Bangladesh approved the draft of an agreement with Russia on spent nuclear fuel
The Cabinet approved the draft of an agreement titled ‘Agreement between the Russian Federation and Bangladesh on Cooperation Concerning Return of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant to the Russian Federation’.
Bangladesh enters global nuclear club, construction of Rooppur N-Plant begins
Bangladesh on Thursday became the 32nd country in the world and 3rd in South Asia to harness the power of atom.
First-ever remote vendor inspection undertaken for Finnish NPP
In view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and consequent global lockdown, Finland’s nuclear regulator STUK has undertaken a remote inspection of project management by the Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom’s subsidiary, RAOS Project, who are the suppliers for the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant (NPP), as per a release.
Dry shielding in place for Kudankulam unit 3 reactor vessel, manufacture of steam generator for unit 5 begins
The third 1,000 MW nuclear power plant coming up in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu reached another milestone with the installation of reactor pressure vessel dry shielding, said Russia’s integrated nuclear power company, Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation.
Russia ships out equipment for Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
Rosatom, the Russian atomic energy corporation, on Saturday said its machine building division Atomenergomash has shipped out equipment for Unit 4 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP).
Global leaders to discuss human-centric sustainability at “Energy for Impact” conference
The first Global Impact Conference – “Energy for Impact” – to be held online on December 1-2, 2020, will discuss human-centric solutions facilitating steady growth of the global economy, the Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom has announced.
Unit 2 of Arab world’s first nuclear plant located in UAE connected to grid
The second unit of the Arab world’s first nuclear power plant (NPP) located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was successfully connected to the national power grid earlier this month, two weeks after the start-up of the reactor was completed, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced.
Russia tests unique composite reprocessing equipment
Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom has announced that it is testing a unique composite equipment for reprocessing all types of fibrous waste and producing new products out of it.
IAEA’s nuclear energy events in lead up to Pre-COP26 meet on climate change
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has announced that it will organise three webinars in connection with the pre-Conference of Parties (COP)26 climate change meeting to be held in Italy next month.
