Iran’s Permanent Ambassador to the Vienna-based International Organizations Kazzem Qaribabadi said his country has urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to ensure that the information of its nuclear program would not be leaked. “The Islamic Republic of Iran has officially informed the IAEA of its concerns regarding the principle of …
Read More »IAEA Says New Technology Has Been Successfully Tested In Fukushima
A new technology using drones, developed by the International Atomic Energy Agency for use by authorities in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan, has been tested and validated under real conditions in Fukushima and is available for practical use in routine or emergency situations. The IAEA said the drones, or unmanned aerial …
Read More »IAEA to Carry Out Assessment of Uzbekistan’s Nuclear Infrastructure
The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) mission will carry out a comprehensive assessment of Uzbekistan’s nuclear infrastructure in 2021, Trend reports referring to the press service of IAEA. According to the IAEA’s representatives in Uzbekistan, the cooperation between Uzbekistan and the IAEA was raised to a new level in 2020. …
Read More »Russian Nuclear Power Plants Set Electricity Production Record in 2020
Nuclear power plants in Russia produced over 215.7 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2020 thus reaching an all-time-high, Rosenergoatom, a subsidiary of state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, said on Friday. “We ended 2020 with an absolute record in the entire history of the Russian nuclear power industry, achieved previously only …
Read More »Iran Tells IAEA It Plans to Enrich Uranium to up to 20% at Fordow Site
Iran has told the United Nations nuclear watchdog it plans to enrich uranium to up to 20% purity, a level it achieved before its 2015 accord, at its Fordow site buried inside a mountain, the agency said on Friday. The move is the latest of several recent announcements by Iran …
Read More »IAEA Prepared to Send Team to Monitor Fukushima Water Release
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said his body is ready to send a monitoring team upon request to check treated radioactive water set to be discharged from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to address concerns over environmental impact. “We can cooperate if the government of …
Read More »IAEA Says It has Access to Verify Iran Safeguards Commitments
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in its latest statement that it has access to Iranian nuclear sites to verify Iran Safeguards commitments. “This report of the Director General to the Board of Governors and, in parallel, to the United Nations Security Council, is on the Islamic Republic of …
Read More »IAEA Sees Germany as Key Member, despite Nuclear Phase Out
Germany is showing continued strong support for the International Atomic Energy Agency’s mission to foster global peace and development, even as the country phases out its own use of nuclear power, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said yesterday during a two-day visit to Germany. Decommissioning and waste management will …
Read More »Japan Left with Only One Nuclear Reactor Working Due to Shutdown
Japan will have to limp by on just one nuclear reactor for the next six weeks after Kansai Electric Power Co. shut down the No. 4 reactor at its Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, for regular maintenance on Nov. 3. That task will fall to the No. …
Read More »Japan Likely Needs New Reactors to Meet Carbon Goal
Japan must consider building new nuclear reactors to meet the government’s lofty goal of going carbon-neutral by 2050, according to the nation’s former economy and energy minister. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s net-zero emissions pledge announced Monday is “very ambitious” and presents a number of difficulties, said Hiroshige Seko, broadcaster NHK …
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