OI, Fukui (Jiji Press)—The mayor of Oi on Monday gave his consent to Kansai Electric Power Co.’s plan to restart two nuclear power reactors in the town in Fukui Prefecture. Oi Mayor Hiroshi Nakatsuka announced his approval to restart the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant, at a meeting …
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UAE energy minister Suhail al-Mazroui said on Monday the country’s first nuclear reactor would “definitely” be operational by next year. Speaking at an event in Abu Dhabi, al-Mazroui said the first nuclear reactor was 96 percent complete. The UAE is looking to nuclear energy to contribute around 25 percent to its clean energy mix by …
New Delhi: India is engaging with various countries, including Uzbekistan, to procure nuclear fuel as part of its plan to create a strategic uranium reserve to ensure long-term security. The plan is to have a stockpile of nuclear fuel for its strategic uranium reserve that can sustain the country’s reactors for the next five years so …
ST. PETERSBURG, September 21. /TASS/. China presented an offer to Rosatom on a site to build a new nuclear power plant (NPP) of the Russian design, Chief Executive Officer of the Russian state-owned nuclear corporation Alexei Likhachev told reporters on Thursday. “The site is nominated by the Chinese party; we received [the offer on the …
Rosatom director-general Alexey Likhachov has explained the Russian state nuclear corporation’s “long-range agenda” at the 61st Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference being held this week in Vienna. During the event, Rosatom signed a number of agreements with its international partners. In his address to the conference, on 18 September, Likhachov said: “We are …
TOKYO Nuclear fuel reprocessed in France returned to Japan on Thursday for use in a reactor as the country tries to burn more plutonium amid international concerns about its stockpile. Kansai Electric Power Co. said the shipment arrived for use at the No. 4 reactor at its Takahama plant in western Japan. The reactor is …
India and Canada discussed various aspects of uranium and nuclear energy collaboration between the two countries, a statement said on Thursday. A high-level Canadian delegation — Brian Parrott from the Canadian High Commission and Cameco President James A. Dovchuk — met Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space Jitendra Singh on 20 September in which the minister referred …
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) — South Korea is eyeing Saudi Arabia’s first nuclear power plant project, hoping to export its nuclear technology following a 2009 deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the government said Tuesday. Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, is set to announce a plan to build two nuclear reactors to …
VIENNA, 19 September (BelTA) – The preparation of the agreement to supply nuclear fuel to the Belarusian nuclear power plant is at the final stage, Belarusian Deputy Minister Mikhail Mikhadyuk told the media on the sidelines of the 61st session of the IAEA General Conference, BelTA has learned. “We are drafting an supplementary agreement to …