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Linglong One DCS Cabinet Installed in a Hainan-based Nuclear Power Plant

ROSATOM participates in World Nuclear Spotlight Kazakhstan

417 nuclear units are operating in the world, 58 units are under construction

416 nuclear units are operating in the world, 58 units are under construction

416 nuclear units are operating in the world, 57 units are under construction

China and Japan held technical consultations on the issue of draining Fukushima water

Duan Xuru: Continuously develop nuclear fusion technology and accelerate the process of energy transition

Han Yongjiang: Accelerate the development of nuclear technology application industry
Han also said that nuclear technology application is closely related to nearly one-third of the 43 manufacturing industries of the national economy. It has also promising prospects in fields such as medicine and agriculture. The deep integration of the nuclear technology application into the national economy is not only crucial for unleashing the economic growth potential but also supports the ecological governance and the improvement of people livelihoods. What is more, integrating the nuclear technology application industry into the global economy can contribute to the high-quality development of the Belt and Road cooperation, facilitating the prosperity of both domestic and international markets.

Lu Tiezhong: Nuclear energy green attribute should be certified

Lower part of inner containment dome installed at Tianwan NPP Unit 8

414 nuclear units are operating in the world, 57 units are under construction

Physical startup of Ruppur-1 may occur in December - Likhachev

PFBR-500 - start of fuel loading
Fuel loading into the reactor core will begin today at the PFBR unit under construction in India - also known as PFBR-500, a demonstration unit with a fast sodium reactor.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is visiting Tamil Nadu, intends to observe the start of the fuel loading, as reported in the Indian media.
Marking a historic milestone in India's nuclear power programme, Prime Minister will witness the initiation of core loading of India's indigenous Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor(PFBR) of 500 MWe capacity at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, a government press release said.
The text of the release recalls that the reactor project was developed by the Indian company BHAVINI.

Construction begins on CNNC Jinqimen nuclear power project

Linglong One completes external dome installation

Clean area for controlled reactor assembly arranged at Akkuyu NPP Unit 1

Passive heat removal system installed at Rooppur NPP Unit 2

NPCIL may consider PHWR-220 construction

Jinqimen nuclear power project has received official approval

413 nuclear units are operating in the world, 58 units are under construction

Two units of CNNC complete dome installation

412 nuclear units are operating in the world, 59 units are under construction

Iran has denied allegations of Araks river contamination

There have been no failures in the operation of nuclear power plants after a series of powerful earthquakes in Japan

KAPP-4 achieves first criticality

HTR-PM starts commercial operation
On Dec 6th, Chinese independently developed high- temperature gas-cooled reactor demonstrator commenced commercial operation.
It signifies that China has completed the world first commercially operational modular nuclear power plant with fourth-generation nuclear technology, marking the transition of fourth-generation nuclear technology from experiments to the commercial market.
The high-temperature gas-cooled reactor, with advantages of high safety, power generation efficiency, and environmental adaptability, has broad applications in various fields such as power generation and combined heat and power.
It is an important pathway for optimizing energy structure...

Chairman of CNNC visits the UAE, signs MoU during COP28

Commissioning of the first unit of the Akkuyu NPP is scheduled for July 2025

Ceremony dedicated to the start of construction of the Xudabu-1 unit was held in China

CNNC developed Chinese first compact AMS

The steel safety shell of Linglong One is hoisted

The No 1 unit of Hualong One Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Plant completes cold run test

The first full-scale NPP simulator was put into operation at the Akkuyu NPP in Turkey

Rosatom had delivered the reactor pressure vessel for the Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 (Turkey)

Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus, and Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General, visited Belarus NPP

China makes a major breakthrough in obtaining kg-level molybdenum isotopes
The Research Institute of Physical and Chemical Engineering of Nuclear Industry/Company (IPCE) of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has recently succeeded in obtaining, for the first time, kilogram-level molybdenum-100 isotopes with abundance of 99%.
The remarkable achievement was made through independent research and development, and marks a major breakthrough in the independent supply of molybdenum isotope key material in China.
The breakthrough has changed the situation the country completely relied on imports of molybdenum isotopes for a long time and indicates that China has reached the world leading level in the field of high-abundance stable isotope research, making it one of the few countries that can...

Chairman of CNNC attends Russia-China business forum

CNNC joins the Belt and Road CEO Conference

CNNC unveils nuclear energy solutions to combat climate change in Vienna

Kudankulam-1 celebrated its 10th anniversary

Kazatomprom has delivered another batch of fuel assemblies to China

Rosatom commissions polar crane at Akkuyu NPP power unit No. 1

Researchers from CNNC discover new mineral

Rosatom expands cooperation with Myanmar in the field of nuclear infrastructure

Core catcher is installed on the Akkuyu-4

The first batch of nuclear fuel has been delivered to Rooppur NPP
The official ceremony dedicated to the delivery of the first batch of nuclear fuel has been held at Rooppur NPP construction site in Bangladesh (the general designer and general contractor is Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division).
Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Rafael Grossi, IAEA Director General participated in the ceremony in the video-conference mode. The ceremony marked the receipt of the status of a nuclear facility by the first NPP in Bangladesh.
At the site, the event was attended by Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom State Corporation, Architect Yeafesh Osman, the Minister of Science...

410 nuclear units are operating in the world, 58 units are under construction

The Second China-ASEAN Forum on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology was successfully held

Chairman of China National Nuclear Corp meets with Kazakhstan energy official

Workshop on the Application of Small Modular Reactor held in Hainan

Bridge crane of the turbine hall commissioned on the Akkuyu-1 unit

The 190kA generator circuit breaker of the Hualong One overseas project successfully developed

HL-3 successfully operated in the high-confinement mode

The safety-grade DCS NicSysR8000N received the license

The first group of operational personnel of Zhangzhou NPP successfully passed the license exam

CNNC makes it to Fortune Global 500 for fourth consecutive year

Core module of Linglong One is in place
On August 10th, the core module of the Linglong One reactor, a multi-purpose modular small reactor in Hainan, a subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), was lifted and moved towards the nuclear island.
Pressure vessel, evaporator and other key equipment were installed in one step, marking the peak phase of Linglong One installation.
This is the first milestone of the installation of Linglong One nuclear island. It marks the debut of modular manufacturing and installation of nuclear reactor modules, representing a historic step of global nuclear miniaturization and highlighting China leading position in the modular manufacturing of small pressurized reactor units.

Eight heat exchangers of passive heat removal system have been installed at Rooppur NPP Unit 1

Xudapu unit 3 completes dome installation

Fuel supplies for the Ruppur NPP will begin in the first week of October

ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev discussed the course of construction of Rooppur NPP with Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina

The core module of the Linglong One reactor passes final acceptance
On July 13th, the core module of the Linglong One reactor passed its acceptance test and will be shipped to Hainan Nuclear Power, marking a historic step in the modular manufacturing of small pressurized water reactor units. It is also the world first commercial onshore modular small reactor.
The core module of the Linglong One reactor mainly consists of two key components: the pressure vessel and the steam generator. They were independently designed by the CNNC Nuclear Power Institute of China and...

Another Hualong One unit breaks ground in Pakistan

CNNC makes significant progress in two projects in Xinjiang

Kakrapar-3 unit has been put into commercial operation

Largest containment test platform completes performance test

International students of Tsinghua University visit Zhangzhou nuclear power plant

ROSATOM and AKKUYU NUCLEAR took part in NPPES-2023
ROSATOM and AKKUYU NUCLEAR JSC took part in the Nuclear Power Plants V Expo and IX Summit (NPPES), which was held on 21-22 June in Istanbul, Turkiye. ROSATOM acted as the main partner of the annual industry forum, Turkiye largest business platform in the area of nuclear technologies and industry; and took an active part in its business program.
The representatives of ROSATOM and AKKUYU NUCLEAR JSC told the participants and guests of the event about the status of implementation of construction of the first nuclear power plant in Turkiye, and speakers of various Rosatom divisions presented new areas of cooperation with Turkish companies in the area of nuclear and non-nuclear technologies as part of the business...

At Power Unit No. 7 of Tianwan NPS, the Inner Containment Dome Upper Part Has Been Installed in the Reactor Building

CNNC Chairman visits Rossing Uranium for mining, energy cooperation

Four units of Tianwan nuclear power plant pass final acceptance

Concreting of internal containment dome completed at Akkuyu NPP Unit No.1

IAEA Director General visits CNNC - first stop of his first visit to China
On May 22, Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), visited the China Institute of Atomic Energy of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) - the first stop of his first visit to China since taking the helm of the IAEA in 2019, at the invitation of the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA).
At the China Institute of Atomic Energy, a pine tree was planted to symbolize longer and closer cooperation between China and the IAEA. The director general said it is his hope that we come together to celebrate the 40th anniversary of China accession to the IAEA next year. Here he visited the China Advanced Research Reactor and a proton cyclotron.

The lower tier of the inner containment dome of the reactor building has been lifted at Unit 7 of Tianwan NPP

CNNC attends human health related international symposium in Vienna

First batch of nuclear fuel was delivered to Akkuyu NPP
A solemn ceremony dedicated to the delivery of the first batch of nuclear fuel for the first nuclear power plant in Turkey was held at the Akkuyu NPP construction site. This historic event marks the entry of the Republic of Turkey into the community of countries developing nuclear generation technologies on their territory.
Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and Recep Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey, took part in the ceremony via videoconference, Rafael Grossi, Director General of the IAEA, Fatih Donmez, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey, Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, Anastasia Zoteeva, Chief Executive Officer of JSC AKKUYU NUCLEAR, and other official guests attended the event.

Installation of the fourth tier of the containment at Akkuyu NPP Unit 2 is completed

Uranium-241 was synthesized in Japan

The CARR reactor is open to foreign customers
The Chinese corporation CNNC has opened the CARR research reactor for projects of foreign companies and specialists.
To date, CARR has received more than 40 applications from abroad. The experiments that the applicants would like to put on are related to the needs of the aerospace and oil industries and to the study of new materials and a number of other areas.
Chinese research institutes and universities are already experimenting on CARR. In total, about 50 Chinese enterprises and organizations received access to the reactor capabilities.
The name CARR stands for China Advanced Research Reactor. The decision to build CARR was made in 1997...

Construction starts on Sanmen 4

422 nuclear units are operating in the world, 57 units are under construction

422 nuclear units are operating in the world, 56 units are under construction

422 nuclear units are operating in the world, 56 units are under construction

First international standard in nuclear fusion released

Turbine building roof installation completed at Akkuyu NPP Unit 1

Transport Lock Has Been Installed at Rooppur NPP Power Unit 1

Inner dome installed at Changjiang-3

Outer dome installed at Zhangzhou 1

Pakistan and China - difficulties of cooperation
The Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif recalled the difficult fate of the Chashma-5 construction project in his speech at a ceremony organized in honor of the transfer of the second stage of the Karachi NPP.
As befits a high-ranking official, he blamed the previous government for delays in the execution of the project, mentioning some self-created obstacles.
Against the background of the high cost of imported energy, Pakistan is in dire need of its own capacities producing cheap electricity, so a new unit must be built.
The Prime Minister made it clear that the Pakistani side is ready to discuss the Chashma-5 construction project with the Chinese reactor, but will firmly insist on its terms.
And if you can really agree on pricing formulas and,,,

CNNC develops isotope light sources

Akkuyu NPP project employees collect help for earthquake victims

Two units of the first overseas project of HPR1000 officially delivered
Unit 3 of the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (K-3) was inaugurated in Pakistan on Feb 2, meaning that the two million-kilowatt Hualong One units exported to Pakistan, K-2 and K-3, have now both officially been delivered to Pakistan and put into operation.
The HPR1000 (Hualong One) is a third-generation nuclear power piece of technology independently developed by China and a landmark achievement in China innovative development of nuclear power. From a name card of China to an international brand, the HPR1000 shines along the Belt and Road as the event marks the completion of the first project of the HPR1000 in Pakistan.
Through joint efforts, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has built two nuclear power stations...

