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The UAE is considering building a second nuclear power plant to meet the growing demand for electricity in the Gulf state, a government official told Reuters. The country of some 10 million people has become a proponent of nuclear power,…
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday assured Bangladesh that Moscow was committed to complete a nuclear power project on time, despite obstacles resulting from Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine. Lavrov, the first…
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Mystery on Monday surrounded an explosion at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran amid growing tension over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Iranian authorities said the 5 a.m. incident was related to an air defense drill, but also warned…
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Iran’s only nuclear power plant has been brought back online, its manager said early Monday, after two weeks off-grid amid conflicting reports over an apparent regular maintenance operation. The “technical fault” that shut down the…
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Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant has resumed operations after being shut down two weeks ago for an overhaul, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported on Saturday. “After repairs ... the Bushehr power plant is back online, and 1000 MW of…
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Iran’s sole nuclear power plant has undergone an unexplained temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reported on Sunday. An official from the state electric energy company, Gholamali Rakhshanimehr, said on a talk show that the Bushehr…
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The historic development of Egypt’s first nuclear power plant has been discussed in a Cairo meeting between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Director-General of ROSATOM Alexey Likhachev. ROSATOM, the Russian state’s nuclear…
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