Peaceful Nuclear News - October 28, 2020

AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 28.10.2020

The Inter RAO's board of directors approved at a meeting on October 26, 2020 the termination of the company's participation in the Akkuyu Nuclear (the part of Rosatom, who is implementing a project to build the first nuclear power plant in Turkey).

The Japanese government does not plan currently to increase the number of nuclear power units in the country as part of its policy of completely eliminating greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.

The inspectors from the IAEA have confirmed that Iran, following a July explosion at the Natanz nuclear facility, has begun construction of a new underground centrifuge plant for uranium enrichment.

Topics: NPP Akkuyu, Turkey, Japan, IAEA, Iran

Other news:

Unit No. 1 at the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant has been brought to minimum control power

Minimum control power level is reached when neutron flux is recorded in a reactor working at a level sufficient to sustain a fission chain reaction.

WANO appoints Robert Gambrill as Director of WANO Atlanta Centre

He has formally replaced Russ Brian.

We plan for the BN-800 reactor to switch from a hybrid core to an active core fully loaded with tablet MOX fuel assemblies

The complete MOX-core is planned in 2022.

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