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Egypt and Russia's presidents joined a ceremony by videolink to mark the pouring of the first concrete into the foundation slab of El Dabaa unit 4 - a moment which means all four units at the Egyptian nuclear power plant are now under construction.

Date: Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Presidents-join-ceremony-for-first-concrete-for-El

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy has concluded the first-ever US Africa Nuclear Energy Summit (USANES) in Accra, Ghana. The summit was organised in partnership with Ghana’s Ministry of Energy and the Nuclear Power Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission. DOE said it “provided a platform for crucial dialogues and international cooperation on nuclear energy” where “participants from across the continent discussed the future of nuclear power and laid a foundation for sustainable nuclear energy growth in the region”.

Date: Saturday, 11 November 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-us-african-nuclear-summit-concludes-in-ghana-11287149

The second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant was put into commercial operation on 1 November. Together with the first unit the new nuclear power plant will provide about 40% of the country's electricity needs.

Date: Friday, 03 November 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Second-Belarus-unit-enters-commercial-operation

South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) at a “Nuclear Power Plant Equipment Export Integrated Briefing” at the Kepco Art Centre in Seoul presented strategies to boost nuclear exports. More than 200 domestic nuclear power plant equipment and component companies participated in the briefing. The meeting heard that procurement for the El Dabaa project in Egypt will begin in October and for the tritium removal facility project in Romania in November. This will unlock a total of 104 items with a value of KRW800bn ($603.77m) in nuclear power plant equipment exports.

Date: Saturday, 02 September 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskorea-seeks-to-boost-nuclear-exports-11114506

Egypt's Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) has been granted a licence by the country's nuclear regulator for the construction of the fourth and final unit at the El Dabaa nuclear power plant. Construction of unit 4 is scheduled to begin by the end of this year.

Date: Friday, 01 September 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Permit-issued-for-construction-of-fourth-Egyptian

Specialists at Russia’s DV Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA, part of Rosatom) in St Petersburg have begun acceptance tests of the full-scale prototype panel for the first wall of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor ITER under construction at Cadarache in France.

Date: Thursday, 17 August 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussian-specialists-test-prototype-of-wall-panel-for-iter-11076958

Two more countries - Zimbabwe and Ethiopia - have signed agreements with Russia to cooperate on the peaceful use of nuclear technology on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, which has been taking place in St Petersburg.

Date: Saturday, 29 July 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Zimbabwe-and-Ethiopia-sign-nuclear-energy-cooperat

The Republic of Burundi and Russia have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) on peaceful uses of nuclear technology. It was signed as the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum takes place in St Petersburg.

Date: Friday, 28 July 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Burundi-and-Ethiopia-among-Russia-Africa-nuclear-c

The first large-scale nuclear power plant item - the core catcher for El Dabaa unit 1 - is to be installed in October, the chairman of Egypt's Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) has said.

Date: Thursday, 20 July 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/El-Dabaa-core-catcher-to-be-installed-in-October