https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/finnish-regulator-on-track-for-repository-decision-by-year-end
Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has said it remains on track to complete its assessment of Posiva Oy's operating licence application for the...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/anfield-sets-out-us-asset-details
Anfield Resources has produced a summary of the US uranium assets including royalty rights and surface stockpiles that it is set to acquire on the closing of...
world nuclear newsanfieldsetsusasset
https://www.kent.edu/spcs/news/spcs-colloquium-february-27-saving-world-nuclear-war
On Monday, February 27, 2023, from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm, the School of Peace and Conflict Studies will host a Zoom event featuring Dr. Vincent Intondi as
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/sellafield-unveils-ai-strategy-to-accelerate-clean
The UK's Sellafield nuclear facility has unveiled its AI (artificial intelligence) strategy intended to improve efficiency and safety, with the goal that by...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Korean-reactor-design-certified-for-use-in-USA
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified the Korean-designed Advanced Power Reactor 1400. The certificate states that the NRC finds the APR-1400...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/g20-leaders-reaffirm-commitment-to-paris-agreement
The leaders of the G20, who met in Rome on 30-31 October, said they are committed to tackling the "critical and urgent threat" of climate change and to work...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/accord-reached-on-extending-operation-of-belgian-u
French utility Engie and the Belgian federal government have signed an agreement with a view to restarting the Doel 4 and Tihange 3 nuclear power reactors in...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/South-Koreas-SK-Group-invests-in-TerraPower?feed=feed
SK Inc and SK Innovation - both affiliates of SK Group, Korea's second-largest conglomerate - have invested USD250 million in US nuclear innovation company...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Radioactive-ore-dumped-in-DRC-river
[Mail & Guardian, 7 November; Reuters, 10 November] Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are investigating the suspected dumping of nearly 19...
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https://stories.as.com/en/amp/oleg-gordievsky-the-double-agent-who-saved-the-world-from-nuclear-disaster?utm_source=amp_socy
On March 4, 2025, Oleg Gordievsky died at the age of 86. He was the highest-ranking KGB officer to spy on the USSR for MI6 and helped save the world.
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https://www.wionews.com/world/russia-launches-floating-nuclear-reactor-in-arctic-despite-warnings-244918
WION (World Is One News) brings latest & breaking news from South Asia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and rest of the World in politics,...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/nrc-centre-activated-ahead-of-hurricane
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission yesterday activated its Atlanta regional incident response centre in anticipation of Hurricane Michael's landfall in the...
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https://www.aljazeera.com/video/the-stream/2017/7/19/will-a-nuclear-weapons-ban-make-the-world-safer
Majority of UN member states move to ban nuclear weapons in new treaty, despite boycott by nuclear-armed nations.
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https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/uzbekistan?utm_source=nuclearupdate.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=iran-escalates-uranium-enrichment-activities
Uzbekistan has considerable mineral deposits, including uranium. Today, most uranium is mined in the middle of the country, with Navoi as the centre, linked to...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/sizewell-c-consortium-urges-decision-on-funding
A group of 32 companies and organisations from the UK nuclear supply chain have formed a consortium to encourage the government to support a state-guaranteed...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/nova-scotia-ontario-sign-smr-mou
The Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Ontario will work together to explore small modular reactor technology as a clean energy option.
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/approval-for-four-new-reactors-in-south-china
China's State Council approved the construction of two CAP1000 units as Phase I of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in Guangdong province and two Hualong One...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/china-plans-demonstration-nuclear-heating-project
A feasibility study on constructing China's first nuclear plant for district heating is being carried out by China General Nuclear (CGN) and Tsinghua...
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https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/russia-nuclear-power
Russia is moving steadily forward with plans for an expanded role of nuclear energy, including development of new reactor technology. Exports of nuclear goods...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Kaliningrad-plan-for-Baltic-States-market
An agreement has been made towards building a new nuclear power plant in Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave on the Baltic Sea. The proposed site is virtually on...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-phase-of-hinkley-point-c-cloud-migration-com
Microsoft solutions provider Avanade has completed the first phase of a project to bring state-of-the-art cloud infrastructure to EDF's Hinkley Point C,...
