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The landlocked African country's Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has marked the launch of an initiative to achieve sustainable development by harnessing the power of nuclear technology in areas such as agriculture, health and energy planning.

Date: Thursday, 22 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Eswatini-launches-nuclear-programme-framework

A Ministerial Determination for the procurement of 2500 MWe of new nuclear capacity has been withdrawn to allow for further public consultation after legal challenges to the procedure for seeking public comments.

Date: Saturday, 17 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/South-Africa-pauses-nuclear-procurement-process

Egypt's first nuclear power plant is pushing ahead - with the core catcher for unit 3 now on site, a 2000-tonne capacity crane installed and Rosatom reporting that 75% of the blanks to be used for unit 1's reactor equipment now produced.

Date: Friday, 19 July 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/El-Dabaa-project-reports-progress-on-construction

South Africa's National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has granted state-owned utility Eskom a licence to continue operating unit 1 of the Koeberg nuclear power plant for another 20 years until 21 July 2044.

Date: Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Koeberg-1-cleared-for-extended-operation

The Critical Design Review for Argentina's CAREM small modular reactor should be completed within 60 days, the new president of the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), Germán Guido Lavalle, has said.

Date: Saturday, 01 June 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Critical-Design-Review-for-Argentina-s-CAREM-small

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in its latest update on the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) said it was informed about a further attempted drone attack on the plant’s training centre, which caused no damage or casualties. It was the third reported attack targeting the training facility recently, following two such incidents the previous week. ZNPP told the IAEA team stationed at the site that the drone had been “neutralised”, without giving further details. The IAEA team heard an explosion at the same time that ZNPP subsequently reported the attempted drone attack took place. The team was denied access to the training centre just outside the ZNPP site perimeter to assess the incident, with the plant citing potential security risks.

Date: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsongoing-drone-attacks-heighten-concerns-over-nuclear-safety-at-zaporizhia-npp-11706005