Bangladesh has collaborated with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to develop new varieties of cotton that are more productive and have better fibre quality, according to the IAEA.

Recording another achievement in the diversification of its clean energy business, Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom has announced that its Medvezhenskaya Wind Farm, located in the Stavropol Krai region of the country, began supplying electricity commercially to Russia’s power grid from December 1, 2021.

Continuing with the process of diversification of its clean energy business, the Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom’s subsidiary Uranium One Holding has entered into an agreement with Alpha Lithium Corporation to establish a joint venture to develop the Tolillar lithium deposit in Argentina, according to a Rosatom release.

All four steam generators for unit 1 of Bangladesh’s first nuclear power plant (NPP) at Rooppur have been installed, according to the Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom, which is the equipment supplier and technical consultant for the project to build two VVER-1200 type units of 1,200 MW capacity each at the site located on the eastern bank of the river Ganges.

The community outreach initiative of the Rhisotope Project got underway earlier this month in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa following the successful completion of the first phase of the project, according to a statement by the Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom.

Global warming is exacerbating weather and climate extreme events and the interaction between different forms of hazards triggered by climate change will cause future cross-sectoral impact affecting a variety of natural and human systems.

A nuclear fuel assembly plant built by a Chinese-Kazakh joint venture was put into operation in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk in the East Kazakhstan region, the press service of China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC) Uranium Resources Co.