The German government has agreed to pay nuclear power station operators 2.4 billion euros in compensation for losses suffered during the country’s early nuclear shutdown in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, ending a long legal battle. “The government has reached an agreement with EnBW, E.ON/PreussenElektra, RWE and Vattenfall,” Germany’s …
Read More »Russia Working on Easing Tensions over Iran’s Nuclear Program
Russia’s Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna said that Moscow is working to ease tensions over Iran’s nuclear program. In a tweet on Tuesday, Mikhail Ulyanov wrote, “The key point at the current meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors is that whether the discussions …
Read More »IAEA, Iran Nuclear Org Agree to Continue with Cooperation & Mutual Trust
Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi released a joint statement on agreement to continue with cooperation and mutual trust. The statement was issued on February 21 at the end of Grossi’s visit to Tehran. …
Read More »Iran Calls on IAEA to Guarantee Information Confidentiality
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 …
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