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IAEA call for 'maximum restraint' as explosions rock Ukraine nuclear plant
In his latest update on the situation at the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said powerful explosions had...
IAEA monitors staffing at Zaporizhia NPP and investigates drone attacks
In his latest update on the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said IAEA experts are continuing to closely monitor...
Westinghouse applies for UK Generic Design Assessment of its AP300 SMR
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has formally submitted an application to the UK Department of Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) for approval to enter the General Design...
Swedish regulator approves extended intermediate storage for used fuel
Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM - Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten) has approved radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering’s (SKB’s) renewed safety report for...
Orano Med breaks ground for new alpha therapy laboratory
Orano Med (a subsidiary of the Orano Group) has laid the foundation stone for its ATLab (Alpha Therapy Laboratory) in Onnaing, France. This will be Europe's first...
Grossi makes fourth trip to Zaporizhia
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and his team of experts including the Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety & Security, Lydie Evrard, visited the Zaporizhia nuclear...
Japan to review nuclear emergency guidelines following recent earthquake
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) is to review its evacuation guidelines after the earthquake in January that devastated the Noto Peninsula. The 7.6 magnitude quake damaged...
Framatome delivers three steam generators to Cruas-Meysse
Framatome has delivered three replacement steam generators for unit 3 of the Cruas-Meysse NPP in France. The generators, which are each 21 metres long weighing 329 tonnes, were...
Grossi to visit Zaporizhia NPP
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is travelling to the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) to discuss “important issues and recent developments related...
Russia and Belarus to strengthen nuclear co-operation
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between the government of Russia and Belarus on strengthening strategic cooperation in the field of the peaceful uses of atomic...
IAEA mission to the UK sees progress in nuclear and radiation safety
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) follow-up mission said the UK has a strong commitment to nuclear and radiation safety and has...
Grossi addresses UN Security Council on Zaporizhia NPP
In a long address to the UN Security Council (UNSC), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said the security situation at the Zaporizhia...
Zaporizhia NPP loses power again
The Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) lost its immediate back-up power supply to the reactor units for several hours, in the latest incident underlining persistent nuclear safety and security...
Public consultation called in France on ageing reactors
France’s High Committee for transparency and information on nuclear safety (HCTISN - Haut Comité pour la Transparence et l’Information sur la Sécurité Nucléaire) has launched a...
X-energy completes CNSC pre-licensing for Xe-100 SMR
US-based X-energy Reactor Company X has completed milestones in the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s (CNSC’s) pre-licensing Vendor Design Review (VDR) of its Xe-100 advanced...
IAEA granted access to Zaporizhia NPP unit 6 reactor hall
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have been granted access to the reactor hall of unit 6 of Ukraine’s Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) after previously having been denied...
Replenishment tank installed at China’s Sanmen 3
The first of two core replenishment tanks has been lifted into place at unit 3 of China's Sanmen NPP in Zhejiang province, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design...
IAEA continues to demand access to Zaporizhia reactor halls
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts at Ukraine’s Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) have not yet been given access to the reactor halls of units 1, 2 & 6, IAEA Director General...
IAEA publication assesses applicability of current safety standards to innovative technologies
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has completed a project to assess how well existing IAEA safety standards apply to new technologies such as small modular reactors....
