Nuclear fusion can become a promising option to replace fossil fuels as the world’s primary energy source and could have an important role to play in addressing climate change was the overwhelming consensus among participants at the recently concluded International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference on fusion energy research.

Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom subsidiary, the TVEL Fuel Company, has started construction of a 300 MW nuclear power unit equipped with the BREST-OD-300 fast neutron reactor being constructed at the Siberian Chemical Combine in Seversk, Russia, TVEL has announced.

The ground-breaking ceremony for the largest China-Russia nuclear energy cooperation project to date was held last month.

In yet another demonstration of the benefits of nuclear technology, an international project was launched in South Africa earlier this month that aims to drastically reduce the scourge of rhinoceros poaching by introducing radioisotopes into the horn of rhinos.

The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) at unit 1 of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant (NPP) at Akkuyu has been installed, according to the Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom, which is collaborating in the construction of the NPP.

Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom has launched a new nuclear awareness initiative called “Atoms for Humanity” about how this clean energy technology transforms peoples’ lives.

The Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom’s machine building division Atomenergomash has started manufacturing the set of bends for the main circulation pump being fabricated for units 5 and 6 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in India.