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The leaders of Australia, the UK and the USA have outlined the phased approach through which Australia will acquire nuclear-powered submarines through the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) enhanced security partnership.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/AUKUS-moves-to-next-phase
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is already working with Australia on the "complex" issue of ensuring nuclear safeguards in relation to its proposed acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines under the trilateral AUKUS partnership, the organisation's Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-working-with-Australia-on-safeguards-for-nucl
In the wake of Australia’s decision to purchase nuclear-powered submarines from the USA and UK, instead of diesel-powered vessels from France (the AUKUS defence pact), pressure is building up for Australia to consider developing nuclear power for energy production.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 15 October 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsaustralian-submarine-deal-sparks-debate-about-nuclear-energy-9156685
China's first ship for the transport of used nuclear fuel has been delivered to China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). The independently produced double-hulled vessel meets the INF-3 (Irradiated Nuclear Fuel class 3) standards set by the International Maritime Organisation.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 11 December 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/China-commissions-first-used-fuel-transport-ship
Russia’s Lepse floating technical base (PTB) in the Murmansk Region will be sealed and transferred for long-term storage to the village of Sayda Guba, where a long-term ground storage facility for reactor compartments is located, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has announced.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 19 August 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmore-progress-in-cleaning-up-the-russian-arctic-8089745
The UK's Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has awarded places on a contract framework to provide specialist nuclear technical services to the Ministry of Defence.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 08 May 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmod-awards-places-on-nuclear-technical-services-framework-7912205
The first batch of used fuel assemblies from Russia’s Lepse floating technical base (PTB) was delivered to the Atomflot base in Murmansk, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced in late September.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 02 October 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstransfer-of-damaged-used-fuel-begins-from-russias-lepse-7430982
It is now 75 years since the discovery of nuclear fission by Otto Hahn and colleagues in Berlin. It is also 60 years after US president Dwight Eisenhower's UN address later known as the 'Atoms for Peace' speech, which essentially started the international nuclear supply industry.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 05 February 2014
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuclear-power-and-the-civil-military-link-4171667