The government is considering releasing contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean.
Nuclear Energy
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Any release of the water is expected to antagonise Japanese fishermen and raise concerns in neighbouring countries
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IAEA says Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium stands at more than 10 times the limit set in 2015...
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Trip comes after US pressed the UNSC to reimpose sanctions on Tehran that were lifted under the 2015...
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Spokesman for Atomic Energy Organization says authorities will reveal ‘in due time the reason behind blast’ in July.
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Rafael Mariano Grossi to visit Tehran on Monday in first trip since he became the IAEA’s director general in December.
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US withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018 and can no longer call on its mechanisms, EU foreign policy chief said.
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US think-tank 38 North says recent images show vulnerability of country’s main nuclear facility to weather disruption.
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International Energy Agency chief, Dr Fatih Birol, urges an environmentally friendly financial recovery for the world.
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The Russian-built Astravets nuclear plant is expected to start powering Belarus by the end of this year.
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Remote desert plant was built with China’s aid, paper quotes Western officials as saying, raising proliferation worries.
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Experts have raised concerns about potential risks Barakah plant could pose to the environment and regional security.
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The nuclear reactor is a joint effort by the EU, Japan, India, the US, Russia, China and South Korea.
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