "to develop cost plans for the decommissioning" of the four units being built at Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant, which are expected to have a design life of at least 60 years.
New Nuclear · Monday, 18 March 2024
Lower tier of Tianwan 8's inner containment dome lifted into place
Lower tier of Tianwan 8's inner containment dome lifted into place
The lower part of the inner containment building's dome has a diameter of 44 metres at its base and is just over 12 metres high. The upper dome part will be lifted and welded into position in a separate operation.
New Nuclear · Friday, 15 March 2024
First concrete poured at Leningrad 7
First concrete poured at Leningrad 7
The concreting of the 2100-square-metre foundation slab for the new VVER-1200 unit has begun, with those attending the occasion told the additional Leningrad nuclear power plant capacity would help towards Russia achieving a 25% energy share for nuclear by 2045.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 14 March 2024
IAEA governors resolution on Zaporizhzhia criticised by Russia
IAEA governors resolution on Zaporizhzhia criticised by Russia
The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency passed a resolution calling for the immediate return of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to Ukrainian control - however Russia says the vote "went beyond the mandate of the board and the entire agency".
Nuclear Policies · Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Paks II targets first concrete in 2024, core melt trap set to be shipped
Paks II targets first concrete in 2024, core melt trap set to be shipped
Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev say that work on the new Paks II nuclear power plant is progressing well, with production of the melt trap completed in Russia and work on the reactor vessel set to start.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Turkey continuing negotiations over new nuclear power plants
Turkey continuing negotiations over new nuclear power plants
Turkey's Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar says it hopes to launch the first unit at Akkuyu by the end of the year - while negotiations continue with Russia, China and South Korea about two more nuclear power plants.
New Nuclear · Monday, 11 March 2024
BN-600 reactor at Beloyarsk aims for further life extension
BN-600 reactor at Beloyarsk aims for further life extension
Rosenergoatom is to seek approval to extend the life of the BN-600 fast neutron reactor following an inspection of the condition of the reactor vessel, heat exchanger supports and other equipment.
Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 7 March 2024
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