Nuclear Energy

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 …

France, one of Europe’s leading electricity exporters, has taken 28 of its 56 atomic reactors offline due to defects or maintenance. The step comes amid a months-long energy crunch, one of the worst in European history. The 1,300-megawatt Golfech-2 reactor run by Electricite de France (EDF) in the south of …

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been notified by Ukraine that it is examining the possibility to resume regulatory control of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), after the withdrawal of the Russian military from the site. Ukraine also informed IAEA that it is also planning to rotate staff …

The EU members of the UN atomic agency’s Board of Governors have issued a statement in support of preserving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA and the lifting of anti-Tehran sanctions. The EU reaffirmed its firm commitment and continued support for the full and effective implementation of the JCPOA, saying …