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An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Centre of Excellence for Safeguards and Non-Proliferation has been launched at uranium enrichment services provider Urenco's Capenhurst site in the UK. The centre will be fully operational in 2025.

Date: Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-Centre-of-Excellence-launched-at-Capenhurst

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi urges the World Bank and other multinational development banks to start financing new nuclear energy projects as part of efforts to achieve deep and rapid decarbonisation.

Date: Tuesday, 02 July 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Grossi-puts-case-at-World-Bank-for-financing-nucle

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has highlighted the importance of Brazil for the global nuclear sector. During a trip to the country last week, he signed an agreement formalising the designation of Brazil's Institute for Energy and Nuclear Research as an IAEA Collaborating Centre.

Date: Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Grossi-praises-Brazil-s-contributions-to-nuclear-d

The signature of two key arrangements facilitated by the US Foundational Infrastructure for the Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology (FIRST) Program to advance deployment of a small modular reactor (SMR) in Ghana and establish the country as a regional SMR hub were announced at the Africa Nuclear Business Platform meeting in Accra on May 28.

Date: Tuesday, 04 June 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/USA-announces-new-cooperation-to-support-Ghana-SMR

Leaders from the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the European Commission (EC) have highlighted the need to strengthen security of radioactive sources in open civilian facilities such as hospitals, research laboratories, and industrial facilities to prevent the use of these materials in acts of terrorism.

Date: Saturday, 25 May 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US,-EC-bodies-call-for-enhanced-security-of-radioa

Brazil’s nuclear utility Eletronuclear (part of Eletrobras) expects to complete all the steps required to get approval for extended operation of unit 1 at the Angra NPP. Eletronuclear's Long Term Operations (LTO) programme is designed to enable continued operations at Angra 1 until the end of 2044. The current operating licence is valid to December 2024.

Date: Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsangra-1-lifetime-extension-procedures-progressing-11767558