Main Coolant Pipeline Welding Completed at Rooppur NPP Unit 2

CNNC reports growth in power generation in 2022

CNNC supports frontier science research with germanium isotopes

CNNCs first self-developed BNCT cancer treatment facility settles in Taian, Shandong

Welding of the main coolant pipeline has commenced at Kudankulam NPP Unit 3

Commersial operation of Fangchenggang-3 is now expected in first half of 2023

Flushing of systems with the open reactor has commenced at Rooppur NPP Unit 1

China first homegrown main steam isolation valves delivered

Unit No. 1 of the Shin-Hanul NPP has been put into commercial operation

Reactor building dome has been installed in design position at Kudankulam NPP Unit 3

China begins nuclear island installation of land-based small modular reactor
The nuclear island installation of the world first commercial land-based small modular reactor, Linglong One, has officially begun construction in South China Hainan Province, China Central Television reported on Sunday.
Linglong One is a multi-functional modular small pressurized water reactor built by the China National Nuclear Corporation based on independent research and intellectual property rights.
It is also the world first reactor of this type to be approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency on the basis that it is built to serve the region diverse power needs.
The CCTV report described the nuclear island as the heart of the nuclear power plant. Other major facilities, including the power station pressure vessel and...

Akkuyu Nuclear holds Open Doors Day at the NPP Construction site

Obstacles to all key technologies for development of China BNCT cancer treatment facility removed

Core component of ITER completes first piece of manufacturing

CNNC climate action case unveiled at COP27

Installation of the outer containment dome is completed at Rooppur NPP Unit 1
At the Rooppur NPP construction site in the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh (with the Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division being the general designer and general contractor), installation of steel structures of the outer containment dome has been completed in the reactor building of Unit 1.
The upper part of the dome, having the weight of 100 tons and diameter of 34.4 meters, was installed in the design position at a height of 57.140 meters. Now the construction height is 63.910 meters and it will reach 64.500 meters after concreting of the dome.
We have successfully completed the installation of the outer containment dome and will start its concreting soon. After that we will be able to proceed with the installation...

Installation of the dome part of the outer containment has started at Rooppur NPP Unit 1

CNNC holds Atoms for Future themed forum during CIIE

Researchers reveal calcium abundances in first stars

China makes new breakthrough in artificial sun project

Next stage of containment installation was completed at Akkuyu-3

Core catcher vessel was installed on the unit No. 8 of the Tianwan NPP

427 nuclear units are operating in the world, 56 units are under construction

Barakah-3 unit is connected to the grid

IAEA should not become stage of political manipulation
The recent International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors Meeting decided through consultation for the fourth time to set a separate, formal topic on the transfer of nuclear materials in the context of AUKUS nuclear submarine cooperation and its safeguards in all aspects under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). IAEA members expressed their serious concerns over relevant issues regarding trilateral cooperation.
The nuclear submarine cooperation among US, UK and Australia created a dangerous precedent of nuclear weapon countries illegally transferring huge amounts of weapon-grade nuclear materials to non-nuclear weapon countries, which is a serious violation of NPT...

Hydraulic tests of the ACP-100 reactor vessel have been successfully completed in China

Bridge cranes installation completed at Unit 2 of Rooppur NPP

8th China nuclear open science week held

1st China-ASEAN Forum on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology held in Nanning

CNNC chairman attends 2022 Annual Conference of the Group of Vienna

China Discovered New Lunar Mineral for the First Time
On September 9, the eve of the Chinese traditional Mid- Autumn Festival, a day for eating moon-cake and family reunions, China National Space Administration (CNSA) and China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) jointly released research findings of the lunar samples brought back by the probe Change 5. A new mineral named Changesite-(Y) was discovered by scientists from Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology (BRIUG), a subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). It has been approved by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA). The Changesite-(Y) is the first lunar mineral discovered by China, and the sixth in the world.

Inner dome installed at Zhangzhou unit 2 ahead of schedule

India - turtle pace
The largest project in the Indian nuclear power industry is a plan for the fleet mode construction of ten power units with PHWR-700 reactors, or IPHWR-700 (Indian PHWR), as they are called in India.
Nuclear companies have started contracting equipment for the future fleet, but the construction start dates are constantly shifting to the right. In addition, the start of the head unit (not included in the series!) with the IPHWR-700 is difficult.
The role of the head unit went to unit No. 3 of the Kakrapar NPP. It began to be built in November 2010 and was first synchronized with the grid only in January 2021.
It was expected that the unit would be put into commercial operation in March 2021. In reality, Kakrapar-3 has not...

CNNC SMR Linglong One wraps up construction of retaining walls

Pressure vessel installed at Zhangzhou unit 2

The CA20 module is installed on the construction of Sanmen-3

Industry alliance for decommissioning has been established in China

South Korea and the Saudi Contest
South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol plans to hold high-level talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in November this year.
According to BusinessKorea, special attention will be paid to nuclear energy during the negotiations.
South Korea intends to export at least 10 nuclear power units by 2030, and Saudi Arabia is among the potential consumers of South Korean reactor technologies.
The publication recalls that in May 2022, Saudi Arabia sent an invitation to China, Russia, France and South Korea to participate in a tender for the construction of two nuclear power units with a capacity of up to 1.4 GWe each.
According to experts, South Korea and Russia have an advantage in the competition, since the price of the...

CNNC makes it to Fortune Global 500 3 years in a row

CNNC small modular reactor Linglong One installs heaviest component
The upper containment cylinder of the world first commercial onshore small modular reactor (SMR), the Linglong One, was successfully installed on July 6 at Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant in South China Hainan province.
The upper cylinder is an important component in ensuring the safety of the reactor building, and its installation lays a solid foundation for advancing the Linglong One demonstration project.
The upper cylinder of the steel containment shell is about 15 meters in height and 720 tons in weight, and is the heaviest single hoisting requirement for the Linglong One.
The Linglong One, also known as the ACP100, is a...

Concreting of the inner containment dome is completed at Rooppur NPP Unit 1

CNNC attends China Straits Innovation and Projects Fair

Rooppur NPP Power Unit 2 Has Started to Install the Dome Part of the Inner Containment

The first Chinese Radiology Conference was held online

Construction starts on CNNC Tianwan nuclear steam project

Chinese scientists make breakthroughs in deep underground exploration of uranium deposits

The MCP project for Linglong One has been approved by specialists

First Concrete laid at Xudapu NPP Power Unit 4 in China

CNNC receives sub-surface lunar samples

Works on pre-assembly of Unit 1 outer containment dome start at Rooppur NPP

441 nuclear units are operating in the world, 53 units are under construction

Hongyanhe-6 is connected to the grid
The Hongyanhe-6 (China) was connected to the grid on May 2, 2022.
A CPR-1000 reactor developed by the Chinese corporation CGN is installed on the unit. According to PRIS, the thermal power of the reactor is 2905 MWt, the electrical power of the unit is 1119 MWe gross and 1061 MWe net.
The owner and operating organization of the unit is the Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co. Ltd. (LHNPC). 45% of the company's shares are owned by CGN and SPIC corporations, and the remaining 10% by the municipal company Dalian Municipal Construction Investment Co.
The date of the first concrete is July 24, 2015.

Reactor vessel is installed on Unit No. 3 of Kudankulam NPP

CNNC achieves production of carbon-14 isotopes with commercial reactor

IFRES - the future of Chinese fast program

China - fast plans
The FR22 International Conference on Fast Reactors and Associated Fuel Cycles was held at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna from 19 to 22 April 2022.
Yang Hongyi from China Atomic Energy Institute CIAE gave a presentation on the current state of China fast program.
At present, PWR light water reactors are the backbone of China nuclear power industry. At the next stage of development, fast reactors should appear in the country, and fusion energy will become the third stage. In parallel with the development of reactor technologies, the development of the necessary fuel cycles is underway.
The tasks of fast reactors in China include increasing the efficiency of using uranium resources and transmuting...

Two units of the first overseas project for HPR1000 enter operation

Construction of auxiliary reactor building of Unit 1 is completed at Rooppur NPP

Vietnam should return to NPP construction program - experts
Vietnam must return to nuclear power plans by 2030 if the country is to meet its climate commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
This is the words of the former head of the Vietnam Institute of Energy Nguyen Manh Hien. He voiced this opinion at National Clean Energy Forum.
Restarting the NPP program by 2030 is the only way to achieve our carbon neutrality targets by 2050, as promised at the COP26 forum, the expert said.
In 2009, Vietnam adopted a plan for the development of nuclear energy and it was supposed to build at least two nuclear power plants, one of them with Russian reactors.
However, in 2016 the country postponed the nuclear plan...

Philippines - discussion of deadlines
Two officials of the Department of Energy of the Philippines, who spoke with reporters, are confident that the country is able to start implementing nuclear energy projects in three years, if the next government considers nuclear energy a priority goal.
This is stated in the publication in Philstar.com.
Recall that at the end of February 2022, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order No.164 recognizing the role of nuclear energy in the country energy balance.
It is too late for the current government to do anything in the nuclear direction, since new presidential elections will be held in about a month, in which Duterte does not take part.

Electricity production at power plants of the China National Nuclear Power Co increased compared to 2021

Iran to build IR-360

The generator stator is installed in its design position at Rooppur NPP Unit 1 (Bangladesh)

Vessel with the next batch of equipment has set off for Rooppur NPP (Bangladesh)

Fourth Hualong One unit reaches full power operation

Hualong One demonstration project completed, put into commercial operation

The most crucial assembly operation of the year started at Akkuyu NPP Unit 1

Singapore reminds the nuclear
Nuclear power can take a certain place in Singapore energy mix until 2050.
By order of the Singapore Energy Market Authority (EMA), a report was prepared and released on March 22, 2022, analyzing three scenarios for Singapore energy development up to 2050.
The main conclusions from the report were published by The Straits Times.
The scenario in which nuclear power plants appear is based on the following assumptions: the recovery of the global economy after the pandemic is slow, the world is geopolitically fragmented.
Accordingly, in this scenario, Singapore cannot rely on cooperation mechanisms and is forced to invest in...

Chinese authorities have released a plan for developing a modern energy system during the 14th Five-Year Plan period

Turbine generator for Unit 1 delivered to Akkuyu NPP site

440 nuclear units are operating in the world, 52 units are under construction

Fourth Hualong One unit connected to grid
Unit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan was successfully connected to the gird on March 4, laying a solid foundation for its commercial operation.
Karachi unit 3 is a Hualong One overseas demonstration project and the fourth Hualong One unit around the globe. Its connection to the grid means that all four Hualong One units at home and abroad have been connected to the grid.
It is part of the efforts jointly made by Chinese and Pakistani nuclear scientists to further deepen the comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership of both countries in the new era, commit to green and low-carbon development, and help achieve the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals around the globe.

CNNC showcases nuclear fuel industrial chain capabilities to globe

The First Concrete has been Laid at Tianwan NPP Power Unit 8

Karachi-3 unit reaches first criticality

Kudankulam: AFR controversy continues
The conflict over the proposed dry storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel from the Kudankulam nuclear power plant (India) has reached a new level.
The local authorities, who oppose the storage facilities, are calling for the central government to join the discussion and either return the spent nuclear fuel to Russia or place it in a permanent geological storage facility, which, by the way, is not available in India.
Recall that in 1998, when signing an agreement with Russia on the construction of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, the Indian side insisted that the spent nuclear fuel would remain in India for processing.
Prior to being sent for reprocessing, the plant irradiated fuel is stored in spent fuel pools, from where it is planned...

