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During his recent visit to China, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi discussed the situation at the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) with both Chinese officials and Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev. Grossi is trying to win support for a UN Security Council meeting to discuss ZNPP later in May.

Date: Saturday, 27 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newszaporizhia-npp-discussed-in-china-10888079

Members of the International Nuclear Regulators' Association (INRA) have released a joint statement affirming their commitment to work together on generic design assessment and licensing of small modular reactor (SMR) technologies.

Date: Saturday, 27 May 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Regulators-support-international-collaboration-on

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and other IAEA officials have signed several agreements at the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA), during Grossi’s first official visit to China. Grossi met with several high-level officials and visited nuclear facilities and institutions in Beijing, Shanghai and Shandong.

Date: Friday, 26 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsagreements-signed-during-first-official-visit-to-china-by-iaeas-grossi-10884614

The IVG.1M research reactor at Kazakhstan’s National Nuclear Centre (NNC) in Kurchatov, has resumed formal operation using low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel, following completion its conversion and subsequent licensing.

Date: Thursday, 25 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskazakhstan-research-reactor-switches-to-leu-fuel-10881376

In his latest update on the situation at the Zaporizhia NPP, IAEA  Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said the plant had lost all external power for several hours, underlining the extremely precarious nuclear safety and security situation at the facility and the urgent need to protect it and prevent an accident.

Date: Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newszaporozhia-npp-loses-external-power-for-several-hours-10876375

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has completed an advisory service mission (INSServ) to Georgia to assess the security regime for nuclear and other radioactive material out of regulatory control (MORC). The team said Georgia has made progress in the development of arrangements to detect and respond to criminal or intentional unauthorised acts involving MORC. It encouraged continued development of these arrangements and their associated plans and procedures, and identified several examples of good practice.

Date: Saturday, 13 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-mission-to-georgia-finds-progress-in-nuclear-security-10842428

US-based Westinghouse has launched its AP300 small modular reactor (SMR), a 300 MWe single-loop pressurised water reactor, which is a scaled-down version of its AP1000. Westinghouse claims it is the only SMR “truly based on an Nth-of-a-kind operating plant” and describes it as a “game-changer”.

Date: Thursday, 11 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswestinghouse-launches-ap300-small-modular-reactor-10836205

Sweden demonstrates a solid commitment to ensuring the safe implementation of nuclear radioactive waste and used fuel management activities, including its efforts towards establishing a deep geological facility, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded.

Date: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-commends-Sweden-s-management-of-radioactive-w

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service for Radioactive Waste & Spent Fuel Management, Decommissioning & Remediation (ARTEMIS) team has concluded a seven-day mission to Sweden. It said Sweden has a comprehensive, robust and well-functioning system for safely managing radioactive waste and used nuclear fuel. The mission, however, advised Sweden to improve its national policies and strategies for non-nuclear radioactive waste that originates, for example, from industrial uses, research, or medical applications.

Date: Friday, 05 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-commends-swedens-radwaste-management-10813811