TOKYO, Feb 16, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has presented its “Best Innovation 2022” awards to 20 products, technologies and services related to its business activities and growth strategies that contribute to the preservation and protection of the global environment and mitigation of environmental impacts, thereby contributing to […]
This photo taken on Dec 14, 2022 shows an outdoor view of the crisis unit at the Orano la Hague reprocessing plant, in La Hague, northwestern France, with the Orano logo on a facade. (PHOTO / AFP) LA HAGUE, France – At a nuclear waste site in Normandy, robotic arms guided by technicians behind a […]
The silhouette of US engineer and NASA astronaut Megan McArthur is seen past the NASA logo in the Webb Auditorium at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS / AFP) WASHINGTON – The United States plans to test a spacecraft engine powered by nuclear fission by 2027 as part of a […]
This handout photo taken on Sept 1, 2022 and obtained from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sept 7, 2022 shows a general view of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during an IAEA Support and Assistance Mission in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. The IAEA has deployed its permanent monitoring mission at Khmelnytsky nuclear power […]
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal talks during the French-Ukrainian conference for resilience and reconstruction at the Ministry of Economy in Paris, Dec 13, 2022. (MICHEL EULER / AP) KYIV – The International Atomic Energy Agency is finalizing the stationing of permanent missions at Ukrainian nuclear power plants, the Ukrainian government press service reported Wednesday. While […]
A Russian submarine takes part in the "Vostok-2022" military exercises at the Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan outside the city of Vladivostok on Sept 5, 2022. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia has produced the first nuclear warheads for the self-powered Poseidon super torpedoes that are being developed for deployment […]
This Nov 14, 2007 picture shows a view of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna. The IAEA has praised China's efforts and progress in stepping up nuclear security and contributing to global governance of nuclear security. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP) VIENNA / UNITED NATIONS- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on […]
A file photo taken on Sept 20, 2022, shows the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear plant in Yuzhnoukrainsk, Ukraine. (GENYA SAVILOV / AFP) KIEV – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will send monitoring missions to nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Ukraine, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency reported Tuesday, citing a senior official. "In the near future, […]
In this file photo taken on Oct 19, 2022, German Transportation Minister, Volker Wissing, addresses the media during a press conference on the 'Master Plan Car Charging Infrastructure' in Berlin, Germany. (MICHAEL SOHN / AP) BERLIN – Germany's transport minister called for an expert committee to examine whether the lifespan of the country's nuclear plants […]
This file photo dated May 1, 2022, shows a Russian soldier guarding an area of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. (PHOTO / AP) MILAN – The International Atomic Energy Agency hopes to reach an agreement with Russia and Ukraine to create a protection zone at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by the end of the […]
This undated file photo of the Pentagon seen from an airplane over Washington D.C., the United States. (LIU JIE / XINHUA) BEIJING – The United States should seriously reflect on its nuclear policy and step up to its special, primary responsibilities in nuclear disarmament, in order to create conditions for attaining the ultimate goal of […]
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi briefs the media during a news conference with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the foreign ministry in Berlin, Germany, Nov 15, 2022. (MARKUS SCHREIBER / AP) KIEV – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will strengthen its presence at all nuclear power […]
This photo shows the Bugey nuclear plant in Saint-Vulbas, around Lyon, central France on Oct 13, 2022. (LAURENT CIPRIANI / AP) PARIS – French power giant EDF is looking to recruit a new generation of welders, pipe-fitters and boiler makers to fix its ageing nuclear reactors and build more of them, as Europe's energy crisis […]
This photo shows the Bugey nuclear plant in Saint-Vulbas, around Lyon, central France on Oct 13, 2022. (LAURENT CIPRIANI / AP) PARIS – French power giant EDF is looking to recruit a new generation of welders, pipe-fitters and boiler makers to fix its ageing nuclear reactors and build more of them, as Europe's energy crisis […]
This photo shows the Bugey nuclear plant in Saint-Vulbas, around Lyon, central France on Oct 13, 2022. (LAURENT CIPRIANI / AP) PARIS – French power giant EDF is looking to recruit a new generation of welders, pipe-fitters and boiler makers to fix its ageing nuclear reactors and build more of them, as Europe's energy crisis […]
Russia and the United States have ways to manage nuclear risks at the level of intelligence agencies, charge d'affaires of the US embassy in Moscow Elizabeth Rood told Russia's state news agency, adding that for now there are no meetings scheduled. Earlier this month, CIA director William Burns met Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russian foreign […]
TOKYO, Nov 22, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has delivered the first pump set of total 34 units consisting of five models for Units 1 and 2 at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in the United Kingdom to Trillium Flow Technologies (Trillium). The pump sets are […]
Photo taken on Aug 22, 2022 shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. (PHOTO / XINHUA) KIEV – Powerful explosions shook the area of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said, amid escalating conflicts between Ukraine and Russia. More than a dozen blasts were heard […]
Photo taken on Aug 22, 2022 shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. (PHOTO / XINHUA) SHARM EL-SHEIKH — Nuclear energy supporters including politicians and activists sought to polish the industry's spotty image on Wednesday, using the COP27 climate summit in Egypt to argue that atomic power offers a safe and cost-efficient way to decarbonize the world. […]
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto addresses a joint press conference with the Lithuanian President following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania on Nov 4, 2022. (PETRAS MALUKAS / AFP) HELSINKI – Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on Monday underlined the need to assess the possibility of peace in the Ukraine conflict "also elsewhere than […]