First outage was successfully completed at Fuqing-5

19 CNNC nuclear power units anticipated to achieve full marks on WANO composite index

First CGN project applying E-beam irradiation to combat COVID-19
A Chinese nuclear company has finished research of the country first installation used for disinfecting cold-chain food outer package and is working on the project implementation, the company board secretary disclosed in response to an inquiry from investors.
The company, namely the CGN Nuclear Technology Development Co (CGNNT), a subsidiary of China state- owned nuclear power giant China General Nuclear Power Corp (CGN), said that the company project, which applies electron beam (E-beam) irradiation technology to fight against coronavirus on the outer package of cold-chain food has passed the review of expert group in March, 2021.
The company is currently pushing for the landing of...

CNNC Day held at Expo 2020 Dubai
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) Day at Expo 2020 Dubai in the United Arab Emirates was held both online and offline on Jan 12, 2022.
The event, themed green, innovation and future, was organized to demonstrate to the world CNNC capacity in the whole industrial chain of the nuclear industry, through which CNNC and its partners jointly reviewed the past and looked forward to the future.
As the first worldwide promotional event held by the CNNC this year, the gathering was also a high-end platform for CNNC to better respond to climate change and implement China carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, create more development opportunities and further unleash cooperation potential for global cooperation on nuclear...

Core catcher casing has been installed at Xudabao NPP Unit 3

CIAE releases world first international cyclotron standard

CNNC Boao International Nuclear Medicine Center opens door to yttrium-90 resin microsphere treatment
In treating these four cases, CNNC Med and China Isotope and Radiation Corporation (CIRC) of CNNC gave full play to the synergistic advantages of the nuclear medicine industry chain of CNNC by working together to introduce and transport yttrium-90 resin microspheres and provide nuclear medicine diagnosis and treatment services and radiation protection to ensure the success of the operations. CNNC Boao International Nuclear Medicine Center, a collaboration between CNNC Med and Boao Super Hospital, and Prof. Dong Jiahong team from Tsinghua University, collaborated closely to strictly ensure the quality of the operation process. The patients responded well.
Yttrium-90 resin microspheres are an accurately targeted...

Reactor pit liner structure has been installed at power unit No.3 of Xudapu NPP (China)

The total output of the Tianwan NPP has reached 300 billion kWh

No. 2 Reactor of China HTGR demonstration project reaches first criticality

License has been issued for the construction of Akkuyu-4

Hualong One unit completes inner dome installation at Zhangzhou-1

Bottom of a steel containment is installed at first Chinese SMR

444 nuclear units are operating in the world, 51 units are under construction

The first Chinese HTGR came out for first criticality

China - results of year 2020

Fuel loading begins on pebble-bed modular HTGR demonstration plant in China

443 nuclear units are operating in the world, 51 units are under construction

Chinese scientists exploring the use of radiation sterilization technology for COVID-19 on cold chain food imports
Important first-phase results from the research project The Research on Prevention and Control of COVID-19 Virus for Import Cold Chain Food by Radiation Sterilization Technology were released on June 21. The results have passed the technology acceptance testing process organized by the Technology Quality and Information Technology Department of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
The project was led by the China Institute for Radiation Protection (CIRP), subordinate to CNNC, in collaboration with CNNC China Isotope and Radiation Corporation (CIRC), Nuctech, the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Tsinghua University, among other institutes.

444 nuclear units are operating in the world, 51 units are under construction

First overseas Hualong One unit put into commercial operation
Unit 2 of the Karachi nuclear power plant (K-2) in Pakistan was officially put into commercial operation on May 20, local time. It not only signals the completion of the first overseas Hualong One (HPR1000) unit, but is a further achievement of China-Pakistan nuclear energy cooperation this year, the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Units 2 and 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant, both overseas Hualong One demonstration projects, are major innovative achievements for China nuclear industry in terms of realizing its independence. They are also a significant step in terms of the two countries deepening their all-weather strategic partnership of cooperation.

Start of new unit construction at Tianwan and Xudapu nuclear power plants
A ceremony was held in China to mark the start of construction of power units 7 and 8 of Tianwan NPP and power units 3 and 4 of Xudapu NPP.
President Vladimir Putin and President Xi Jinping took part in the event by teleconference.
ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev said: The power units of Tianwan NPP are now reliably the benefit of the Chinese people and making a significant contribution to ensuring China energy security. So far, the units, which were built with Russia participation, have already produced more than 270 billion kilowatt-hours."
Power units 7 and 8 of Tianwan NPP and power units 3 and 4 of Xudapu NPP will be equipped with VVER-1200 reactors. The VVER-1200 is Rosatom flagship...

Construction starts on Hualong One units in Hainan
Construction began on two Hualong One (HPR1000) units - units 3 and 4 at the Changjiang nuclear power plant in South China Hainan province - on March 31.
The project is part of a concerted plan by Hainan province, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and China Huaneng Group to realize high-quality growth.
The move, which reflects China national strategy, will contribute to bringing carbon dioxide emissions to a peak, achieving carbon neutrality and helping to build a national pilot zone for ecological conservation and Hainan Free Trade Port.
Meanwhile, nuclear energy, as a low-carbon form of energy, will play its part in helping Hainan itself realize peak carbon dioxide emissions and achieve carbon...

AAEM LLC delivers its first rotor for Arabelle steam turbine to Akkuyu NPP site

First overseas Hualong One nuclear unit connected to grid
The first overseas Hualong One (HPR1000) nuclear unit - Unit 2 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan - was successfully connected to the power network for the first time on March 18 local time.
It is a major milestone in the overseas construction of the Hualong One reactors, a third-generation reactor independently developed by China; on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Sino-Pakistan diplomatic relationship, this also represents a remarkable outcome of the two countries consolidating and deepening their all-weather strategic partnership of cooperation, and of their promoting Sino-Pakistan nuclear energy collaboration.
Hualong One is China's third-generation nuclear power...

Construction of Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 Begins
A ceremony commemorating the start of Unit 3 construction was held at the site of the first Turkish nuclear power plant Akkuyu.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined the ceremony via videoconference. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Donmez, ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev and Akkuyu Nuclear JSC CEO Anastasia Zoteeva were present at the Akkuyu NPP site.
At the ceremony, the leaders of the two countries gave permission to start construction work by pouring the first concrete into the foundation of Unit 3. Speaking at the event, Alexey Likhachev noted that construction work was progressing rapidly.

First Hualong One reactor put into commercial operation
The Unit 5 of Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, the first Demonstration project to adopt China indigenous Generation III nuclear power technology Hualong One, also known as HPR1000, was put into commercial operation, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced on January 30.
The success marks a milestone for the development of China nuclear power, making China the fourth country to master its indigenous Generation III nuclear power technology following the US, France and Russia.
Hualong One is CNNC's Generation III nuclear power technology with complete independent intellectual property rights, developed and designed by the corporation on the basis of more than 30 years of...

Cold functional testing of Hualong One at Fuqing Nuclear Power succeeds

444 nuclear units are operating in the world, 51 units are under construction

Nuclear fuel elements for Chinese HTGR shipped
On January 9, the first batch of products from the world first industrial-scale high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) nuclear fuel element production line, which was fully developed by China, was shipped from the North Nuclear Fuel Element Co Ltd of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) to the Shidaowan HTGR nuclear power plant demonstration project in Rongcheng, East China Shandong province, to provide grid-connected power generation. The first of its kind globally, the project has independent intellectual property rights.
This is one of the most significant innovative achievements of the National Science and Technology Major Project. It represents an important step in advancing the application of China fourth-generation nuclear power technology...

First Hualong One reactor connected to grid
Unit 5 of China Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, developed by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), was successfully connected to the grid for the first time on Nov 27.
Unit 5 is the world first pilot project to use China indigenous third-generation nuclear power technology Hualong One, also known as HPR1000.
It was confirmed on site that all technical indicators of the unit met the design requirements and that the unit was in good condition. This laid a solid foundation for the subsequent commercial operation of the unit and for the top performance in the world first third-generation nuclear power reactor.
Hualong One is an innovative third-generation...

Akkuyu Nuclear JSC Obtains the Construction License of Akkuyu NPP Unit 3

Luo Qi (CNNC) wins top national scientific award

443 nuclear units are operating in the world, 53 units are under construction

WANO makes progress in establishing its new Shanghai office

Hot functional tests have been completed at Karachi-2

Port at Padma river became fully operational on Rooppur NPP construction site (Bangladesh)

Big steps taken to realize the 190 thousands SWU objective - AEOI

Installation of Reactor Pressure Vessel Dry Shielding Completed on Kudankulam NPP Unit 3 (India)

Tianwan nuclear power plant unit 5 connects to grid

238 of 566 fuel assemblies are unloading from SFP-3 at Fukushima Daiichi NPP

231 of 566 fuel assemblies are unloading from SFP-3 at Fukushima Daiichi NPP

Fuel loading completed at Tianwan-5

224 of 566 fuel assemblies are unloading from SFP-3 at Fukushima Daiichi NPP

China needs to have its own isotope production to ensure supply stability

Japanese HTTR has taken another step towards restart

Akkuyu Nuclear JSC and TEIAS Sign Connection Agreement

TVEL completes the contract for supply of fuel pellets to India for Tarapur NPP

CNNC is developing the miniaturized lead-bismuth fast reactors

TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom to supply nuclear fuel for Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh

Rosatom opens a branch in Saudi Arabia

Concrete pouring of the foundation slab of Unit 1 has completed at the site of Akkuyu NPP (Turkey)

WANO members vote to establish a new Branch Office and Support Centre in China

Unit 1 of the Kaiga NPP (India) completed 900 days of the continuous operation

Open doors day took place at the Akkuyu NPP site

Rusatom Healthcare and Asian American Medical Group sign MoU to Develop Nuclear Medical Centre in Johor Bahru (Malaysia)

Nuclear fuel loading has commenced at the 4th power unit of Tianwan NPP

Pakistan will create a specialized division for the protection of Chinese experts

443 nuclear units are operating

The second Russian NPPs in India may appear in Andhra Pradesh or Karnataka

Documentation for regulators on the Sendai nuclear power plant will be ready by the end of March

Chinese official on cooperation with Pakistan at least six units

Iran had exercises to combat sabotage at Fordow

Japan begins the discussion of plans for creating a command bunkers on NPP

Saudi Arabia postpones by eight years its program for the construction of NPP and solar plants

The party-member of the ruling coalition in India opposes Jaitapur nuclear power plant

India started to create a project of its own 900 MWe light water reactor

The Governor of Niigata opposed to re-start Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP

Kudankulam-1 was put into commercial operation

Fangjiashan-2 reaches first criticality

The number of nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards in India will increase to 22

Work on Karachi-2/3 construction was resumed

Rosatom is negotiating for the construction of 7 and 8 units of Tianwan NPP

Medvedev has approved a draft agreement between the Russian Federation and Jordan on the NPP construction

CEFR completes 100% power test

Kansai Electric will increase the tariffs for the household sector for the second time

Kudankulam-3/4 construction shall start on 2015-2016

Atomenergomash has completed delivery of steam generators for Tianwan-3

India imported 4458 tons of uranium since 2008

Agreement on the construction of the third and fourth units of Kudankulam is signed

India does not disclose uranium annual production

Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization approved the EIA Report of Akkuyu NPP
Akkuyu nuclear power plant in province of Mersin will be the first nuclear power plant in territory of the Republic of Turkey. This large-scale project will launch the nuclear industry of the country. That is why the government agencies, public organizations, political parties and Turkish citizens pay close attention to this construction project.

