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FILE PHOTO: A view shows Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant from the bank of Kakhovka Reservoir near the town of Nikopol, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo
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Russia ‘not planning’ to restart Ukraine nuclear facility

Russia has no plans to restart Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, according to the head of Rosatom, Russia's state-owned nuclear power company.

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EU clears Net Zero Industry Act to boost domestic green tech production

BRUSSELS — European Union governments formally cleared on Monday a new law designed to ensure the bloc produces 40% of its solar panels,...

The Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organisation's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
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Iran’s near-bomb-grade uranium stock grows, talks stall, IAEA reports say

The International Atomic Energy Agency faces a range of difficulties in Iran, including the fact it only implemented a small fraction of the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attend a meeting in expanded format at the Kuksaroy Presidential Palace in Tashkent, Uzbekistan May 27, 2024. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
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Russia to build Central Asia’s first nuclear plant in Uzbekistan

Post-Soviet Central Asia has no nuclear power plants, but Uzbekistan could be the first after deal struck during visit by Putin.

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Enel chairman says investments in grids are financially attractive

Investments in power grids are attractive for Italian power utility Enel and other groups that distribute electricity because, once approved by the authorities,...

A general view shows an entrance to the Pantex Plant, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Panhandle, Texas. The plant was briefly shut down during the early part of the Smokehouse Creek Fire on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Climate change increasingly threatens research laboratories, weapons sites and power plants across the nation that handle or are contaminated with radioactive material or perform critical energy and defense research. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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U.S. sites with radioactive material more vulnerable as climate change increases wildfire, flood risks

Many sites are contaminated or warehouse decades of radioactive waste, while some perform critical energy and defense research and manufacturing that could be...

The old Wylfa power station was decommissioned in 2015 (Alamy/PA)
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Wylfa in Wales chosen as Government’s top site for major nuclear plant

Ministers are starting talks with energy firms to explore building the UK’s third mega-nuclear power station in Wylfa.

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French, Russia, Chinese firms vie to build Ghana’s 1st nuclear power plant

Ghana started considering building a nuclear power plant in the 1960s but the process was derailed by a coup. It revived the plan...

FILE PHOTO: White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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Saudi crown prince, US national security adviser meet on civilian Nuclear deal

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US National Security Adviser met to discuss draft deal between Washington and Riyadh

FILE PHOTO: White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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How might a US-Saudi civil nuclear deal work?

US National Security Adviser will visit Saudi Arabia this weekend for talks expected to touch on a civil nuclear cooperation agreement

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