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Calls for more ‘access to national and international climate finance mechanisms’
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 21 September 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/industry-groups-urge-governments-to-make-nuclear-expansion-strategic-priority-9-5-2024
Actions being taken by various countries to meet the target of tripling global nuclear power generating capacity by 2050 were discussed by panellists during a session at World Nuclear Symposium 2024. Cooperation will be key to meeting the target, they agreed.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 07 September 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Meeting-the-challenge-to-triple-nuclear-capacity
Lithuania has identified 77 potential locations for its planned geological repository for used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. A final decision on the facility's location is not expected until 2047.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 06 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Lithuania-narrows-search-for-repository-site
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
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service for Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Management, Decommissioning and Remediation (ARTEMIS) mission concluded that Croatia is committed to addressing the challenges of managing its radioactive waste. The team also identified specific areas for additional efforts including the development of arrangements for the safe and secure centralised storage of radioactive waste.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 01 July 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-says-croatia-is-committed-to-safe-radwaste-management-10978596
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) is starting the process of evaluating four potential areas for suitability to host the UK's Geological Disposal Facility. It is expected that a final site selection could be a process which takes 10-15 years.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 29 June 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-begins-studies-to-assess-four-potential-GDF-sit
Croatia is committed to addressing the challenges of managing its radioactive waste, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded. Croatia is a co-owner of the Krško nuclear power plant, located in neighbouring Slovenia.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 27 June 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-finds-Croatian-commitment-to-radwaste-managem
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has recently published a 73-page study, 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: Wednesday, 22 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssmr-development-tracked-by-nea-and-iaea-studies-10691068
In a wide-ranging interview for the World Nuclear News podcast GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s President and CEO Jay Wileman explained why nuclear has a key role in achieving carbon reduction targets, and how regulatory harmonisation between different countries could help speed that process.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 21 February 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/In-Quotes-GE-Hitachi-s-Jay-Wileman-on-regulatory-h