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Over the last several years evidence has been mounting that a large expansion of nuclear energy capacity is indispensable for keeping global warning within 1.5°C limits. Multiple studies have confirmed that, contrary to the claims by “all-renewables” zealots, no single group of technologies can enable a timely and cost-efficient energy transition, and a diversified energy mix of low-carbon sources, including both intermittent renewables and nuclear, is needed to achieve net-zero by 2050. The most recent estimates suggest that the global nuclear energy installed capacity needs to increase 2.5-3 times from the current 370 GW to between 916 GWe and 1,160 GW by 2050.

Date: Thursday, 28 December 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsglobal-smr-buildout-needs-a-new-marshall-plan-11398436

Russia's national nuclear company says its Internexco GmbH subsidiary and Brazil's state-owned Industrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) have signed a contract to supply the Angra nuclear power plant from 2023 to 2027.

Date: Thursday, 08 December 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Rosatom-says-to-supply-uranium-products-for-Brazil

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has conducted its first Integrated Research Reactor Utilization Review (IRRUR) mission. An international team of experts carried out a thorough assessment of the way in which Chile's RECH-1 research reactor is currently being used and its potential capabilities.

Date: Thursday, 21 July 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-team-assesses-utilisation-of-Chilean-research

US-based Last Energy, which is developing a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR), and Poland’s Enea Group have signed a letter of intent to jointly pursue the development of Last Energy’s 20MWe SMRs in Poland. Enea president Pawel Majewski noted at the signing ceremony that “modular nuclear energy, as a safe, scalable and controllable energy source, may be an important pillar of energy security”, adding that SMRs "are the way to achieve zero emissions for our company”.

Date: Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newslast-energy-and-enea-group-to-develop-smrs-for-poland-9806277

Construction is to be resumed of the prototype CAREM-25 reactor and a used fuel dry storage facility, as well as the refurbishment of the Atucha 1 nuclear power plant, Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA (NA-SA) announced. Energy Minister Sergio Lanziani said the projects - work on which was suspended last year "due to breaches by contractor companies" - are vital for the country.

Date: Wednesday, 22 April 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Argentinean-projects-to-resume-after-hiatus

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is dispatching a first batch of equipment to more than 40 countries to enable them to use a nuclear-derived technique to rapidly detect the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. This emergency assistance is part of the IAEA's response to requests for support from around 90 Member States in controlling an increasing number of infections worldwide.

Date: Friday, 03 April 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-dispatches-COVID-19-detection-equipment

Nuclear power has responded to the call to action in the public health crisis that each and every one of us is facing, writes World Nuclear Association Director General Agneta Rising.

Date: Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Message-Nuclear-power-in-the-fight-against-COVID19

Nuclear power has responded to the call to action in the public health crisis that each and every one of us is facing, writes World Nuclear Association Director General Agneta Rising.

Date: Saturday, 28 March 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Message-Nuclear-power-in-the-fight-against-COVID-1

Agency says it is in constant contact with WHO and other key partners IAEA director-general Rafael Grossi addressing the board on 9 March. Photo courtesy IAEA/Dean Calma. The International Atomic Energy Agency is doing everything it can to help member states in responding to the outbreak of the coronavirus, director-general Rafael Mariano Grossi said in his introductory statement to the Vienna-based board of governors on 9 March.

Mr Grossi, in his first statement to the board since taking over as director-general in December, said the IAEA is not a specialised health agency and has no role in controlling the disease. “But we do have expertise and experience that help in detecting outbreaks of certain viral diseases and in diagnosing them,” he said.

“We have been in constant contact with the World Health Organisation and other key partners to assess the current level of knowledge about Covid-19, identify gaps and work to accelerate and fund priority research.”

He said so far, the agency has received official requests for support from six countries in Africa, five in the Asia and Pacific region and three in Latin America.

Date: Friday, 13 March 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/iaea-doing-everything-it-can-to-help-countries-respond-to-outbreak-3-1-2020