Y! News, Abbey Fenbert, Sat, October 14, 2023 The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) intends to transition a second reactor into hot shutdown, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported on Oct. 13. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said authorities at the plant informed the agency they were beginning to move reactor 5 from cold…
October 14, 2023 https://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/1595191/asean-continues-commitment-to-maintaining-nuclear-weapon-free-southeast-asia.html NEW YORK - Ambassador Đặng Hoàng Giang, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the United Nations (UN), has reaffirmed ASEAN's support for efforts of the international community for a world without nuclear weapons. "The complete elimination of nuclear weapons is the only solution to guarantee against their use and threat of use," Ambassador…
By CHRIS LARABEE, Staff Writer, 10/15/2023 VERNON, Vt. With the reactor building serving as one of the final structures standing, the decommissioning of the former Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant has been progressing steadily with a potential finish date four years ahead of its 2030 deadline. Amid a teardown of the former turbine building’s…
People living within a 50km radius of Swiss nuclear power plants will receive a fresh stock of iodine tablets over the coming weeks and until next April. October 13, 2023 The government has purchased 12 million packs of iodine tablets. The budget for the iodine distribution campaign is CHF34 million of which CHF11 million will…
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN, October 13, 2023 https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15028320 FUKUI Fukui Governor Tatsuji Sugimoto on Oct. 13 approved Kansai Electric Power Co.’s revised plan on storing spent nuclear fuel, drawing outrage from prefectural assembly members. The governor’s approval means that three aging reactors operated by the utility in the prefecture can continue to run. The continued operation of…