Nuclear Energy

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami denounced the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors’ “unconstructive” move to pass a resolution against Iran, saying it will draw a strong response from Tehran. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a cultural ceremony in Isfahan on Sunday, …

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Friday once again urged Japan to respond to the legitimate concerns of all relevant parties and dispose of nuclear-contaminated water in a scientific, open, transparent, and safe way. According to reports, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced Wednesday that its technical task force would …

The European Union will need up to $462 billion (450 billion euros) in investment just to keep the current level of its nuclear power generation capacity, the EU Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, said at a nuclear energy forum this week. Nuclear power will have an important role to play …

Around 12.1 trillion yen ($82 billion) has already been spent to deal with the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to sources at the Board of Audit of Japan. That means more than half of the government’s total estimated cost of 21.5 trillion yen, including …

France is staring down a serious risk of blackouts this winter, with French utility EDF lowering its nuclear power output forecast for this year to 275-285 terawatt hours, according to Bloomberg’s Javier Blas. The shift in power forecast is a sizeable one, down from its previous 280-300 TWh, which EDF …

A top Russian official revealed that Moscow and Baghdad are preparing to sign a memorandum of cooperation in the field of non-energy and peaceful applications of nuclear technologies. Ilya Lobov, the economic adviser of the Russian embassy in Iraq, announced in an interview with RIA Novosti that both sides are …

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the world faces the most dangerous decade since World War II and predicted that the historical period of the West’s “undivided dominance over world affairs” is coming to an end. Speaking on October 27 at a conference of international policy experts in Moscow, Putin said …

U.S. President Joe Biden expressed skepticism about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s words that he does not intend to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the Voice of America reports. Biden considers the Russian president’s rhetoric dangerous. “If he has no intention, why does he keep talking about it? Why is he …

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ordered the country’s three remaining nuclear power stations to keep operating until mid-April, as the energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hurts the economy. Originally Germany planned to phase out all three by the end of this year. Mr Scholz’s order overruled the …

NATO said on Friday it would launch its annual nuclear exercise “Steadfast Noon” on Monday. NATO said on Friday it would kick off its annual nuclear exercise “Steadfast Noon” on Monday, with up to 60 aircraft taking part in training flights over Belgium, the North Sea and Britain to practice …