UK Nuclear Power Stations 'Could be Forced to Close' After Brexit
Adam Vaughan | Guardian
Nuclear power stations would be forced to shut down if a new measures are not in place when Britain quits a European atomic power treaty in 2019, an expert has warned. Rupert Cowen, a senior nuclear energy lawyer at Prospect Law, told MPs on Tuesday that leaving the Euratom treaty as the government has promised could see trade in nuclear fuel grind to a halt.
China Reacts With Anger, Threats After South Korean Missile Defense Decision
Reuters
Chinese state media have reacted with anger and boycott threats after the board of an affiliate of South Korea's Lotte Group approved a land swap with the government that allows authorities to deploy a U.S. missile defense system. The government decided last year to deploy the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, in response to the North Korean missile threat, on land that is part of a golf course owned by Lotte in the Seongju region, southeast of Seoul.
Taiwan Rules Out Alleged Dumping of Nuclear Waste Off Taiwan
Kyoto News
Taiwan's Atomic Energy Council said Wednesday it has obtained evidence that disproves an allegation that radioactive nuclear waste was dumped in waters off the island in the 1990s. The council's Vice Chairman Chiou Syh-tsong told Kyodo News that after analyzing declassified documents obtained from Italy's military intelligence agency, "we can rule out the possibility that 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste was dumped in the ocean near Taiwan."
Marshalls Marks 71st Anniversary of First Bikini Tests
Marianas Variety
“Grief, terror and righteous anger” has not faded for Marshall Islanders despite the passage of 71 years since the first nuclear weapons test at Bikini Atoll, President Hilda Heine told a Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day ceremony Wednesday in Majuro. The event included a parade, ringing of a bell 71 times to mark the years since the first Bikini tests, and speeches to mark March 1, the anniversary of the Bravo hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in 1954. It is a national holiday in the Marshall Islands.
CGN Lists Applied Nuclear Science Assets
World Nuclear News
China General Nuclear (CGN) has listed its applied nuclear science and technology assets on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. CGN Nuclear Technology Development becomes China's first A-share listed company involved in non-power nuclear technology
Russia and Tajikistan Plan Nuclear Cooperation
World Nuclear News
Russia and Tajikistan yesterday signed an agreement on cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to the Central Asian country. Tajikistan is mineral-rich and has some uranium deposits, but most of its electricity is hydroelectric, with a small part sourced from natural gas.