The European Union will need to invest 500 billion euros ($568 billion) in new generation nuclear power stations from now until 2050, the bloc’s internal market commissioner said in an interview published over the weekend. “Existing nuclear plants alone will need 50 billion euros of investment from now until 2030. …
Read More »EU Moves to Label Nuclear and Gas Energy as Green
The EU is planning to label energy from nuclear power and natural gas as “green” sources for investment despite internal disagreement over whether they truly qualify as sustainable options. The proposal, seen by AFP on Saturday, aims to support the 27-nation bloc’s shift toward a carbon-neutral future and gild its …
Read More »Belgium to Shut all Current Nuclear Reactors by 2025
Belgium has announced it will close its current nuclear power plants in the next four years. Progressively phasing out nuclear power has been enshrined in Belgian law for almost two decades. But on Thursday, following talks among coalition ministers, the government confirmed seven nuclear reactors at two plants, which generate …
Read More »Iran’s Conditions for Replacing Nuclear Facility Cameras
An Iranian expert on international issues said that Iran voluntarily accepted replacing the International Atomic Energy Agency’s cameras in the nuclear facility in Karaj on conditions that legal and security investigation is complete, the IAEA fulfils its duties towards member states, and it condemns sabotage act in the facility. In …
Read More »US must Lift all Sanctions
The head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has said that the Vienna talks are on return of the US to the July 2015 nuclear deal and that the United States has to lift all sanctions. Removal of the sanctions has to be practical and have the possibility to …
Read More »Iran’s Nuclear Path Merely Peaceful
Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said that Iran has shown that its nuclear path is merely peaceful via negotiating on safeguards agreements and its NPT commitments with correct legal and political behavior. Speaking in a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the late Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen …
Read More »IAEA Chief: I Need to Meet with Iran’s Senior Officials to Discuss JCPOA
Repeating unconstructive allegations against Iran, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency claimed that he needed to meet with senior officials to discuss a long list of issues related to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. “I have not had any contact with this government that has been there for …
Read More »UN Atomic Agency Head to Visit Iran soon
The head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog plans to visit Iran before the end of next month amid questions about whether Iran will return to negotiations. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said Tuesday he intends to visit Tehran “soon” to discuss and hopefully resolve specific concerns about Iran’s …
Read More »Iran Calls for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s representative in the United Nations General Assembly called on the world for total elimination of nuclear weapons, rejecting retention, stockpiling, development, use, and proliferation of such weapons at regional and global levels. Reza Najafi, the acting deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs of …
Read More »IAEA, Iran in Good Path to Resolve Differences
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi has evaluated his visit to Tehran as “constructive,” saying that the two sides are heading towards resolving differences. Following his one-day trip to Tehran and upon his arrival in Vienna, Austria, Grossi underlined that the new consensus is not …
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