Nuclear Energy

North Korea appears to have restarted the operation of its main nuclear reactor used to produce weapons fuels, the U.N. atomic agency said, as the North openly threatens to enlarge its nuclear arsenal amid long-dormant nuclear diplomacy with the United States. The annual report by the International Atomic Energy Agency …

The operator of the wrecked Japanese Fukushima nuclear power plant has said it plans to build an undersea tunnel so that massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water can be released into the ocean. The discharge would be about one kilometre away from the plant to avoid interference with …

Recalling the disastrous nuclear bombing by the US on Nagasaki 76 years ago, the mayor of the Japanese city on Monday urged world leaders to “commit to nuclear arms reductions.” “In order to follow a single path toward a world free of nuclear weapons amidst these two conflicting movements, world …

China started this week construction work on a new US$17-billion nuclear power plant project, for which it will install Russian nuclear reactors at the Xudabao project in northeastern China, World Nuclear News reports. The Xudabao 3 unit is the first of four units at the plant to see the beginning …

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi inaugurated isotope technologies labs complex in Arak, Markazi province in Western Iran. “The research-production project was funded through the income of Arak Heavy Water Production Plant,” Salehi said addressing the inauguration ceremony on Saturday. He expressed the hope …

The First Specialized Nuclear Industry Innovation Center was inaugurated in Tehran on Monday in the presence of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Chief and Vice-President for Science and Technology. The First Specialized Nuclear Industry Innovation Center was launched with the aim of commercializing the research achievements of the country’s …

Iran’s Ambassador to the Vienna-based international organizations Kazem Gharibabadi said on Saturday that the IAEA Deputy Director-General for Safeguards Massimo Aparo is traveling to Iran in the coming days. Gharibabadi said that Aparo is also one of the inspectors approved for Iran, saying his visit is in line with routine …

A group of five EU member states led by Germany have sent a letter to the European Commission asking for nuclear energy to be kept out of the EU’s green finance taxonomy. The letter – signed by the environment or energy ministers of Austria, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, and Spain – …

Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Vienna-based International Organizations Kazzem Qaribabadi said that Iran agreed with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s demand to keep the data recorded by the IAEA’s cameras out of good will and not as an obligation. Qaribabadi was speaking in a televised program on Saturday …

The United States and India on Wednesday agreed to strengthen security and civil nuclear cooperation, including building six US nuclear power plants in India, the two countries said in a joint statement. The agreement came after two days of talks in Washington. The United States under President Donald Trump has …