Atomic energy

China

China and Russia sign nuclear-related MoUs during Xi-Putin talks

Three bilateral memorandums of understanding relating to nuclear energy were signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to China.(Image: Rosatom…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan to sign cooperation roadmap to 2037 with IAEA

Kazakhstan will sign a cooperation roadmap to 2037 with the International Atomic Energy Agency during a visit by Rafael Grossi, the IAEA Director General, to th…

Uzbekistan

Russia and Uzbekistan Sign Roadmap for Cooperation in Nuclear and Related Fields

On March 24, a Roadmap for cooperation in nuclear and related fields between Rosatom State Corporation and the Atomic Energy Agency under the Cabinet of Ministe…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan updates on nuclear energy, uranium plans

An intergovernmental agreement with Russia on the construction of the Balkash Nuclear Power Plant, and the signing of an EPC contract, are among priorities set …

South Africa and Russia Sign Nuclear Power MOU, Plan to Build Africa's First VVER Nuclear Reactor

Recently, South Africa's Nuclear Energy Corporation and Russia's Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on nuclear…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

China Adopts Atomic Energy Law

China’s lawmakers on Friday adopted a new atomic energy law aimed at supporting research, development, and the peaceful use of atomic energy. The law was passe…

Nuclear Reactor

Polish Research Reactor Permitted to Continue Operating

Poland’s National Atomic Energy Agency (NAEA) has granted a new operating license for the MARIA nuclear research reactor, located at the Świerk Research …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Uzbekistan Studying Option of a Four-Unit VVER-1000 Plant

Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan’s Uzatom Atomic Energy Agency to assess the feasibility of cons…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kazakhstan Selects Rosatom for First Nuclear Power Plant

Kazakhstan’s Atomic Energy Agency has selected Russia’s Rosatom to lead an international consortium for building the nation’s first nuclear po…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Russia’s Rosatom, China’s CNNC to Lead Consortiums to Build First Nuclear Power Plants in Kazakhstan

On Saturday, Kazakhstan's atomic energy agency announced that Russia’s Rosatom and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) will lead separate consor…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Indian Regulator Approves New Nuclear Site

India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has granted siting approval for the Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (MBRAPP) in Rajasthan&rsquo…

Hydrogen Production

Japan Eyes World First Producing Hydrogen Using Heat From Reactor

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has announced plans to produce clean hydrogen using heat from its High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) in Ibar…

Nuclear Reactor

Four in Race to Supply Reactors to Kazakhstan’s First Nuclear Power Plant

Kazakhstan’s Atomic Energy Agency has selected four companies as potential suppliers for reactors at the country’s first nuclear power plant, accord…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Paks II Says Excavation Work Complete, Awaiting Permission for First Concrete

Hungary’s Paks II nuclear project has reached a stage where it is prepared to pour the first concrete, pending approval from the Hungarian Atomic Energy A…

Nuclear Equipment

Japan, Korea Develop Prototype Nuclear Batteries

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has developed what it says is the world's first "uranium rechargeable battery" and that tests have verified its performance i…