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World leaders gathered in Brussels at the first ever Nuclear Energy Summit co-chaired by the Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi. The Summit was the highest-level meeting to date exclusively focused on the topic of nuclear energy. It followed inclusion of nuclear energy in the Global Stocktake agreed at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai in December 2023 and the launch of the IAEA’s Atoms4NetZero initiative.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuclear-energy-summit-attracts-world-leaders-11632691
Leaders and representatives from 32 countries at the Nuclear Energy Summit backed measures in areas such as financing, technological innovation, regulatory cooperation and workforce training to enable the expansion of nuclear capacity to tackle climate change and boost energy security.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 22 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Leaders-back-nuclear-at-summit
Kenya has launched a strategic plan and roadmap for nuclear power development. Alex Wachira, Principal Secretary at the Ministry of Energy & Petroleum, told journalists that the plan provides guidelines for developing the infrastructure to safely construct, operate, maintain and decommission nuclear facilities. "The strategic plan proposes practical interventions to ensure Kenya commences construction of its first nuclear power plant in 2027 and commissions it in 2034," he said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskenya-unveils-strategic-plan-for-first-nuclear-power-plant-11616737
Position paper says substantial efforts needed if reactors are to fulfil vital role
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/bloc-lagging-behind-rest-of-world-in-key-areas-of-nuclear-research-3-3-2024
Nuclear plant is Russia-made VVER-1200 Generation III+ unit
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 19 March 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/lower-tier-of-inner-containment-dome-installed-at-tianwan-8-3-1-2024
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is satisfied with the process of releasing tritium-containing treated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi NPP into the sea, IAEA Director-General Rafael Marino Grossi said during a visit to Japan.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 16 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-satisfied-with-fukushima-treated-water-release-process-11605466
The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency passed a resolution calling for the immediate return of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to Ukrainian control - however Russia says the vote "went beyond the mandate of the board and the entire agency".
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 14 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-governors-resolution-on-Zaporizhzhia-rejected
Review continues comprehensive agency evaluation of unit in recent years
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 09 March 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/iaea-praises-preparations-for-long-term-operation-at-atucha-1-nuclear-plant-3-5-2024
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says one aim of the forthcoming Nuclear Energy Summit for heads of state is to see what "international cooperation mechanisms we can agree" to accelerate the provision of new nuclear in line with the COP28 declaration in December.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 05 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Grossi-hopes-nuclear-summit-can-agree-new-financin
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has published the second edition of its Small Modular Reactor Dashboard which tracks the progress of selected small modular reactor (SMR) designs towards deployment. NEA says the SMR designs are at various stages of development, from fundamental research on new concepts to commercial deployment and operation of mature designs.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 02 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnea-launches-second-edition-of-its-small-modular-reactor-dashboard-11561305