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https://physicsworld.com/a/hints-of-a-boundary-between-phases-of-nuclear-matter-found-at-rhic/
Oct 9, 2025 - STAR collaboration homes in on critical point for quark–gluon plasma
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/turkey-aiming-for-20gw-of-nuclear-by-2050s
Turkey is in talks with Russia, China and South Korea over its planned second and third nuclear power plants, and with the USA and United Kingdom over small...
turkeyaiminggwnuclearworld
https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/urenco-usa-produces-first-leu-fuel
Urenco USA has produced its first uranium enriched to 8.5% U-235, in what it describes as a first for a commercial uranium facility in the USA.
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/nuclear-a-vital-tool-in-achieving-decarbonisation,
Nuclear energy provides enormous opportunities to bring about a fast, cost-effective and just decarbonisation, World Nuclear Association Director General Sama...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/wipp-ventilation-shaft-reaches-new-depths
A new utility shaft at the US Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico has now reached nearly 90% of the way to the underground waste...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/tepco-anticipates-delay-in-kashiwazaki-kariwa-rest
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan's Niigata Prefecture will not be restarted until fiscal 2022 (ending March 2023) at the earliest, Tokyo...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/assembly-of-iter-tokamak-officially-under-way
A ceremony was held yesterday within the ITER Assembly Hall to mark the official start of the assembly of the tokamak fusion device of the International...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/restart-and-extended-operation-of-belgian-reactor-approved
Belgium's Federal Agency for Nuclear Control has given the go-ahead for the restart of unit 3 at the Tihange nuclear power plant following a maintenance outage...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/lok-sabha-passes-shanti-bill
The lower house of India's parliament has passed the bill proposing a new legal framework for India's nuclear sector - including clearing the way for private...
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https://www.voanews.com/a/turkey-erdogan-says-nuclear-armed-states-threatening-world/4403893.html
Erdogan says Middle East has to be cleansed of all nuclear weapons, in an apparent reference to Israel, believed to be only nation region to possess them
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https://www.weforum.org/stories/2020/07/nuclear-power-energy-transition/
Nuclear power can offset the intermittency inherent in wind and solar energy - but innovation is needed. Could a new kind of reactor be the answer?
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https://www.wusf.org/2025-06-29/how-u-s-strikes-on-iran-could-impact-nuclear-nonproliferation-across-the-world
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, about how U.S. strikes on Iran could impact nuclear...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/fortum-to-assist-in-decommissioning-research-react
Finnish utility Fortum has signed a letter of intent to cooperate with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland in the decommissioning of the Finnish Reactor 1...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/korean-floating-smr-design-certified
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries has received Approval in Principle from the American Bureau of Shipping for a floating marine nuclear power platform...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/concreting-of-akkuyu-1-s-inner-containment-dome-co
The completion of concreting of the inner containment dome at Akkuyu 1 is seen as a key construction moment at Turkey's first nuclear power plant.
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/council-formed-to-support-canadian-isotope-product
Canadian science, health care and nuclear sector organisations have launched an initiative aiming to ensure the country remains a world leader in the...
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https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iaea-board-meets-over-ukraine-nuclear-safety-concerns-218424
The U.N. nuclear watchdog's board of governors will meet Friday to discuss nuclear safety in Ukraine, with several countries expressing "growing concern" over...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Radioactive-Boy-Scout-arrested
A man from Michigan, David Hahn, has been accused of stealing smoke detectors containing americium. Hahn was previously described as "The Radioactive Boy...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/viewpoint-is-science-and-not-politics-finally-driv
The recent assessment by the EU's scientific body, the Joint Research Centre, that nuclear energy does no more harm to human health or the environment than any...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/contract-for-detailed-design-of-forsmark-disposal
Swedish engineering consultancy company Sweco will prepare the detailed design of the planned used nuclear fuel repository at Forsmark under a contract from...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-decommissioning-authorization-in-italy
The final decommissioning of the Bosco Marengo nuclear fuel fabrication plant has been authorised in Italy. It will be the first nuclear facility in the...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/final-module-in-place-at-haiyang-3
The final module - the containment water tank - has been installed at the first of two CAP1000 units under construction at the Haiyang nuclear power plant site...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/westinghouse-eclipse-team-up-for-nuclear-new-build-projects
Westinghouse has signed a memorandum of understanding with Canadian innovative automation solutions provider Eclipse Automation, part of Accenture, to support...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/nuclear-is-bedrock-of-duke-s-energy-roadmap
UPDATED: Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress have recommended extending the lives of their existing nuclear power plants as well as building two new...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canadian-government-invests-in-third-SMR-technolog
The Canadian government is to invest CAD27.2 million (USD21.6 million) in Westinghouse Electric Canada Inc to support its next-generation eVinci microreactor....
