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Grossi Restates Key Role for IAEA , After Agency Vehicle Hit by Drone

An International Atomic Energy Agency vehicle was hit and damaged by a drone on the day of the latest rotation of the agency's team of experts at the Zapori…

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Finnish Repository Licence Further Delayed

​芬兰辐射与核安全局 (STUK – Säteilyturvakeskus) 又获得了一年的延期，以完成对 Posiva Oy 的运营许可证申请的审查，该申请将成为世界上第一个废核燃料储存库。…

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Agreements Represent Step Forward for Nuclear in Uzbekistan, Says Uzatom

Strategic agreements signed by Uzbek interests during a conference held in Samarkand include cooperation agreements with international organisations, business i…

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Canada Considers Financing for Polish Nuclear Power Plant

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe announced it has received a letter of intent from Export Development Canada, for up to CAD2.02 billion (USD1.45 billion) to potenti…

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Vietnam Resumes Ninh Thuận Nuclear Project

Aerial view of the planned location of the Ninh Thuận Nuclear Power Plant on the south coast of VietnamVietnam’s National Assembly has approved the conti…

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Australian Report Questions Nuclear’s Cost Competitiveness

The draft of the annual GenCost report which has been opened for public comment says nuclear technology has no unique cost advantage over other energy technolog…

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Shimane 2 Restarts After 13 Years Being Offline

Unit 2 of the Shimane nuclear power plant in Japan's Shimane Prefecture was restarted on 7 December, Chugoku Electric Power Company announced. It becomes th…

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Kazakhstan Holds Talks With France on 1st Nuclear Power Plant

Kazakhstan on Friday said that its energy minister had held talks with French officials and companies in the running to build the Central Asian country's fi…

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Serbia Plans for Future With Nuclear Energy

Serbia's National Assembly has voted through amendments to the energy law which has ended the 35-year prohibition on the construction of nuclear power plant…

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First Reactor Vessel in Place at Hinkley Point C

The reactor pressure vessel has been installed for the first of the two EPR reactors at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant under construction in Somerset, …

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US and UK Partner With Tokamak Energy on ST40 Upgrade

The energy departments of the US and UK governments are to partner with Tokamak Energy for a USD52 million upgrade of the ST40 fusion facility, which will coat …

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Explosives Speed Sizewell A Turbine Hall Decommissioning

More than 1200 holes were drilled and 700 kilogrammes of explosive used for the demolition of large concrete plinths in the turbine hall of Sizewell A nuclear p…

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Beznau to Operate Beyond 60 Years

Swiss utility Axpo announced it plans to invest a further CHF350 million (USD400 million) to enable the two-unit Beznau nuclear power plant to operate until 203…

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Smolensk-II Construction Begins

The design documentation and materials from engineering surveys has been approved to begin work on the construction and installation base of Russia’s Smol…

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First Zhangzhou Unit Begins Supplying Power

Unit 1 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province has been connected to the grid, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced. The…