The fate of the Fukushima Daini still not determined

South Korea has announced plans to build four new units

Five nuclear engineers are killed in Syria

Fangchenggang-1 achieved first criticality

Experts rectify the malfunctions of the Kudankulam NPP turbine

Chinese Envoy Criticizes US Plans to Deploy Missile Defense System in South Korea

India Conducts First Successful Test of Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missile: Reports

South Korea Running Out of Storage Facilities for Nuclear Waste

North Korea to Scrap High-Level Talks With South Over Anti-Pyongyang Leaflets: Reports

Three Japanese Banks Agree to Refinance Tokyo Electric Power Company: Reports

Iran, P5+1 May Meet in Vienna on October 15: Austrian Foreign Ministry

South Korean Foreign Minister Claims North Korean Nuclear Reactor Up and Running

Islamic State Aiming to Seize Iraq Water Infrastructure: Reports

Islamic State Document Reveals Plans to Steal Iranian Nuclear Program Data: Reports

North Korea May Have Shut Down Nuclear Reactors: Think Tank

North Korea Agrees to High-Level Talks With South Korea

Costs, Regulations Hinder Construction of Fukushima Micro-Hydropower Station: Reports

Lavrov: Resumption of Six-Party Talks With North Korea Possible

Japan Former Prime Ministers Call for Nuclear-Free Country During Rock Festival: Reports

Japan to Restart Nuclear Reactors Despite Volcanic Risks

Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Missile: Reports

Hiroshima May Host Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Conference

Turkey Denies Developing Nuclear Weapons: Energy Minister

Ban Ki-moon Calls for Flexibility, Creativity to Reach Agreement on Iran’s Nuclear Program

Japan PM: Nuclear Power Plants Will Not Reopen Unless 100% Safe

Japanese Official: Japan Should Follow Russian Example in Setting Fukushima Regulations

Parliament Member: Thermal Power Plants Could Lay Base for ‘Subnuclear’ Society in Japan

South Korea Plans to Lift Embargo on Japanese Seafood

Russia and Jordan signed Project Development Agreement on Nuclear Power Plant Construction

Arak Reactor Remains Issue of Concern at Iran, P5+1 Nuclear Talks: Russia

North Korea Developing Vertical Launching System for SLBMs - Reports

Seoul Calls on Pyongyang to Cooperate More Actively in Joint Industrial Park Project

North Korea Holds Trial of Detained American Citizen: Reports

Russian Nuclear Experts Present Bushehr-2 NPP Project in Iran

Second Unit of India Kudankulam Power Plant Set to Open in November

Iran Detains Ukrainian Citizen Suspected of Sabotage at Bushehr NPP: Reports

IAEA Detects Activity at North Korea Nuclear Site: Report

UN Predicts Global Warming-Induced Disasters in Japan by 2050

IAEA Head Arrives in Iran for Talks

Iran, P5+1 Nuclear Deal Unlikely Before November

South Korea Proposes East Asian Nuclear Security Body

North Korea Fires 3 Short-Range Rockets Into Sea of Japan – Agency

South Korea to Return Radiation-Contaminated Scrap Metal to Japan

Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki

August 9 Marks 69th Anniversary of Nagasaki Nuclear Attack

North Korea Scales Up Yongbyon Nuclear Site Activities – Report

Moscow, Astana Drafting Joint Project to Build Kazakhstan’s First Nuclear Plant

Hiroshima Day - International Day of Nuclear Disarmament

Japan Marks 69th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing

Over 380,000 Japanese Advised to Evacuate Due to Torrential Rain

Japan Signs Deals to Strengthen Economic Ties with Brazil, Latin America

Peace Symposium in Japan Discusses Steps Toward Nuclear - Free World

China Confirms Development of Next-Generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Japanese Police Concealed Over 81,000 Crimes to Improve Statistics

Iran Ballistic Missile System Should Be Dealt With On Side of Nuclear Talks - Expert

China Confirms Targeting Microsoft for Anti-Trust Scrutiny - Reports

A meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee of the Russian Federation and Bangladesh was held in Moscow

Tehran to Continue Supporting Stability, Security in Iraq – Iranian President

Fuad Akhundov, Chief Executive Officer of AKKUYU NPP JSC, meets members of Mersin Economic Platform

Locals Concerned About Safety of Japan Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Plant

Japanese Security Council Approves Export of Sensors for US Missile Systems – Reports

Iran Nuclear Talks Likely to Be Extended - Ryabkov

Japan to Reopen First Nuclear Plant Since Fukushima Disaster

India, Russia Start Naval Drills in Sea of Japan

Russia, Saudi Arabia to Sign Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Deal

North Korea Fires 100 Missiles Into Sea of Japan

Uranium Seized by ISIS Militants in Iraq Harmless – IAEA

Iran Supreme Leader Says Tehran Needs 190,000 Centrifuges for Nuclear Program

North Korea Pursues Strategic Guided-Missile Tests - Reports

Iran, P5+1 Set Out Framework for Nuclear Deal

Nuclear Talks between Iran, EU and US to Open in Geneva Monday

Russia to Help Kazakhstan Build Nuclear Power Plant

Japanese Lawmakers Propose $6Bln Gas Pipeline From Sakhalin

Japanese Government Snubs Anti-Nuclear Public Sentiment

Russia May Sign Agreement to Build 8 Reactors in Iran

Asia Forum Participants Support Nuclear-Free Middle East, Central Asia – Statement

China Bans Windows 8 on Government Computers – Reports

World Powers, Iran Start Nuclear Talks in Vienna

Iran Hopes to Strike Nuclear Deal by July 20

North Korean Nuclear Test Could Be Game Changer – Report

Russian-Designed Reactor at Indian Nuclear Plant Nears Capacity – Source

ROSATOM Deputy CEO N. Spasskiy held negotiations with Chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission K. Tukan

North Korea Conducts Live-Fire Artillery Drills Near South

Iran Neutralized Half of Uranium Stock – IAEA

North Korea Fires Warning Shots With Scud Missiles – Report

North Korea Launches 4 Short-Range Missiles – Report

The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey held the seminar concerning SNF and RAW handling strategy

A starting agreement has been signed to launch production of steam generators for Tianwan Phase II

Next Round of Iran Nuclear Talks Slated for Mid-February

Iran Implements Nuclear Deal, IAEA Says

India Test Fires New Agni-IV Ballistic Missile

Iran Prepares for Start of Landmark Nuclear Deal

Iran Says All Sides Agree to Nuclear Deal

Representatives of the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority visited Novovoronezhskaya NPP-2

Bushehr Nuclear Plant Halts Work for 2 Months

International Nuclear Talks With Iran to Resume Soon

Iran Nuclear Deal
The goal for these negotiations is to reach a mutually-agreed long-term comprehensive solution that would ensure Iran's nuclear programme will be exclusively peaceful. Iran reaffirms that under no circumstances will Iran ever seek or develop any nuclear weapons. This comprehensive solution would build on these initial measures and result in a final step for a period to be agreed upon and the resolution of concerns. This comprehensive solution would enable Iran to fully enjoy its right to nuclear energy for peaceful purposes under the relevant articles of the NPT in conformity with its obligations therein. This comprehensive solution would involve a mutually defined enrichment programme with practical limits and transparency measures to ensure the peaceful nature of the programme. This comprehensive solution would constitute an integrated whole where nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. This comprehensive solution would involve a reciprocal, step-by- step process, and would produce the comprehensive lifting of all UN Security Council sanctions...

IAEA Inspectors Visit Arak Nuclear Site in Iran

Iran, Russia Talk New Nuclear Power Plant Deal – Report

Iran Will Not Shut Down Nuclear Sites – Rouhani

Russian-Made Nuclear Reactor not Affected by Iran Quake

Congress Plans Tough Iran Sanctions if Deal Fails

Putin Praises Iran Nuclear Deal

Iran Strikes Last Minute Nuclear Deal With Group of Six

A delegation of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh paid a working visit to the construction site of Belarus NPP

Putin Says Korean Reunification Only Possible via Peaceful Means

Iran Tells CNN Nuclear Understanding Possible

Iran Interrupted Power Supply to Armenia Causes Blackout

Iran Says It Wont Stop Enriching Uranium to 20%

Rosatom Picked to Build $10Bln Jordanian Nuclear Plant – Reports

Iran Stopped Enriching Uranium to 20% - Iranian Lawmaker

India Looks to Russia as Provider of Future Energy Security

Indian Premier Arrives in Moscow For Summit

Indian PM Praises Russia for Assistance in Nuclear Energy Development

Iran Nuclear Talks End on Upbeat Note; More in November

Iran Open to Uranium Enrichment Deal if Sanctions Lifted – Source

Six-Party Talks Members, Except N.Korea, to Meet in Seoul

Israel: No Dispute Over Iran Timeframe

The Nuclear Energy Information Center inaugurated in Bangladesh

A Middle East Free of WMDs Impossible Without Israel – Syria

North Korean Leader Calls for Friendly Relations With China

The celebration ceremony of the first concrete installation took place at Tianvan NPP unit 4

Tehran to Prepare Nuclear Plan by Mid-October

Iran Vows to Prove Peaceful Nature of Its Nuclear Program

Iran Ready for Nuclear Talks, Not a Threat – Rouhani

Obama Open to Talks with Iran’s President – White House

Iran to Hold Nuclear Talks With Major Powers on Thursday

Russia Gives Iran Control of Bushehr Nuclear Plant

South, North Korea Reopen Joint Industrial Complex - Report

India Conducts Second Test of Agni-5 Missile

Iran to Take Control of Bushehr Nuclear Plant on Sept. 24

Iran Ready to Guarantee Its Nuclear Program Peaceful – Rouhani

Russian, Iranian Leaders to Discuss S-300 Deliveries Deadlock

North Korea Probably Restarted Nuclear Reactor – US Institute

Iran Reiterates It Will Continue Peaceful Nuclear Program

US, Seoul Map Out N. Korea Nuclear Deterrence Plan – Report

UN Chief Urges Political Solution to Syria Crisis at G20 Summit

Russia Questions IAEA on Syrian Nuclear Risks

Iran Puts Foreign Ministry in Charge of Nuclear Talks

US Senators Backing Syria Strike Got More Defense Cash Than Skeptics – Report

Syria Strike to Entail Serious Consequences – China

Russia to Question IAEA on Syria Nuclear Risks

Russia Wont Fight War over Syria - Kerry

Hagel Cites Russia as Source of Syrian Chemical Weapons

Ammo Used Near Aleppo, Syria in March Was Homemade - Russia

US Wary in Courting Russian Support for Syria Strike – Experts

US Senate Committee OKs Military Force Against Syria

Moscow Says US Strike on Syria Threatens Nuclear Security

6.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes off Japan Coast

Syrian Opposition Behind Chemical Weapons Attacks - Mufti

South Korean Inspectors Visit Paves Way for Family Reunions Restart

S-300 Missiles for Iran Dismantled, Scrapped – Manufacturer

Iran Foreign Ministry to Handle Nuclear Talks – Official

Iran Has 18,000 Uranium Centrifuges, 10,000 Active – Report

Moscow Hails Reopening of North-South Korean Industrial Park

South, North Koreas Agree to Reopen Kaesong Area - Report

Iran New President Says Country Committed to Nuclear Talks

Russia Expects Continuity in Iran Cooperation After Rouhani’s Election - Lawmaker

