Dubai, UAE - The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), serving as the UAE's independent nuclear regulatory body, has officially issued the Operating License for Unit 4 of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant to Nawah Energy Company. The authorization, spanning 60 years, empowers Nawah to proceed with the commissioning and...
IAEA asks Russia, Ukraine to secure nuclear plant
The head of the UN atomic energy watchdog - IAEA- said he was ready to continue talks in Ukraine and Russia this week to set up a security zone around a key nuclear power plant. Fighting around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant -- Europe's largest -- has raised fears of...
UN watchdog warns of ‘grave’ crisis amid violence near Ukraine nuclear plant
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of "nuclear blackmail" as he urged the international community to react immediately to chase out the occupiers from Zaporizhzhia. "Only the Russians' full withdrawal... would guarantee nuclear safety for all of Europe," Zelensky said in a video address to the nation.
Russia’s Rosatom starts construction of Egypt’s first nuclear plant
Russia's state atomic energy corporation Rosatom has launched the construction of Egypt's first nuclear power plant, a $25-billion project billed as the largest venture between the two countries in decades. Egyptian Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker and Rosatom chief Alexey Likhachev on Wednesday poured concrete into what will serve as the...
EU to discuss imposing harsher sanctions against Russia
The European Union will discuss tightening sanctions against Russia on Monday, as Moscow is accused of using the continent's largest nuclear power plant to store weapons and launch missiles on the surrounding regions of southern Ukraine.
Britain may build seven nuclear power plants by 2050
Britain could build up to seven new nuclear power plants by 2050, as well as offshore wind to diversify energy sources, a senior minister said Sunday.
Iran’s only nuclear power plant back online
The plant was off-grid for two weeks, leading to power cuts in the country Officials blamed 'a technical fault' for the shutdown Iran's only nuclear power plant has been brought back online, its manager said early Monday, after two weeks off-grid amid a power shortage and rolling blackouts across the...
