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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has once again lost the remote connection to its safeguards surveillance systems installed at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (ZNPP), further underlining the need for the IAEA to go there very soon, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said on 29 June.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 02 July 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-loses-safeguards-connections-with-zaporizhzhya-npp-and-chernobyl-9819101
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is increasingly concerned about the difficult conditions facing staff at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (ZNPP) and it must go there as soon as possible to address this and other urgent issues, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 30 June 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-director-general-stresses-need-to-visit-zaporizhzhya-npp-9807909
With soaring energy prices and a renewed need for energy security, Professor Radek Skoda from the Czech Technical University puts the case for an innovative nuclear-fuelled district heating system.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 29 June 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-Nuclear-and-the-district-heating-indust
The six-units Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, the largest in Europe, was taken by Russian troops after an armed assault on 4 March 2022 and has since remained occupied but operational in a reduced state.
The IAEA is aware of recent reports in the media and elsewhere warning of a deteriorating situation for Ukrainian staff at Zaporizhzhia, Mr Grossi said.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/grossi-calls-for-urgent-iaea-mission-to-occupied-zaporizhzhia-6-1-2022
The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) says it has terminated international agreements concerning cooperation between the country and Russia in the field of nuclear safety.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ukraine-terminates-Russia-nuclear-agreements
The six organisations are: the Canadian Nuclear Association, the Japan Atomic Industry Forum, the US Nuclear Energy Institute, the UK Nuclear Industry Association, Brussels-based Nucleareurope, and the World Nuclear Association.
A joint statement said that the combination of an increasingly urgent climate crisis and volatile energy prices, intensified by the war in Ukraine, has shown the “key strengths” of nuclear technologies.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 25 June 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/nuclear-industry-groups-call-on-leaders-to-support-nuclear-power-and-technology-6-5-2022
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) large industrialised nations should incentivise the extension of the operating life of existing nuclear reactors and support the restart of others to help achieve the goal of achieving a low-carbon and secure energy supply, the nuclear industry has said.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 25 June 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/G7-urged-to-back-nuclear-extensions-to-tackle-clim
The IEA’s World Energy Investment report said global energy investment this year is projected to reach $2.4tn (€2.28tn), with the bulk going into renewables and grids.
However, almost half of the increase in capital spending is linked to higher costs due to supply chain pressures instead of bringing additional energy supply capacity or savings.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 24 June 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/global-clean-energy-investment-beats-pre-pandemic-levels-but-growth-insufficient-to-meet-climate-goals-6-4-2022
In a recent position paper, the Belgian Nuclear Society (BNS) welcomed the political decision to keep two reactors - Doel 4 and Tihange 3 - in operation beyond 2025 because of security of electricity supply concerns. However, it questions why the operation of the units has been limited to just ten years.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 23 June 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/BNS-questions-limit-to-extended-operation-of-Belgi
A low-carbon future - anchored by the strength and resilience of the current nuclear fleet - is within our grasp if we make the right choices today, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) President and CEO Maria Korsnick said in her annual State of the Industry address to the US organisation's Nuclear Energy Assembly in Washington DC.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 22 June 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Korsnick-charts-sea-change-for-nuclear