Iran Supreme Leader Endorses Hassan Rouhani as New President

New Sanctions Will Suffocate Iran – Russian Diplomat

Iran Not in S-300 Missile Replacement Talks – Envoy

Israel Likely to Act Ahead of US in Regard to Iran - PM

South, North Korea Talk Future of Joint Industrial Complex

North, South Korea Agree to Reopen Joint Industrial Complex – Report

Iran Leader Asks Putin for Go-Ahead to Build New Nuclear Plant

Data Leaked from S.Korean Presidential Site - Report

North Korea Deploys New Guns on Border with South – Report

South Korea Urges North to Take Path of Peaceful Coexistence

Hackers Threaten New Attacks on N. Korean Websites

N.Korea Reaffirms Offer for Talks

Iran Says Could Talk With US If Nuclear Right Recognized

US to Discuss North Korea High-Level Talks Offer

Russian MP Rules Out US Military Scenario for Iran

Putin Congratulates Iran Rouhani with Election, Offers Cooperation

N. Korea Proposes High-Level Talks With Washington

Reformist Cleric Wins Iranian Presidential Race

Iran Presidential Candidates: And Then There Were 6

North Korea Blasts South for Failed Talks

North Korea Govt Not Picking Up Phone – South Korea

North, South Korea Talks Canceled Over Diplomatic Flap

Koreas Agree on Seoul Ministerial Meeting Next Week – Report

North, South Korea Agree Location for Sunday Talks

No Guarantees That Iranian Nuclear Program Peaceful - IAEA

Thousands in Tokyo Protest Restarting Nuclear Power Plants

N. Korea Wants Peace Treaty with South - Media

North Korea Condemns US Ballistic Missile Test – Report

Moscow Welcomes N.Korea Bid to Return to Nuclear Talks

N.Korea Willing to Resume Denuclearization Talks - Agency

Iran Unveils List of Eight Presidential Candidates - Report

Russia Concerned Over N.Korea Missile Launches - Minister

N. Korea Fires Missiles for Third Day

Situation on Korean Peninsula Still Serious - S.Korean FM

North Korea Launches Short-Range Missile Again – Report

UN Chief Ban Ki-moon Calls on North Korea to Return to Six-Party Talks

S.Korea on Standby After North Launches 3 Missiles - Seoul

N.Korea May Have 200 Mobile Missile Launchers - Report

South Korea Regrets North Refusal to Discuss Kaesong

N.Korea Rejects Kaesong Talks

Iran President Will Not Face Flogging – Spokesman

US, S.Korea Launch Naval Drills in Yellow Sea

Japan, India to Go Ahead with Nuclear Talks

Some S.Korean Workers Return Home from Joint Kaesong Complex

South Korea to Pull Out All Workers from Kaesong

North Korea Rejects South Talks Offer

S.Korean PM Against Redeploying US Tactical Nuclear Weapons

South Korea Proposes Talks with North over Kaesong - Agency

N.Korea Builds Barricades on Border with South - Media

N.Korea Sets Out Terms for Talks

N. Korea Will Not Be Accepted to Nuclear Club - UN Chief

Bushehr Nuclear Plant Unaffected by Iran Earthquake

South Korea Ready to Respond to Pyongyang Nuclear Threat

Korean War Unlikely, But Risks for Russia Serious

Iran Building New Nuclear Power Plant

Iran Nuclear Talks: No Breakthrough, But Step Forward

Iran Announces New Nuclear Program Proposals

Photo exhibition “The Russian Nuclear Power” started in Bangladesh

Iran Nuclear Talks Resume in Kazakhstan

N.Korea Missile Deployment Not Aimed at US - Seoul

N. Korea Approves Nuclear Strike on US - Report

North Korea Bans South Workers from Entering Joint Site

North Korea Vows to Restart Nuclear Reactor

South Korea Unveils Active Nuclear Deterrence Plan

Moscow Calls for Restraint Amid Korean Peninsula Tensions

North Korea State of War May Be Mistranslation - Report

Pyongyang Declares State of War with South Korea - Agency

Senior NATO Official Will Not Rule Out Conflict with N.Korea

N.Korea Puts Rocket Units on Standby - Agency

Nuclear-Capable US Bombers Fly Over S. Korea

North Korea Targets US Mainland

South Korea, US Start Huge Military Exercises

Japanese PM Says Help Still Needed in 2011 Quake-hit Regions

Iran to Test Fire 3 New Missiles

North Korea Annuls Non-Aggression Deals with South - KCNA

UN Security Council Slaps New Sanctions on N. Korea

N. Korea Threatens Nuclear Response to New UN Sanctions

Iran Uses Nuclear Talks to Buy Time for Bomb – Israeli PM

Sanction-Hit Iran Fears Unrest as New Elections Near

Iran Should Win International Community Trust - UN Chief

Iran Nuclear Talks End With No Breakthrough

First Day of Iran Nuclear Talks Ends With No Breakthrough

New Round of Iran Nuclear Talks Starts in Kazakhstan

World Powers Seek Compromise in Iranian Nuclear Talks

Iran Finds New Uranium Deposits, Selects 16 Nuclear Sites

VTB Offers $1Bln Loan For Vietnam Nuclear Plant

Putin Meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II

Moscow Against North Korea Trade Sanctions

Russia, Jordan Leaders to Discuss Nuclear Power Project

West-Bashing Is White Noise at Tehran Revolutionary Rally

Iran, IAEA Agree on New Meeting

N. Korea Informed US of Nuclear Test Plans: State Dept.

Iran Hopes to Build Bushehr Unit 2 with Russia

Global Community Condemns North Korea Nuclear Test

North Korea Confirms Nuclear Test - Reports

Earthquake Suggests Nuclear Test in North Korea

North Korea Reaffirms More Long-Range Rocket Tests

Akkuyu NPP held a first construction organization meeting with Turkish business community

North Korean Leader Spotted with Smartphone, Possibly HTC

Syria Asks UN Security Council to Condemn Israeli Airstrikes

N.Korea Imposes Martial Law Ahead of Nuclear Test – Media

White House Calls N.Korean Threats Needlessly Provocative

North Korea Defense Body Vows Nuclear Test - Agency

N. Korea Threatens Military Buildup After New UN Sanctions

Russia, Bangladesh Ink Arms, Energy Deals

Russia to Lend Bangladesh $500 Million for NPP Construction

Russia Pledges $1 Bln Arms Loan to Bangladesh

Russia, China Launch Stage Two in Joint Nuclear Plant Project

Iran Faults Female Russian Staff at Nuclear Plant Over Hijabs

Japan Cabinet Resigns, Cedes Power to Conservatives

India to Complete 2nd NPP Unit in 2013 - Prime Minister

Russian-Indian Nuclear Project On Track - Nuclear Chief

N.Korea to Launch More Rockets - Kim Jong-un

Moscow: Foreign NGOs Behind India NPP Protests

Iran to Continue Uranium Enrichment - Nuclear Chief

North Korea May Delay Rocket Launch

S.Korea Deploys Warships to Track N.Korea Rocket Launch

Japan Deploys Anti-Missile Shield Against North Korea Rocket

Three Foot Tidal Wave Follows Japan Quake

N.Korean Rocket Set Up on Launch Pad

N.Korea Puts Rocket 2nd Stage on Launch Pad

North Korea Announces December Missile Test

Iran Refuels Nuclear Plant

N.Korea Builds Dome Over Nuclear Reactor - Reports

Iran Unveils Missile-Launching Hovercraft

Turkey: No Plans to Build Nuclear Plant on Bulgaria Border

Iran Claims Drone Filmed Israeli Secret Sites

Iran Dismisses Nuclear Arms Concerns

N.Korea Threatens to Strike South over Leaflets

Iran to Consider Outsourcing Uranium Enrichment

India Modifies Brahmos Missile With New Nav System

N. Korea Says US Mainland Within Its Strike Range

Iran Urges Israel to Join NPT

Beijing Reiterates Opposition to Iran Sanctions

Iran to Defend itself if Attacked by Israel - Ahmadinejad

Iran on Verge of Nuclear Weapons – Israeli PM

IAEA Demands Access to Iranian Military Site

Iran to Get Full Control of Bushehr Nuclear Plant in Dec.

Nuclear Fuel to be Loaded in Kudankulam Power Plant

Non-Aligned Movement Summit Resolution Supports Iran

UN Chief Calls for Diplomatic Solution to Iran Problem

Atomenergoproekt completed the 2012 topographic mapping program of Akkuyu NPP location region

Iran to Make own WMD if Israel Delivers Airstrike - expert

Iran Successfully Tests Upgraded Short-Range Missile

U.S. Congress Passes New Sanctions Against Iran

Iran to Drop $4-bln Claim if Russia Delivers S-300 Missiles: Envoy

Netanyahu Calls for Credible Military Threat Against Iran

Iran to File Complaint Against U.S., EU over Sanctions – Press TV

Iran to Build New Missile, Seaplane

Iranian Religious Leader Threatens to Increase Uranium Enrichment

N.Korea Threatens to Reexamine Nuclear Issue

Bushehr Nuclear Plant to Run at Full Capacity in August

Russia, India Agree Additional Kudankulam NPP Financing

Egypt to Continue Iranian Oil Transit Despite EU Embargo

North Korea Military Chief Relieved of All Duties

India Tests Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile

Deputy Director General of ROSATOM Nikolai Spasskiy visited the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic

Iran Completes Air-Defense Drills

Japan Reactor to Go Back Online

Iran Arrests All Suspects in Nuclear Scientist Killings

UN Chief Regrets No Deal on Iran After Moscow Talks

Istanbul to Host Next Iran-Six Nuclear Talks July 3

Iran Moscow Talks Continue

First Day of Iran Moscow Talks Constructive

No Deal Expected at Iran-G5+1 Talks

Japan Restarts Two Nuclear Reactors

China Denies Delivery of Missile Launchers to N. Korea

Iran Holding Suspects Behind Killings of Nuclear Scientists

UN Proposes Raising $200 Mln in Aid for North Korea

Iran Developing Own Nuclear Powered Submarine

Iran in Full Control of Its Airspace

Iran Questions G5+1 Talks with No Agenda

Putin to Hold Talks with Ahmadinejad

Uranium Enrichment, Iran right

Iran Ready for Dialogue on Nuclear Program – Lavrov

The Baghdad Chapter in the Iran Saga
One more round of talks will be held in Moscow on June 18-19 in an attempt to find common ground. There is no reason to dramatize the situation. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton said that Iran and P5+1 still seek to make progress. Tehran voiced its readiness to limit enrichment activities.
In light of the failure of the sides to forge an agreement in Baghdad, much will depend now on the success of inspectors in Iran and the EU’s ability to provide attractive financial and economic incentives to Iran.
If the sides make progress in these areas, they will forestall the escalation of the Iranian nuclear crisis, giving hope that a peaceful settlement is possible. Otherwise, the risk of a military scenario will increase substantially, and any use of force could ignite a regional war with unpredictable consequences.

Iran Hangs Nuclear Scientist Murderer

Bushehr to Begin Operations in 2012 - Rosatom

China, Japan, South Korea Warn North Korea over Nuclear Tests

Japan Starts Work to Shut Down Last Reactor

South Korea Starts Building Two New Reactors

Bushehr to Switch to Full Capacity from Late May

Pakistan Test Launches Ballistic Missile

Japan May Go Without Nuclear Power – Minister

Iran, World Powers Resume Nuclear Talks

G8 Ministers Emphasize Peaceful Solution to Iran Problem

G8 Ministers Ready to Consider Measures against N.Korea

White House Blasts N.Korea Rocket Launch

N. Korea Rocket May Have Broken Apart

DPRK Satellite Launch Disregards UN Says Russia

Iran Six to Meet in Istanbul in mid-April

North Korea Prepares for Underground Nuclear Test

See You in Nuclear Tehran
If someone wanted to back out of the April 13-14 meeting between Iran and the P5+1 group of international mediators to discuss Iran nuclear program, here is an excuse – Tehran has suddenly asked to move the venue from Istanbul to Baghdad.
Now the question is whether the key participant in the talks, the United States, wants talks to go forward and why. On the one hand, one gets the impression that the Obama administration considers any form of communication with Tehran to be distasteful and would like to have an excuse to back out of talks. But, on the other hand, failing to produce any results is no good either.
It became clear from an April 3 interview given by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov that the future of the Istanbul talks is vague – unexpectedly, he could not confirm the time and venue of the meeting.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has already said that the talks will take place in Istanbul, but now Tehran has objected to the venue.

