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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

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A Ministerial Determination for the procurement of 2500 MWe of new nuclear capacity has been withdrawn to allow for further public consultation after legal challenges to the procedure for seeking public comments.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

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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

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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

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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

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