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Russia has delivered some 1,700 tons of state-of-art nuclear equipment to China, including a reactor hull and four steam generators for the Tianwan nuclear power plant. The facility already has four older VVER-1000 water-water energetic reactors among its six operational units and is set to receive two more VVER-1200 reactors, …

Two Japanese industrial majors are reportedly planning to team up with Bill Gates’ venture company to provide technical support for a high-tech nuclear reactor that will be built in the US state of Wyoming. The parties are expected to sign an agreement in January for the Japan Atomic Energy Agency …

The project, estimated to cost $170 million, will be partly funded by Gates’ nuclear power firm TerraPower, while most of the money will come from the US Department of Energy (DoE). Led by one of US’ largest gas and electric utility companies, Southern Company, it will also use technology from …

In a statement, an emergency services representative told RIA Novosti that “Unit Two at Rostov Nuclear Power Plant has been shut down and put on maintenance because of a steam leak.”  FILE PHOTO: Official at the Rostov nuclear power plant works in the block control panel room of the second …

Monitoring of the site through satellite imagery showed indications that the 5-megawatt reactor was put back in operation as of early July after apparently being idle since December 2018, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in its report. The agency noted that since last month, there have been discharges …

Employees of Engie Electrabel – a local nuclear power plant operator and a subsidiary of the French energy giant Engie – noticed an unusually high hydrogen consumption in the plant’s reactor, the AFCN/FANK said in a statement on Thursday. The development indicated a potential leak. The operator and the nuclear …

The announcement comes as Iran and the other signatories of the 2015 nuclear deal are gearing up for another round of talks to revive the agreement, which is designed to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons – an aim it denies pursuing. This year Iran has already produced a small amount …

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Spokesperson for the AEOI Behrouz Kamalvandi laid out the plan in a statement made to Iranian media outlets on Friday. Although a specific date wasn’t given, the official said it would take place early in the Iranian new year, which begins on March 20. The process of cold testing was …

Kilopower will be able to provide energy to the mission to Mars. Representatives NASA have planned in the coming months to test nuclear reactor that is designed to provide energy for Martian missions. The new project was named Kilopower. The first tests should take place in November and early 2018, …