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/us-companies-collaborate-on-triso-fuel-facility
Centrus Energy Corp and X-energy are to proceed with the preliminary design of a facility to fabricate advanced nuclear fuels based on X-energy's uranium...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/npcil-seeks-proposals-for-privately-funded-small-reactor-projects
India's nuclear power operator has issued a Request for Proposals from 'visionary Indian industries' to finance and build a proposed fleet of 220 MW Bharat...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-ap1000-reactor-enters-commercial-operation
Unit 1 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province has completed 168 hours of full-power continuous operation. The AP1000 reactor is now...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/uk-initiative-targets%C2%A0fusion-skills-and-future-wor
The UK Fusion Skills Council - created by a partnership between the UK Atomic Energy Authority and 19 companies and academic institutions - aims to boost...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/mining-to-resume-at-mcclean-lake
More than 15 years after mining was suspended at McClean Lake in Saskatchewan, joint venture partners Orano Canada Inc and Denison Mines Corp have announced...
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https://www.eurasiantimes.com/india-france-nuclear-energy-partnership-hanging-fire-due/?amp
Seven years after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between India and France for setting up the largest nuclear power plant in the world at...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/iea-highlights-nuclear-s-key-role-in-coming-years
Renewables together with nuclear power are expected to meet the vast majority of the increase in global electricity demand over the next three years, making...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/major-module-installed-at-haiyang-4
The largest and heaviest module - the CA20 - has been installed at unit 4 of the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province, the Shanghai Nuclear...
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https://www.theblaze.com/news/2013/10/01/the-surprising-culprit-that-shut-down-one-of-the-worlds-largest-nuclear-reactors-and-why-it-could-happen-again
"It's true that there seems to be more and more of these extreme cases..."
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Construction-starts-of-second-Lianjiang-unit
The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 2 at the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province. It is...
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https://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/2025-09-bellona-participates-in-the-rome-launch-of-the-2025-world-nuclear-industry-report
Sep 19, 2025 - Bellona International
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/uranium-energy-acquires-licensed-reno-creek-projec
Uranium Energy Corp (UEC) has entered a definitive share purchase agreement with Pacific Road Resources Funds to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/japanese-minister-charts-steady-progress-after-fuk
In the five-and-a-half years since the Great East Japan Earthquake, "steady progress" is being made in the decommissioning process and contaminated water...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/second-hualong-one-at-fuqing-gets-dome
The dome has been installed on the containment building of unit 6 at the Fuqing nuclear power plant. The unit is the second demonstration HPR1000 Hualong One...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/reactor-vessel-in-place-at-hongyanhe-6
The reactor pressure vessel of unit 6 at the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning province was installed on 1 December, Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-operators-to-benefit-from-immersive-3D-sim
Complete 3D simulations of operating nuclear facilities offered as a new innovative service from Duke Energy One and L3Harris Technologies can be used to...
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https://www.trtworld.com/article/c1b7449711b6
Iran accuses the US of breaching the UN charter with its recent attack on nuclear sites used for peaceful purposes.
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/gle-laser-enrichment-on-track-for-2024-demonstrati
The owners of the Global Laser Enrichment joint venture have agreed to double project expenditures in 2024 to accelerate demonstration of the SILEX laser...