India to Induct Russian Nerpa Nuclear Sub on Wed.

Attack on Iran May Push Tehran Toward Nuclear Weapons

Iran Six Group Hopes for Breakthrough in Talks with Tehran

India to Deploy Two Nuclear Submarines

Russians Resume Work at Indian Nuclear Project

Six-Party Nuclear Talks to Restart in Near Future - Iran

Japan Mourns One Year Anniversary of Deadly Quake

Iran Six Ready for Talks with Tehran

Iranians Vote in General Elections

The Tedious U.S.-North Korean Nuclear Wrangle
North Korea has agreed to a nuclear and missile moratorium and to allow IAEA inspectors back into the country, the U.S. State Department triumphantly announced following talks with North Korea. But this is just the latest episode in this endless and tedious soap opera.
Washington traditionally resumes its dance with Pyongyang in the run-up to presidential elections, swapping humanitarian aid for North Korea pledge to suspend its nuclear program. As before, Pyongyang has not agreed to destroy its nuclear arsenal.
The talks held in Beijing, China, on February 23-24 culminated in an agreement to provide 240,000 metric tons of food to North Korea in return for a moratorium on nuclear tests and missile launches.
North Korea, which held underground nuclear explosions in 2006 and 2009, has not performed any nuclear testing or launched a long-range missile for the past three years. Why debate the issue then?
The answer lies in the history of the U.S.-North Korea relationship.

Russia Welcomes N.Korea Nuclear Test Moratorium

North Korea Agrees to Nuclear Moratorium

Kyrgyz Base Will Not be Used Against Iran - U.S. Ambassador

Nothing Can Convince Iran to Halt Nuke Plans – Analysts

Israel to Use All Means to Stop Iran’s Nuclear Program

Iranians Suffer as Sanctions Begin to Bite

Iran Warns of Counter-Strike if Attacked by West

Ahmadinejad Hails Great Iranian Nuclear Progress

Iran Launches Homemade Enrichment Centrifuges in Natanz

Iran Rejects State Media Reports of Oil Cuts to 6 European States

Iran Installs Homemade Fuel Rods in Nuclear Reactor – Press TV

Iran to Insert First Domestic Nuclear Fuel Rods into Reactor - Official

Iranians Ponder War as Nuclear Standoff Continues

Iran Summons Azeri Envoy Over Nuclear Scientist Killing

Iran Vows Important Nuclear Announcement Within Days

Ahmadinejad Tells West to Respect Iran

Magnitude 5 Earthquake Strikes Near Iran’s Bushehr Nuke Plant

Washington Favors Economic Pressure on Iran – State Dept.

Israel May Attack Iran over Next 4 Months – U.S. media

Iran Can Produce Four Atom Bombs – Israeli Intelligence

Tehran to Use Home Made Fuel Rods in Few Months

Lavrov: No Signs of Instability in N. Korea

Saudi Plan to Boost Oil Output Unfriendly - Iran

Iran makes arrests in scientist assassination

Iran nuclear scientist killed in car bomb blast

Iran starts enriching uranium to 20 pct - IAEA

Iran says uranium enrichment plant to enter full capacity in Feb.

Tehran to double electricity exports to Turkey

Japan plans to set 40-year limit on reactors life span

Iran to stage new massive naval drills near Strait of Hormuz

Iran test-fires second long-range missile in Persian Gulf - TV

Seoul hopes for reduction in tensions between Koreas

India, Pakistan exchange lists of nuclear data

Iran test-fires medium-range surface-to-air missile – media

7.0 magnitude earthquake hits east of Japan

Iran launches wide-range missile in Persian Gulf

Japan sets up four expert groups for another Fukushima probe

Do not expect us to change, North Korea tells world

Iran views of its nuclear issue
The West and Israel believe that the Iranian leadership long ago set itself the goal of building nuclear weapons, and so are calling for harsh, crippling sanctions, including an embargo on Iranian oil exports (Iran natural gas production is limited) and bank transactions (primarily by its Central Bank), while refusing to take off the table a potential strike on Iran nuclear facilities if it continues with its nuclear weapons program.
That scenario might be left to Israel to implement, sparking a regional war with unpredictable consequences.
There is by no means consensus on harsh sanctions against Iran. For example, India, Japan and South Korea need to buy Iranian oil, and Greece does not support the idea of sanctions either, preventing their approval in the EU.
The worst element is Israel’s readiness to strike Iran nuclear facilities, action that even Washington does not support.
Advocates of the other view, in particular Russia, maintain that Iran authorities have not yet fully settled on a course of building nuclear weapons.

Iran Busher to enter full operation in March 2012 – agency

North Korea idle war machine
North Korea has surpassed itself in building its nuclear missile shield as compared with its outstanding military industrial achievements.
North Korea is a nuclear power, albeit a young one. It became one almost against its will; Pyongyang was backed into a corner. It is hard to say whether North Korea has managed to create delivery vehicles for its nuclear devices (tested in 2006 and 2009 and, probably, even in 2004), or simply put, whether it possesses ballistic missiles equipped with nuclear warheads – the most dangerous form of nuclear weapon.
North Korea has missiles and, despite strict international expert controls, has even disseminated illegal missile technology to Iran and possibly Pakistan.
These missiles are not yet up to the mark but perform better and better with each passing year. As distinct from Tehran, which is far removed from its enemies, Pyongyang enemies are close by: South Korea is its next door neighbor and another possible target, Japan, is not far away, either.
This dilapidated scientific, technical and production pyramid built on the foundation of a backward economy serves only one goal.

First unit of Kudankulam nuclear plant may be launched in next 2 weeks - Indian PM

Western powers prepare fresh sanctions against Iran

Iran discovers large gas deposit in Caspian Sea - TV

Russia to start direct uranium supplies to Japan – Rosatom

Russian specialists embark on construction of Vietnamese nuke plant

Iran threatens to target NATO missile shield in Turkey

Russia to grant $8 bln loan to Vietnam to build first nuke plant

Iran would disclose nuclear arms program - Salehi

Russian scientist may be key to Iranian nuclear weapons - paper

Pakistan denies reports that its nuclear stockpile unsafe

Russian, S.Korean leaders to discuss cooperation, N.Korea nuclear problem

Russia, Bangladesh sign agreement to build nuclear power plant

Gazprom mulls electric power projects in Japan

Indian decision to stop nuclear program may trigger problems
India is experiencing a wave of protests against the construction of Russian nuclear power plants. Public fears, fuelled by the Fukushima accident and exacerbated by the regional politicians populist slogans, may provoke a chain reaction of problems, hampering power generation development and depriving the Indian economy of its critical advantages over China.
Russian and Indian nuclear experts cannot meet to discuss the launch of Kudankulam NPP first unit because of public protests, Alexander Glukhov, the head of the Russian contractor, Atomstroyexport, told the media. This could set back the deadline for the launch of the plant, which is being built with Russian assistance.
Tensions in Tamil Nadu, where the nuclear power plant is being built, started growing early this year and resulted in a public blockade of the construction site by local public activists in the fall. They are protesting for environmental reasons, and their concerns have only grown following the Fukushima tragedy in Japan. Unsure of what would happen next, the Indian regulators are procrastinating with the issue of permits to commission the power plant.

N.Korea says ready for six-party talks without preliminary conditions

Iran launches uranium yellowcake production

Protests over Indo-Russian nuclear plant suspended for elections

Protesters stop construction of Indo-Russian nuclear plant

Financial loss after Fukushima disaster estimated at $74 billion

S.Korea on high alert after suspicious military deployment by North

DPRK condemns S.Korea dangerous policies

Iran in talks with Russia over new nuclear sites

Koreas fail again to agree terms for nuclear talks restart

Koreas in bid to restart six nation nuclear talks

Iran calls for cooperation with Russia in energy

Iran launches Bushehr nuclear power plant

Bushehr to enter pre-launch phase Sept. 12 - Iran

Japan nuclear power plants to close

Iran offers IAEA full supervision of nuclear program

Bushehr nuclear plant starts powering electrical grid

Tackling quake aftermath top priority says Japanese PM

Iran urges total ban on nuclear weapons

Yoshihiko Noda named new Japanese premier

Iran starts production of dual-purpose carbon fiber

Russia urges resumption of Iran nuclear talks

Bushehr nuclear plant reactors gather pace - Russian contractor

Iran transferring uranium centrifuges to Fordo site

Iran Bushehr nuclear plant to go into full operation by yearend - Ahmadinejad

UAE in talks with Russia on nuclear fuel supplies-paper

Talks on North Korea nuclear program: Opportunity and obstacle

Japan Congress Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs urges end of nuclear industry

Reactor in Fukui prefecture shut down over cooling problem

Iran lawmakers reject Russian nuclear proposals

Japan set to conduct stress tests on its reactors in operation

Japan car-makers to work weekends to save energy after quake

Kim Jong-il to visit Russia

Japan estimates damages from quake, tsunami at $210 bln

Radiation registered in tea at Japan Shizuoka factory

Iranian leader accuses U.S. of plotting to destabilize Pakistan nuclear facilities

Japan PM likely to step down by August - media

Saudi Arabia to build 16 nuclear reactors by 2030

N. Korea says no more deals with South Lee Myung-bak

Fukushima brings together Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing
Some commentators like to use arithmetic to compare various international organizations. If we add up the annual GDP of China (the world's second largest economy), Japan (the third largest economy) and South Korea (whose GDP is nothing to sneeze at) and compare the sum to the GDPs of the G8, which also includes Japan...nothing will happen. This is a senseless exercise because regional and international organizations are not created to flex muscles - economic or otherwise.
The GA is merely a top-level forum for discussing and regulating the ongoing formation of a common economic space in this part of the world. ASEAN performs a similar function in Southeast Asia. The purpose of these organizations is completely clear. The G8, meanwhile, appears no longer to serve a purpose.
But the GA is a special case. There are few organizations in the world where the members have such long-standing animosity toward one another. For example, while Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak have agreed on new plans for cooperation.

