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Argentine Proton Therapy Centre gets start-up licence
Argentine Proton Therapy Centre gets start-up licence
Argentina's Nuclear Regulatory Authority has granted the National Atomic Energy Commission a start-up licence for the Argentine Proton Therapy Centre.
 
Thursday, 16 October 2025
Long-term safety at Armenian plant assessed
Long-term safety at Armenian plant assessed
The operator of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant at Metsamor has made progress in taking measures to ensure safe long-term operation, an International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has concluded.
 
Regulation & Safety · Friday, 10 October 2025
Grossi says progress made on restoring Zaporizhzhia power
Grossi says progress made on restoring Zaporizhzhia power
The two sides in the war have "engaged in a constructive way" with the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose director general says "a process has been set in motion" to help restore external power to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
 
Regulation & Safety · Friday, 10 October 2025
Technology licensing is landmark for US uranium remediation
Technology licensing is landmark for US uranium remediation

Regulatory approval means Disa Technologies Inc's High-Pressure Slurry Ablation technology can be used to remediate abandoned uranium mine waste at inactive mine sites while opening the possibility of recycling uranium recovered from the waste.

Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 9 October 2025
IAEA reviews Romanian research reactor ahead of potential extension
IAEA reviews Romanian research reactor ahead of potential extension
An International Atomic Energy Agency mission has said the operators of the TRIGA Mark II research reactor in Pitesti, Romania, have "continued to improve safety of the reactor by strengthening maintenance, implementing refurbishment and modernisation of systems and components, and ensuring safety of experiments".
 
Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 9 October 2025
IAEA sees Spain's progress on radioactive waste management
IAEA sees Spain's progress on radioactive waste management
A follow-up International Atomic Energy Agency mission to Spain has judged that all seven recommendations and suggestions made following its 2018 review of the country's radioactive waste management programme have been successfully addressed.
 
Regulation & Safety · Wednesday, 8 October 2025
UK consultation begins on Rolls-Royce SMR design
UK consultation begins on Rolls-Royce SMR design
The UK government has opened a public consultation on the Nuclear Industry Association's application for regulatory justification for Rolls-Royce SMR's small modular reactor design. Justification is an early regulatory step required for the operation of a new nuclear technology in the country.
 
Regulation & Safety · Monday, 6 October 2025
Ultrasonic monitoring system tested for BN-800 reactor core
Ultrasonic monitoring system tested for BN-800 reactor core
Preliminary testing has taken place of an ultrasound system which is designed to provide an additional picture of the BN-800 fast neutron reactor core at Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant.
 
Regulation & Safety · Monday, 6 October 2025
Power fully restored to Chernobyl site
Power fully restored to Chernobyl site
The International Atomic Energy Agency says that power was restored on Thursday morning to the New Safe Confinement at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after 16 hours, following damage to a nearby substation.
 
Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 2 October 2025
IAEA talking to both sides as Zaporizhzhia power loss continues
IAEA talking to both sides as Zaporizhzhia power loss continues
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has met with the Russian and the Ukrainian sides in recent days to try to get a resumption of external power supplies to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
 
Regulation & Safety · Wednesday, 1 October 2025
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