Nuclear Energy

Deputy Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Pejman Shirmardi has said about 90 percent of the equipment in the field of nuclear technology has been domestically produced which is the result of the efforts by the Iranian scientists. Shirmardi stated on Saturday that approval of the Strategic …

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says construction of the second and third phases of the Bushehr nuclear power plant has been accelerated to tackle Iran’s need to diversify its power generation resources. In a trip to the central Iranian city of Khondab on Friday, Mohammad …

Iran has escalated its uranium enrichment further by enriching with advanced machines at its underground Fordow plant, the IAEA has reportedly said. The International Energy Atomic Agnecy (IAEA) said in a report on Saturday claimed by Reuters that Iran has escalated its uranium enrichment further with the use of advanced …

South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Tuesday that it will increase nuclear power’s contribution to the national energy mix to 30% or more by 2030. President Yoon Suk-yeol has rejected the idea of phasing out nuclear energy, and made it a key pledge of his campaign …

Nuclear power capacity needs to double worldwide over the next three decades to reach net-zero carbon emissions targets to ensure energy independence, argued the International Energy Agency (IEA). The Paris-based group’s executive director Fatih Birol outlined that nuclear has a unique opportunity for a revival in the context of the …

Iran begins pouring concrete for the wall of the second unit of its Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant aimed at expanding the site in the south of the country. That’s according to the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami. Speaking in Bushehr, Eslami said the concrete pouring …

The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has advised the UN nuclear agency’s director general to refrain from complicating the situation through political statements. Behrouz Kamalvandi’s comments came after the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) called on Iran to resume talks “now” on reviving …

A key meeting of North Korea’s ruling Workers Party is underway amid speculation of Pyongyang preparing for a nuclear test. The top huddle, which convened on Wednesday, is being presided by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with the participation of key officials of the party and ministries, Korean Central …

The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the organization is in talks with Russia over the development of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant. AEOI spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said on Wednesday that Iran and Russia had good bilateral relations, including in the nuclear field, and were negotiating …

The general director of the state corporation Rosatom, Alexei Likhachyov, and his counterpart from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, met in Istanbul on Wednesday to discuss in detail, among other things, the safety at Ukraine’s nuclear power plants (NPPs), Rosatom stated. The pair paid special attention to …