Japan quake disaster may cost $184 billion - economics minister

India pushes for nuclear triad - paper

Japan sets out new course after tsunami

Japan shuts down Hamaoka NPP over unfavorable quake forecast

Japan TEPCO to sell assets to raise compensation funds

The reactor of Bushehr NPP has been brought to minimum controlled power

Japan has no plans to dump spent nuclear fuel abroad - state secretary for foreign affairs

Japanese reactor to be shut down for unplanned check

Thousands protest in Taiwan against nuclear power plants

Russia ready to increase fuel supplies to Europe, Asia - Putin

Iran says hit by second cyber attack

Kazakhstan, India sign energy deals

China pushes for further dialog on Iranian nuclear program

Iran set to produce fuel rods for reactors soon - agency

Japanese rally against nuclear power industry

Bushehr nuke plant being reloaded with fuel - Russian contractor

Netanyahu urges no let-up in Iran nuclear pressure

Russia says will complete Bushehr project in near future

India successfully test-fires ballistic missile interceptor

China opposes preconditions for N.Korea nuclear talks

North Korea tunnel digging sparks speculation of nuke test - agency

Lavrov warns against new sanctions on Iran

Iran should prove peaceful nature of its nuclear program - Medvedev

Beijing pushes for more nuclear talks with Iran

Iran Six disappointed by nuclear talks in Istanbul

Iran nuclear talks get off to positive start - IRNA

Tehran will not comply with UN resolutions - IAEA envoy

Russia ready to build nuclear plant in Jordan - presidential aide

Israel tests virus aimed at Iranian nuclear facilities

Touring Iran nuclear sites

Iran says no plans to discuss nuclear program in Istanbul

Iranian IAEA representative to visit Russia January 20-21

Iranian nuclear scientist murder suspect says was trained in Israel

Iranian authorities arrest suspects behind nuclear scientist assassination

Japan to help Saudi Arabia build nuclear power plants

Iran says can produce nuclear fuel

Russia ratifies uranium agreement with Mongolia

Iran invites foreign diplomats to tour its nuclear sites

China says mastered nuclear fuel reprocessing

Japan dismisses information on ambitions for security alliance with Seoul

Japan hopes for security alliance with South Korea

Russia declines blacklisted Iranian company in port purchase, cites international sanctions

North Korea to allow UN nuclear inspections

Dmitry Medvedev to head to India

IAEA awaiting deal to send nuclear inspectors back to N.Korea

Russia, North Korean at odds over nuclear potential

Ashton hopes Iranian reshuffle does not delay Iran Six talks

Russia concerned over North Korean nukes

Iranian nuclear chief Salehi appointed acting foreign minister

Russia to start building Turkey first nuclear power plant in 2013 - ambassador

Iran to continue talks with group of Six in Istanbul end of January

Iran Six to meet in Geneva to discuss Tehran nuclear program

Iran completes fueling Bushehr nuclear reactor

Iran admits cyber attack on its uranium enrichment facilities

Seoul to consider carefully China call for emergency talk on North Korea

Iran to produce own nuclear fuel by 2011 - nuclear chief

China urges resumption of talks on North Korean nuclear program

Iran installs reactor cap at Bushehr NPP

Rosatom offers India cooperation in development of uranium deposits

China to use own uranium resources to meet growing nuclear demand

North Korea may conduct new nuke test explosion

N. Korea starts building light-water reactor - report

Turkish ministry confirms Iran plans to resume talks with West

Russia, Qatar to discuss energy projects on Wednesday

Russia, Qatar sign memorandum of cooperation on peaceful nuclear use

Medvedev signs nuclear power deal with Vietnam

Russia expects Iran to resume nuclear talks in mid-November

Bushehr to be connected to Iranian national grid in February 2011

Iran set to load fuel in Bushehr nuclear reactor

Russia expects talks with Iran to be successful - deputy foreign minister

North Korea in favor of denuclearization of Korean Peninsula

Russia would welcome Iranian decision to restart nuclear talks

Iran steps up uranium exploration - nuclear chief

Iran ready for talks if West comments on Israel nuclear capability

Russian government approves nuclear cooperation deal with Japan

China reiterates call for resumption of N. Korea nuclear talks

Bushehr nuclear plant to receive additional Russian staff

Russia loses money, reputation over S-300 sale ban - expert

Chinese leader invites N.Korean counterpart to visit Beijing

Atomstroyexport and JNPC have signed a contract for the preliminary design of the second stage of Tianwan NPP

Russia to return $166.8 million prepayment to Iran for S-300 missile defense system

South Korea and Turkey are negotiating the construction of nuclear power plants

Iran says still discussing missile system deal with Russia

West mind games will not stop nuclear plant - Iran

First fuel to be loaded into Iranian nuclear plant later this month

Iran detains suspected nuclear spies - media

North Korea to strengthen nuclear deterrent

Russia to begin 2nd stage of Tianwan nuclear power plant construction next year

No proof Iran building nuclear weapons - Lavrov

Medvedev to discuss energy projects, international issues in China

Russia hopes Iran considers international proposals on nuclear program

Iran uranium enrichment to affect nuclear fuel supply talks - diplomat

Russia, Kuwait pledge nuclear cooperation

Tehran dismisses reports on secret nuclear site

Kazakhstan may buy into Russian uranium enterprise

India building reactors for nuclear submarines

Medvedev to discuss customs union, nuclear issues in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan officially approves Uranium One swap deal with ARMZ

Iran to develop first fusion research reactor by 2020

Iran eyes nuclear fuel consortium with Russia

Russia to load nuclear fuel into Iran's Bushehr NPP
Russia is completing final preparations to load low-enriched uranium fuel into Iran's first civilian reactor at the Bushehr NPP later on Saturday.
If the operation goes smoothly, Bushehr will be qualified as an operational nuclear power plant. It is expected to start producing electricity late this year or early next.
A Russian delegation headed by Rosatom chief Sergei Kiriyenko will attend the launch ceremony. The Iranian delegation will be led by Ali Akbar Salehi, vice president and Director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).
Western powers suspect Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons under the guise of its nuclear program, a charge Tehran strongly denies, saying the program is aimed at the peaceful generation of civilian energy.
On June 9, 2010, the UN Security Council approved a fourth round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, including tougher financial controls and an expanded arms embargo, as well as an asset ban on three dozen companies and a travel freeze on individuals.
Later, the United States and the European Union imposed extra sanctions against Iran.

India still 'hopeful' about nuclear plant despite Russian calls for relocation - paper

Bushehr NPP promotes non-proliferation regime in Iran - Russian FM

Bangladeshi delegation to visit Russia NPPs

Iran calls on Vienna Group to decide on date for fuel swap talks

Tajikistan not cooperating with Iran in uranium export, reprocessing

Russian fuel supply to Iran fixes nuclear issue - France

Bushehr nuclear reactor to be loaded with fuel August 21 - Rosatom

IAEA experts to inspect site for new unit at Armenian NPP

India, U.S. sign nuclear energy agreement - news agency

IAEA to examine platform for Armenian nuclear power unit

Bushehr Plant efficiency tests finished

India allocates $11 bln to build six new submarines - paper

Iran Six must hold talks with Tehran soon - Ryabkov

Turkish nuclear plant deal with Russia submitted to parliament

Iran postpones nuclear talks until late August as punishment

Iran to set conditions for nuclear talks

Iran produces 17 kg of 20% enriched uranium - nuclear chief

Iran Bushehr NPP to go into operation in September

Iran bans entry for 2 IAEA experts

Russia, Kazakhstan ready to sign wide range of nuke documents - Rosatom head

Bushehr nuclear plant construction unaffected by Iran sanctions - Russia Foreign ministry

Russia, Turkey sign deal on monitoring nuclear safety

Iran is special case for IAEA

Draft UN resolution on Iran almost complete - Lavrov

Iran continues uranium enrichment - Russia

Russia, South Korea to discuss Cheonan issue Thursday

Situation on Korean Peninsula explosive - Lavrov

Syria calls for West to reconsider its approaches on Middle East as region has changed

Russia says talks with Iran to continue regardless of UN sanctions

Iran, IAEA must sign agreement to start nuclear swap - official

No need for sanctions against Iran any longer - Turkish FM

Iran, Brazil, Turkey sign nuclear fuel swap agreement

Emir of Kuwait plans first official visit to Russia

Contract on Turkey nuclear plant nearly ready - Russian deputy PM

Joint Russian-Turkish NPP construction deal to be sent to parliament in days - Turkish minister

Russia says Bushehr nuclear power plant to start work on schedule

North Korea boasts success in nuclear fusion research

Russia, Turkey agree terms of nuclear power plant construction

Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable missiles

Atomstroyexport and JNPC have signed the Protocols on Final Acceptance of the first stage of Tianwan NPP

Mongolia may decide soon on uranium joint venture with Russia

Ahmadinejad accuses West of double standards in nuclear non-proliferation

NPT review conference: Iran and Israel

Iranian Ahmadinejad applies for U.S. visa

Tehran says Iran Six need will for progress on nuclear issue

Tvel nuclear fuel company takes part in India exhibition

Russia does not back Iranian nuclear conference statement

North Korea says no plans to abandon nuclear weapons

U.S. skeptical about Iranian nuclear enrichment plans

Iran to discuss nuclear fuel swap with Security Council countries

Tehran wants U.S. expelled from IAEA

Iran first NPP in Bushehr to be launched in August 2010

Sanctions no threat to Iranian nuclear plant launch - Russian MP

North Korea sees U.S. trust as solution to nuclear issues

Iran starts final test for Bushehr nuclear plant

Medvedev says energy sanctions against Iran unlikely

Israeli attack on Iran might lead to nuclear conflict - Medvedev

Iran builds new generation of centrifuges - nuclear chief

Russia to deliver fuel shipment a year after Bushehr launch

N. Korea vows nuclear response over attempts to destabilize regime

Russia, China to build two new reactors at Tianwan nuclear power plant

Kazakhstan plans to capture 40% of Japan's uranium market

Bushehr nuclear plant to be launched this summer - Putin

India to get Russian nuclear submarine for 10-year lease - paper

UN chief to visit Soviet nuclear testing ground in Kazakhstan

India could offer new NPP construction site to Russia

India may join Russia in establishing Angarsk nuclear fuel bank

Indian nuclear energy chief: Russia has an advantage: it has a reactor, others can only show papers
How interesting is the Russian offer to India to become a stakeholder in the Angarsk facility?
India is interested as a donor country. And we are looking into it. It is attractive, but requires a very detailed techno commercial dealings which have not been completed.
We have to evaluate the facility, and economics here comes as a major factor. It is not just a political arrangement.
So I cannot straight away say that India is joining just now, but India has a capability of joining as an equal partner in some of these activities.
What do you think about an international market of plutonium for peaceful use in the energy sector? Is this a realistic perspective?
This question is a bit early today. Eventually India may be in a position to provide plutonium to other countries, but today our programme does not have so much plutonium to provide it to international market. This will require a very stringent material accounting system, safeguarding system, and safeguard veryfication system. That is why this question is a little premature.

