Nuclear Energy

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

The European Energy Centre (EEC-ECT) has been awarded Institute status by the UK Government following the distinguished work in providing accredited Renewable Energy training and research carried out in the UK and internationally. The prestigious Institute status is only awarded to well-established organisations and bodies who deliver education of the …

China has completed the development of a third-generation nuclear technology that could help cut greenhouse gas emissions by millions of tonnes a year, the State Power Investment Corporation announced on Monday. The announcement that work on the CAP 1400 reactors had finished came days after Chinese President Xi Jinping promised …

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog stressed that his organization will carry out its commitments regrading Iran responsibly and independently, despite some pressures. Speaking In a press conference in Tehran on Tuesday, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi said he will not allow any interferences in …

The United Arab Emirates has launched a nuclear energy plant on Saturday, the first such project in the oil-rich Arab world. Unit 1 of the Barakah plant in the Al Dhafrah region of Abu Dhabi started producing heat on Saturday, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation said in a statement. Unit …