Nuclear Energy
IAEA chief says South Korea sub program poses no proliferation concerns
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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said Monday in Vienna that South Korea's planned nuclear-powered submarine program should not raise proliferation concerns, given a solid safeguards arrangement with the agency.
Russian Chargé d’Affaires in Egypt Yuri Matveev described Egypt as a longstanding strategic partner of Moscow during celebrations for Russia’s National Day.
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The Department of Energy announced that Antares Nuclear’s Mark-0 reactor completed a zero-power fueled criticality demonstration at Idaho National Laboratory on June 4. The milestone marks the first privately developed non-light-water reactor to go critical in the United States in more than 40 years.
Foreign Minister Cho Hyun announced on March 6 that a South Korean delegation plans to visit the United States to discuss rights for uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing. This follows delays due to the Middle East war and stems from security cooperation agreed upon after last year's summit between Presidents Lee Jae Myung and Donald Trump. The talks aim to adjust the existing civil nuclear agreement.
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Following the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval for TerraPower's Natrium small modular reactor (SMR) in Wyoming, SK Innovation and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) are expanding their collaboration on the project, leveraging their investments and expertise to build an SMR ecosystem for industrial applications like data centers.
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has launched an on-site inspection at Chubu Electric Power's headquarters in Nagoya concerning fraudulent earthquake risk data linked to the Hamaoka nuclear power plant. The probe seeks to fully uncover the circumstances and motives behind the misconduct, which may have underestimated seismic ground motions at the facility. Depending on the findings, the authority could impose severe actions, such as disapproving reactor restarts or revoking the plant's installation permit.
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Tokyo Electric Power Company restarted reactor No. 6 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant after about 14 years, but suspended operations just six hours after achieving a critical state due to an alarm. This event, the company's first restart since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, highlights ongoing safety concerns in Japan's nuclear revival.
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