India seeks greater nuclear cooperation with Russia - official

Iran's Bushehr NPP to be launched this year - Lavrov

China could build up nuclear capability to counter U.S. missile shield

Japan ready to supply enriched uranium to Iran - paper

Russian delegation to discuss Turkey nuclear power plant plan

Iran to reject offers demanding Tehran reactor suspension

International proposals still valid despite Iranian uranium enrichment

No new nuclear proposals to Iran - Russia

North Korea's nuclear negotiator to visit U.S. in March

Iran takes just 10 kg of uranium for enrichment - IAEA

Iran produces first batch of 20% enriched uranium

Iran vows to produce nuclear fuel only for domestic use

Russia moves closer to backing Iran sanctions

International community ready to help Iran get medical isotopes

Russia's work to build China's Tianwan nuclear plant stage to cost $1.8 bln

Egypt to build its first nuclear power plant

Moscow warns Tehran over uranium enrichment plans

Iran notifies UN watchdog of higher uranium enrichment plans

Russia urges Iran to reassure world about nuclear program

Iran, IAEA agree on nuclear fuel swap scheme

Russia, Iran begin talks on nuclear issues

Iran working on uranium swap formula

Russia positive on Iran uranium offer

Turkey needs several nuclear plants to meet power shortage

Iran enrichment plan hinders solution to nuclear issue

Iran could make nuclear advancement announcement early February

France, U.S. to present proposals on Iran sanctions to UN

Moscow dismayed by Iran's reaction to nuclear proposals

Top Iranian security official's visit to Russia called off

U.S. calls Iran Six meeting in New York useful

Six nations begin considering new sanctions against Iran

Iran Six participants holding a meeting in New York on Saturday decided against new sanctions on Tehran and will study new political methods to solve the issues, a Russian Foreign Ministry deputy said

Iran Six decides against new sanctions on Tehran

Iran Six gears up for meeting in New York

Iran Six to meet this week in New York - Clinton

Moscow says no need for new Iran sanctions

Russian experts say nuclear-free Middle East unlikely

Iran says ready to cooperate on nuclear disarmament

Tehran says ready to consider nuclear fuel swap

Russia close to finishing reactor at Indian nuclear power plant

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh interview to Russian media
Indian economy is showing a very impressive growth. Quarterly figures have proved it. When do you expect the economy of India to rebound, recover from the global crisis which has affected it and to reach the desired level of nine per cent annual growth?
Indian economy has been affected by the global slowdown. Before the global slow down our economy in the previous four years was increasing at an annual rate of nine per cent per annum. Last year, because of the global slowdown the growth rate declined to about 6.7 per cent. This year we expect the growth rate to be 6.5 to seven per cent. In two to three years time, I am confident that the Indian economy can bounce back to the growth rate of about nine per cent per annum. I say this for many reasons. Our savings rate is about 35 per cent of our GDP. Our investment rate is about 37 per cent of GDP. With these savings rate and investment rates, we can sustain a growth rate of nine per cent without difficulty. With an investment of 37 per cent and the capital output ratio of four is to one we can easily attain the targeted growth rate of nine per cent per annum, which I expect we will do.

Washington says its patience with Iran runs out by yearend

White House says Iran is running out of time to resolve nuclear standoff

Russian energy minister says all done to complete Bushehr NPP

Indian NPP workers get radiation dose from contaminated water

Pakistani president hands nuclear button to PM

Egypt criticizes IAEA for resolution on Iran

Russia calls on Iran to heed IAEA resolution

IAEA rebukes Iran over 2nd uranium enrichment facility

Iran threatens to cut contacts with IAEA

IAEA board set to consider draft resolution on Iran

Russia dismisses allegation of helping Iran build atom bomb

Iran says Russia honors NPP construction contract

Iran aims to launch first nuclear plant by late March

Iran seeks UN guarantees in nuclear fuel deal

Atomstroyexport was awarded for its contribution to the development of Vietnam power energy

Uranium swap must take place inside Iran - Mottaki

Russia close to completing Iran nuclear plant
Russia is close to finishing the construction of Iran's first nuclear power plant and is currently making final adjustments, Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said on Tuesday.
Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said on Monday that the launch of the Bushehr nuclear plant in southern Iran may not take place before the end of this year, as earlier planned.
We are fully committed to completing this project. Russia has already supplied fuel for the reactor that has been built, and currently start-up and adjustment work is underway. Close attention is being paid to ensuring the safety of the reactor's work, Nesterenko said.
Upon completion of all necessary operations and tests, the reactor will be launched within the timeframe agreed with the Iranian side, he said.
Nesterenko said that Russian and Iranian specialists have yet to resolve certain technical problems.
He stressed that Russia's work on the project is not affected by the international controversy over Iran's nuclear program.

China backs U.S. over Iranian nuclear issue

Russia delays launch of Iranian nuclear power plant

U.S. set to press Iran for nuclear transparency

Russia, Singapore say N.Korea nuclear talks should continue

Iran sets conditions for uranium deal with West

Iran discusses uranium processing in Turkey - media

Ahmadinejad says ready to cooperate on nuclear fuel

Russian expert cautious about Iran nuclear fuel response

The stage of start-up and adjustment works at Bushehr NPP is in progress

JSC TVEL supplied the first batch of natural uranium pellets for Indian Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors

The JSC Atomenergoprom and Toshiba Corporation have agreed to carry out joint activities on the market of nuclear fuel cycle products and services

Nuclear deal between India and USA has arisen from the dead
India has made the first step to escape an international nuclear isolation. Government of this country has enlisted the support of the regional socialistic party Samajwadi in the parliament. Now there is no threat of the no-confidence vote to the cabinet of ministers, and government can begin realizing final steps of the nuclear deal with the USA.
Certainly, Amar Singh, Samajwadi general-secretary assures journalists that his party won't change its negative attitude to the nuclear deal until the government, or precisely prime-minister Manmohan Singh - won't give public answers to the questions of the left political parties.
Though, even if the declaration of the cabinet chief will follow, it won't have any juridical liabilities. According to the Indian constitution deputies don't have a right to ratify international agreements and the only thing that government was afraid of, was a possibility of the liable parliament coalition split. After the appearance of Samajwadi such a thread was definitely eliminated.

Frozen opening
Nuclear renaissance requires sacrifices. But if in far African Niger real blood runs in the struggle for uranium, in India more close to us only the fate of Cabinet of Ministers has been sacrificed at the altar of peaceful atom. Junior partners of Indian government from left parties have blocked a passage of so-called nuclear deal between India and USA, having recourse to threat of ahead-of schedule election.
Indian press harried to name negative reaction of Russia on this event. The largest newspapers of Asian democracy note that Sergey Lavrov demonstratively refused to meet with its Indian colleague arrived to Moscow with official visit. The complaint of the Russians is that Russia expected to conclude several profitable contracts for construction of NPPs in India - of course, only in the case, if India-USA nuclear deal is going its way.

Ecological problems of nuclear industry and the situation in China
Energy is a basis of life. All civilization comforts, all material spheres of man activities - from laundering till investigations of the Moon and Mars require power consumption, which will only increase in future. Today energy of atom is widely used in many branches of economics.
Powerful submarine and surface ships with nuclear power installations are under construction. The peaceful atom is used in prospecting for minerals. Radioactive isotopes have a wide application in biology, agriculture, medicine, in space exploration.
Nuclear power plants are the third whale in the modern world power system. Equipment of NPP undoubtedly is the great achievement of the scientific-technical progress. In the case of trouble-free operation, NPPs practically don't pollute the environment, besides thermal pollution. Actually radiation waste presenting a potential hazard is produced as a result of NPP (and nuclear fuel cycle enterprises) operation.

Russia to complete NPP in China, build gas centrifuge plant

Masako Saito: plutonium denaturation is important due to global risk of nuclear proliferation
The main idea is to increase the part of the ²³⁸Pu either by transmutation of the minor actinides or by increasing of ²³⁵U enrichment in the uranium fuel.
Why ²³⁸Pu is important for the denaturing of plutonium? This is because of his huge decay heat. Also the spontaneous fission of ²³⁸Pu produces a lot of neutrons.
Why is it so important to denaturate plutonium? It is because of the non-proliferation. A lot of countries want to use the nuclear technology in the near future. It means the global risk of nuclear proliferation will increase. So, the security problems will be much more important in this century, and you must solve it.

Atomstroyexport completed Tianwan NPP first stage construction

Nuclear source says Bushehr NPP to be completed in fall 2008

Neither deadline for talks, nor commissioning table for Iran NPP

Mottaki: Iran, Russia in talks on Bushehr nuclear power plant

Tianwan NPP Unit 2Generated Billion kWh Electricity

The second power unit of TAES commissioned for commercial operation
On August 16, 2007 at 00:15 by Beijing time the Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation (JNPC) commissioned Unit 2 of TNPP for commercial operation having completed respective tests of its operation under rated mode, stipulated by the power startup schedule. Signing of the protocol of Preliminary Acceptance of Unit 2 between ASE and JNPC is expected in the middle of September. As of today, the first Unit of TNPP has been in commercial operation since June 2007, operating with stability at 100 % capacity. It has generated about five billion kW-h since its startup. Unit 2 of TNPP has generated more than 700 mln kW-h by the moment of its commercial operation startup.

Russia to commission second unit of China's Tianwan NPP in September
Russia's nuclear equipment export monopoly Atomstroyexport confirmed Tuesday it will commission the second unit of China's Tianwan nuclear power plant in September. The company is building the Tianwan NPP in eastern China's port city of Lianyungang under a 1992 agreement. The plant features improved VVER-1000 reactors and K-100-6/3000 turbo generators. Atomstroyexport will start commissioning the second unit following additional dynamic tests, the company said in a statement. We are expecting to commission the unit and start its commercial operation as early as September 2007, the statement said.

Atomstroyexport: Busher NPP will be launched in autumn 2008

Russian expert: Reliability of Russian NPPs were checked in Spitak

Quake hits Japanese nuclear plant: a Russian view
I saw a burning transformer on the television. It was no shock to a specialist-a tank transformer can catch fire with the slightest spark. Every project envisages safety measures. Transformers are set apart from each other, so fire cannot spread to cause a leak. Radioactive water could have leaked from the reactor containment sump-but I don't think it could get out of the circuit and pollute the environment, whatever the press might be saying. As for polluted sea, I think that's a paranoid allegation.
The expert dismisses speculation that seismic danger was underestimated when the plant site was chosen: The Japanese are top-notch professionals, and exacting and pragmatic to the utmost degree in choosing plant sites. It was a mere accident, I think.

Tianwan nuclear plant's 2nd unit reaches full capacity
The No. 2 generating unit of Tianwan nuclear power plant, a Sino-Russian cooperative project, has begun to operate at full capacity, according to an announcement by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). CNNC said that the second unit is operating at a stable 1.05 million kw and all technical parameters are within set values. Before its test operation, the unit passed a full-capacity safety check by the National Nuclear Safety Administration. After the debugging period, the no. 2 generating unit will officially start commercial operation.

The 2nd unit of Taiwan NPP reached full capacity

Khristenko: Russia and Chine cooperation shouldn't restricted by Tianwan NPP

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbaev announced the plans to construct NPP on the west of country

Lavrov: Moscow to fulfill commitment on Bushehr power plant

Russia to commission 2nd unit of Tianwan NPP in September

Iran vows to continue nuclear program despite new UN sanctions

Russia, China sign commissioning act on 1st unit of Tianwan NPP-1

Iran complies with Bushehr NPP construction terms - official

Kazakhstan to allocate $1.25 million for NPP feasibility study

Russia's TVEL corp. to ship nuclear fuel to Vietnam

Daily roundup from Russia - February 24

Daily roundup from Russia - February 21

Kaiga atomic plant to go critical by month end

Techsnabexport, Renova to develop uranium deposits in Africa, Asia

Belarus to start building its first nuclear power plant in 2008
Belarus plans to start building its first nuclear power plant in 2008. Belarus's National Academy of Sciences said Monday the NPP's first unit will be commissioned in 2013-2014, and the second unit by 2015. Their total power will be 1,000 megawatts. Another two units will be built by 2025. Earlier, a deputy chairman of the academy presidium, Vladimir Timoshpolsky, said Russia and France are the likeliest partners of Belarus in the project.

Gref: outlook for Indo-Russian trade and economic cooperation
What units is Russia going to build on new Indian sites? These will be VVER-1000 reactors (a 1,000 MW water-cooled reactor), which use the most up to date technology in the nuclear industry. As many as 52 such units are already operating successfully, 14 of them in Russia. Their service life is over 1,000 reactor-years. According to independent experts and the IAEA, the Russian VVER-1000 is one of the most reliable reactors in the world. Its safety is comparable to NPPs in Europe, the Unites States and Japan. At the same time, the price to quality ratio makes the Russian reactors superior to their foreign analogues.

Russia set to launch first unit of NPP in India in 2008

Regional atomic energy training course launched

Kaiga 3rd reactor unit nearing completion

AREVA signed an agreement with China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group Co Ltd to built two nuclear reactors

Apsara to get new indigenous core

BHEL plans JV with Alstom for nuke project

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