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Iran’s capacity to enrich uranium has doubled since Iran began its nuclear development programme, the Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami has told a recent meeting of Iranian lawmakers. Eslami praised parliament for passing the “Strategic Action Plan to Lift Sanctions and Protect Iranian Nation’s Interests” in December 2020, saying the law had contributed to the development of Iran’s nuclear industry.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-welcomes-increase-in-uranium-enrichment-capacity-10451635
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AOEI) said "construction" of a 300 MWe domestically designed pressurised water reactor (PWR) at a site near the Karun river was launched by the organisation's head, Mohammad Eslami, on 3 December.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Iran-marks-start-of-work-for-Darkhovin-plant
Iran has started enriching uranium to a purity level of 60% at its Fordow facility following a resolution adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on 17 November criticising its nuclear programme.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 25 November 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-starts-60-nuclear-enrichment-10381431
Iran has begun construction of a 10 MW pool-type light water reactor nuclear research reactor of its own design in Isfahan.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 02 November 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-starts-construction-of-research-reactor-in-isfahan-10137261
The International Atomic Energy Agenry (IAEA) has announced the release of the 2022 edition of Country Nuclear Power Profiles (CNPP), marking more than two decades since the initial launch of the Agency’s comprehensive guide on the status and development of national nuclear power programmes worldwide.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 22 October 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-releases-annual-report-on-country-nuclear-power-profiles-10106867
“New reactors will be built in Sweden,” said Ebba Busch, whose Christian Democrat party belongs to an alliance that won the most seats in last month’s general election. The right-wing bloc is scheduled to become the Nordic nation’s next government in a parliamentary vote next week.
Sweden now joins other countries in Europe that are turning to nuclear power in response to record high energy prices and fears over the security of key infrastructure.
Swedes have debated nuclear power for decades, but the energy source has garnered popular support recently amid the ongoing power crunch.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 15 October 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/new-government-announces-plans-to-build-nuclear-power-plants-10-5-2022
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Mariano Grossi says that climate change and the energy crisis has led to more countries seeing nuclear power as a solution, as the IAEA increases its forecast for future nuclear capacity.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 27 September 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-increases-projection-of-nuclear-power-growth
Addressing the opening session of the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said: “We cannot build a more secure world with more nuclear weapons in existing arsenals and if more countries seek to acquire them.” His ten-minute address, covered global threats to international security, the growing role low-carbon nuclear power is expected to play in meeting the world’s energy and climate needs, the threats to nuclear safety in the war in Ukraine and the use of nuclear technologies for peaceful purposes globally.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 06 August 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaeas-grossi-addresses-npt-review-conference-9905364
In a time of "global uncertainty, anxiety and fear" the world "must come together and recommit" to "nuclear non-proliferation, disarmament and to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy", International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has said.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 03 August 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Grossi-urges-world-to-recommit-to-nuclear-non-prol
The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, has said that construction of a new research reactor in the central city of Isfahan will begin in the coming weeks. One of its tasks will be to test nuclear fuel for other reactors. nuclear fuel test for other reactors. He made the announcement during a visit to the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) at the Isfahan site.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-to-construct-research-reactor-in-isfahan-9891569