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The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar Salehi, said on 8 April in a message marking National Nuclear Technology Day that Iran’s nuclear activities were continuing despite the novel coronavirus outbreak and continuing US sanctions.

Date: Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-pushes-ahead-with-nuclear-development-despite-pandemic-restrictions-7871976


Construction of the world's most powerful multi-purpose fast neutron research reactor (MBIR) has officially started at the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) in Dimitrovgrad, in Russia's Ulyanovsk region. The project is being implemented as part of the federal targeted-development programme called "New-Generation Nuclear Energy Technologies for 2010-2015 and up to 2020". The reactor is scheduled for start-up in 2020. The thermal power of the new sodium-cooled reactor will be 150MWt.

Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2015
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-begins-construction-of-mbir-4671316