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https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/lindsey-graham-nuclear-program/2015/01/02/id/616094/
One of Congress' most prominent foreign policy voices has expressed alarm that Iran is moving towards becoming a military nuclear power like its longtime ally...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/bangladesh-plans-another-nuclear-power-plant
Bangladesh wants to build another nuclear power plant after its first one is completed, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said yesterday as work at the Rooppur...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-disposal-tunnel-under-construction-at-finnis
Excavation of the first final disposal tunnel has started at the Onkalo underground used nuclear fuel repository near Olkiluoto, Finnish radioactive waste...
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https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/serious-threats-to-world-peace-stability-china-slams-japan-over-its-inflating-nuclear-ambitions/
'The Japanese right-wing forces' inflating nuclear ambitions are a dangerous signal of the resurgence of militarism in Japan and pose serious threats to world...
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https://theworld.org/stories/2013/08/14/japan-faces-possible-nuclear-meltdown
Nuclear reactors continue to fail at power plants in Japan and there is a risk of possible nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, with 80,000 people...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/enec-to-evaluate-deployment-of-smrs-and-microreact
Following the launch of a programme aimed at leveraging its experience in successfully delivering a nuclear power plant project, the UAE's Emirates Nuclear...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/european-leaders-trigger-dispute-mechanism-of-iran
The foreign ministers of France, Germany and the UK have triggered a dispute resolution mechanism over the nuclear deal with Iran - the Joint Comprehensive...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Dow-s-Seadrift-site-selected-for-X-energy-SMR-proj
Dow has selected its UCC Seadrift Operations manufacturing site in Texas for its proposed advanced small modular reactor project with X-Energy Reactor Company....
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https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/north-korea-claims-successful-nuclear-warhead-test--103746
North Korea claimed on Sept. 9 it has successfully tested a nuclear warhead that could be mounted on a missile, drawing condemnation from the South over the...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Lightbridge-fuel-development-gains-DOE-funding
Framatome has received a voucher through the US Department of Energy's Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear programme to support development of...
world nuclear newslightbridgefueldevelopmentgains
https://theworld.org/stories/2013/08/14/top-hour-us-looks-japans-nuclear-crisis-morning-headlines
The Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gregory Jaczko has responded to the nuclear crisis in Japan, "In a comparable situation in the
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/rpv-hydraulic-tests-completed-for-rooppur-2
Rosatom has announced completion of hydraulic tests on the reactor pressure vessel of the second unit at the Rooppur nuclear power plant under construction in...
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https://theworld.org/stories/2016/07/30/north-korea-making-lavish-claims-nuclear-advancement-again
The claims probably aren't true. But why all the bluster?
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/fortum-granted-licence-extension-for-loviisa
The Finnish government has granted Fortum an extension to the operating licence for the two-unit Loviisa nuclear power plant, allowing the plant to continue...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/civil-construction-of-replacement-trino-waste-store-completed
The demolition and subsequent reconstruction of a temporary storage facility for low-level radioactive waste has been completed at Italy's Trino nuclear power...
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https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/world/article/2001539012/japan-to-restart-worlds-biggest-nuclear-plant-wednesday
The world's biggest nuclear power plant is set to restart on Wednesday for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, its Japanese operator said,...
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https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/france
France derives about 70% of its electricity from nuclear energy. This is due to a long-standing policy based on energy security. France is the world's largest...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Czech-regulator-awards-site-licence-for-Dukovany-u
The Czech Republic's State Office for Nuclear Safety yesterday issued a site licence for two new reactor units at the existing Dukovany nuclear power plant...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Shikoku-outlines-plans-for-decommissioning-Ikata-2
A decommissioning plan for unit 2 of the Ikata nuclear power plant in Japan's Ehime prefecture has been submitted to the country's nuclear regulator by plant...
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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/energoatom-and-urenco-discuss-enriched-uranium-sup
Ukrainian nuclear power operator Energoatom has held talks with Urenco about "increasing the supply of enriched uranium to Westinghouse for the production of...
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Korean-nuclear-reactor-back-online-after-5-year-ma
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power confirmed that Hanbit unit 4 resumed power generation at 3:40 am on 11 December, ending an outage that began in May 2017.
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