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The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar Salehi, said on 8 April in a message marking National Nuclear Technology Day that Iran’s nuclear activities were continuing despite the novel coronavirus outbreak and continuing US sanctions.

Date: Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-pushes-ahead-with-nuclear-development-despite-pandemic-restrictions-7871976

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Safety Assessment for Research Reactors (INSARR) team said the operator of the Nigeria Research Reactor-1 (NIRR-1) has demonstrated a high commitment to enhancing safety following the conversion of the reactor core to use low enriched uranium (LEU) as fuel instead of high enriched uranium (HEU). The team also made recommendations for further strengthening safety. The four-member team comprised experts from India, Jamaica and the IAEA.

Date: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-team-assesses-nigerian-research-reactor-safety-7378872

The operator of the Nigerian Research Reactor-1, known as NIRR-1, has shown a high commitment to safety following the conversion of the reactor core to use low-enriched uranium as fuel instead of high-enriched uranium, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It made a number of recommendations to the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) to further enhance safety.

Date: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nigerian-research-reactor-operator-committed-to-sa

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Safety Assessment for Research Reactors (INSARR) team said the operator of the Nigeria Research Reactor-1 (NIRR-1) has demonstrated a high commitment to enhancing safety following the conversion of the reactor core to use low enriched uranium (LEU) as fuel instead of high enriched uranium (HEU). The team also made recommendations for further strengthening safety. The four-member team comprised experts from India, Jamaica and the IAEA.

Date: Thursday, 22 August 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-team-assesses-nigerian-research-reactor-safety-7378872

Ghana has commissioned three new nuclear faciliies – the Low-Enriched Uranium Core Research Reactor Facility, the International Miniature Neutron Source Reactor Training Facility and the Radiological and Medical Science Research Institute Laboratories building at the Scientific Research and Development Institution of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC).

Date: Tuesday, 13 August 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsghana-commissions-three-nuclear-facilities-7366131

The operator of the Nigerian Research Reactor-1, known as NIRR-1, has shown a high commitment to safety following the conversion of the reactor core to use low-enriched uranium as fuel instead of high-enriched uranium, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It made a number of recommendations to the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) to further enhance safety.

Date: Monday, 12 August 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nigerian-research-reactor-operator-committed-to-sa

The Es-Salam research reactor at the Birine Nuclear Research Centre in Algeria on 20 February achieved first criticality and stable operation following an upgrade project carried out by China Zhongyuan Engineering Corp (CZEC), the overseas nuclear project platform of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). Contracts for the upgrade of the Chinese-supplied 15 MWt reactor, which began operating in 1992, were signed by CZEC and the Birine Nuclear Research Centre in December 2014. In the 1980s, CZEC undertook the project of building the Birine Nuclear Research Centre and completed the project two months ahead of schedule, establishing the first milestone in the export of China's civil nuclear technology.

Date: Tuesday, 26 February 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsalgerian-research-reactor-restarts-after-upgrades-7008446

China has begun the shipment of low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel for use in the Nigeria Research Reactor-1 (NIRR-1), a Chinese-supplied Miniature Neutron Source Reactor that currently uses high-enriched uranium (HEU) fuel.

Date: Friday, 19 October 2018
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/LEU-fuel-en-route-to-Nigerian-research-reactor

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Safety Assessment of Research Reactors (INSARR) completed a five-day mission to Ghana on 20 April. It said the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) had shown a high commitment to safety following the conversion of the GHARR-1 research reactor core to use low-enriched uranium (LEU) as fuel instead of high-enriched uranium (HEU). GHARR-1 is a low-power research reactor with a maximum thermal power level of 30kW. It is a commercial type of Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) designed, manufactured and constructed by the China Institute of Atomic Energy. GHARR-1, which began operating in 1994, was initially fuelled with 90.2% HEU and is used for trace element analysis for industrial and agricultural purposes, research, education and training.

Date: Monday, 30 April 2018
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-missions-in-ghana-and-niger-6133187

A new peer review service has been launched by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to assist member states in the development of infrastructure for nuclear research reactors. The first Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review for Research Reactors (INIR-RR) mission was carried out last week in Nigeria.

Date: Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-helps-Nigeria-plan-for-new-research-reactor