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U.S. accuses Russia of using Ukraine power plant as 'nuclear shield'

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called Russia's actions around Ukraine's largest nuclear power plant "the height of irresponsibility," accusing Moscow of using it as a "nuclear shield" in attacks on Ukrainian forces.

Reuters

Germany puts coal power plant back on network after gas supply cut

Mothballed facility in Lower Saxony gets emergency permission to run until April

The Guardian - UK

Germany argues over nuclear shutdown amid gas supply worries

Rising concern over the impact of a potential Russian gas cutoff is fueling the debate in Germany over whether the country should switch off its last three nuclear power plants as planned at the end of this year

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Iran Says Begins Building New Nuclear Research Reactor in Isfahan

Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami announced on Wednesday that a construction of a new research reactor at the Isfahan nuclear site will begin in the coming weeks, reported IRNA. He made his remarks while visiting the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) at the Isfahan site. Eslami stressed that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A new nuclear power station needs a vast supply of water. But where will Sizewell C get it from?

Plans for the site have got the go-ahead. The knock-on effect for Suffolk’s rivers and seawater will soon be clear, says author William Atkins

The Guardian - UK

Asia goes nuclear as climate, Ukraine banish memory of Fukushima

China, Japan, South Korea, India and Pakistan are betting on nuclear power amid climate crisis, energy security fears.

Al Jazeera

Russia accused of waging war out of working nuclear power plant in Ukraine

Russian forces have reportedly been using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, near Nikopol in southern Ukraine, as a base to launch attacks, ramping up security concerns in surrounding areas.

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California governor calls for no new gas plants in climate fight

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced steps Friday to speed up the clean-energy transition and fight climate change, including an end to building gas-burning power plants, even as the move away from fossil fuels has threatened his state with blackouts and forced him to reconsider nuclear power.

Tribune News Service

Agency OK's treated water release at Fukushima plant

The Nuclear Regulation Authority officially approved Friday morning Tokyo Electric Power Company Holding, Inc.'s plan to discharge treated water from its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the sea, saying there are no safety problems.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan OKs preparation step for Fukushima plant water release

Japan’s nuclear regulator has approved methods and facilities for the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea next year

The Independent UK

Japan regulators approve release of Fukushima water into sea

Japan's nuclear regulators have approved a plan to release into the ocean water from the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, the government said on Friday.

Reuters

Lavrov in Egypt Next Week as Part of African Tour

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will kick off a tour of Africa next week that includes Egypt, which he described as Moscow’s “number one” partner in the continent. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said his trip, from July 24 to 28, will include Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda and the Republic…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK Government 'ideology' costing Scotland 2500 skilled green jobs, report says

MORE than 2000 green jobs could have been created in Scotland through onshore wind farms but the UK Government prioritised nuclear power instead, a…

The National (Scotland)

Time for the government to tell the truth about nuclear power

Letters: Targeting scarce public resources at ailing nuclear initiatives flies in the face of all known data

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Evening Standard

Sizewell C gets green light: Government gives go-ahead for new nuclear power station

The decision has been met with a mixed reaction among supporters and opponents

Reuters

Russian occupation official says Ukrainian drone struck nuclear plant but caused no damage

The Russian-installed administration in the partially occupied Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia said on Wednesday that Ukraine had conducted a drone strike on a nuclear power station there, but the reactor was undamaged.

The Guardian - UK

UK government gives go-ahead to Sizewell C nuclear power plant

Decision goes against advice of Planning Inspectorate, which rejected project owing to impact

The Independent UK

Sizewell C nuclear power station approved by government

Kwasi Kwateng celebrates decision for helping ‘energy security’

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Wales Online

New nuclear power station to be built in UK

It is intended that Sizewell C will generate enough low-carbon electricity to supply six million homes

The Guardian - UK

Energy fears weaken German taboos over nuclear power and speed limits

Divisive ideas such as keeping nuclear plants open and regulating autobahn are now gaining traction

Zenger

Grand Engineering: Floating Cranes To Install Cooling System For Delay-Prone Nuclear Power Station

Construction of the nuclear power plant on the shore of the Irish Sea, on England's far western shore, began in 2017.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Mulls Sanctions as Russia Accused of Shelling Ukraine from Nuclear Plant

The European Union will discuss tightening sanctions against Russia on Monday, as Moscow is accused of using the continent's largest nuclear power plant to store weapons and launch missiles on the surrounding regions of southern Ukraine. The situation at the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is "extremely tense", Ukraine's atomic energy…

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Ukrainian Officials Accuse Russia of Shelling From Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of using a captured nuclear power plant as a place to store and launch weapons. As Russia has stepped up attacks on Ukrainian cities, air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv on Saturday. Overnight explosions made for a tense night in Ukraine, where cities have recently come…

France 24

Russia accused of shelling from Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine

The president of the Ukrainian nuclear agency said on Friday that Russian forces are using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine as a base for storing and launching weapons. Russia’s defence ministry said Saturday that its forces destroyed a Ukrainian factory in the city of Dnipro that produced…

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian bathing and fishing warnings at Torness beaches lifted

An oil leak from an electricity substation at the East Lothian nuclear power station site sparked warnings against going into the water or fishing at Thorntonloch and Skateraw beaches and surrounding coastline

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