Category: Nuclear
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๐ท๐บ๐ช๐น “Rosatom” will build a nuclear power plant in Ethiopia based on the modern and safe VVER-1200 reactor
๐ท๐บ๐ช๐น “Rosatom” will build a nuclear power plant in Ethiopia based on the modern and safe VVER-1200 reactor โ the Russian ambassador to the country, Evgeny Terekhin. ๐ฌ “The document, signed by the Director General of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev and his Ethiopian counterpart Ashebir Balchi, defines a clear sequence of steps: the creation of a…
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๐ท๐บ๐ณ๐ช Russia and Niger Strengthen Nuclear Cooperation with New Agreement
Niamey, Niger โ In a significant step toward expanding bilateral ties, Russia and Niger signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on July 28 to enhance cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The agreement, signed in Niamey, outlines plans for joint training programs, technology transfers, and potential infrastructure development in Nigerโs nuclear sector. The…
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Kenya’s first nuclear power plant faces opposition from coastal residents
An area has been set aside in Kenya’s southern county of Kilifi for the construction of the country’s first nuclear facility. The project on the coast of the Indian Ocean is expected to be fully operational by 2034. But it has faced fierce opposition. On Friday (Oct. 11), a group of activists and environmentalists took…
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US declassifies nuke numbers
The United States had 3,748 nuclear warheads in stock as of September 2023, according a new โfact sheetโ put out by the Department of Energy. The tally includes both active (maintained in operational, ready-to-use configuration) and inactive (stocked at a depot with their tritium trigger components removed) warheads. The US began to stockpile nukes in…
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Africaโs sole nuclear power station secures 20-year extension
The operating license for Unit 1 of South Africa’s 2-unit Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant has been extended following the implementation of safety improvements. The decision follows a request by state-owned utility Eskom for an extension in 2021, which was granted by the National Nuclear Regulator. Unit 2’s extension application is under review, with its current…
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EDF Suspends Small Nuclear Reactor Project Due to Technical Complexities
The French company EDF has decided to suspend its small nuclear reactor project. The reason is the problems arising from the excessive technical complexity of this device. French energy giant EDF has suspended its NUWARD small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) project. This decision was made due to the high level of technical complexity of the…
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Russia and Mozambique discuss activation of cooperation in the power industry
The topic was discussed during a meeting between the head of the Russian Federal Agency for Mineral Resources (Rosnedra) Evgeny Petrov and the Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources of Mozambique Carlos Mesquita. “At the meeting they discussed issues of activating the interaction of the [Russian hydroelectric company] RusHydro Group with the government…
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Who will benefit from booming demand for uranium?
A scramble for uranium has developed after the Ukraine conflict and short-sighted Western sanctions on Russia exposed Europeโs dependency on Russian oil and gas, The Economist has argued. About 10% of the world’s electricity is generated from uranium in nuclear reactors. But the problem is that Kazakhstan, that boasts a close mutually-beneficial relationship with Russia,…
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Nuclear energy race: US yielding to Russia and China
Although a massive US nuclear power plant in Georgia is finally complete, the facility โmight be the last of its kind,” the Wall Street Journal has reported. The development comes as the US faces the closure of at least 25 nuclear plants, in another sign that America is losing the nuclear energy race to Russia…
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Who is still conducting nuclear tests?
Fifty years ago, on July 3, the Soviet Union and the US signed the Treaty on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests. The subsequent Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996 never came into force. Eight of the 44 countries that had nuclear potential and technology at the time – Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, China,…
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