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Friday, May 19, 2017

Svalbard doomsday seed vault in trouble because of melting permafrost - Business Insider

Svalbard doomsday seed vault in trouble because of melting permafrost - Business Insider

Nuclear Energy's Immediate Fate In the U.S. Could Be Up To State Regulators


Nuclear Energy's Immediate Fate In the U.S. Could Be Up To State Regulators

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2017/05/19/nuclear-energys-immediate-fate-in-the-u-s-could-be-up-to-state-regulators/#604bc0a71f9e

For great challenges, a global strategy



For great challenges, a global strategy

MIT plan outlines new framework for expanding its international engagement.


At a time of great societal challenges worldwide, MIT has released for comment a new plan for global engagement, outlining a framework for the Institute’s burgeoning international activities in education, research, innovation, and service.
The report, “A Global Strategy for MIT,” identifies core principles to help guide the Institute’s future international activities, and proposes several new initiatives to promote these activities, both on campus and around the world.
Provost Marty Schmidt, in introducing the report at a faculty forum on May 15, expressed the hope that it would stimulate discussion by the MIT community and invited comments on the report’s findings and recommendations.
“MIT’s international activities have been growing rapidly, and further growth is likely,” the report states. “The plan is designed to create a more robust and durable platform to support the international initiatives of individual faculty, while also establishing a principled framework for selecting and undertaking larger-scale activities to increase MIT’s impact in the world.”
Among its recommendations, the report calls for new efforts to cultivate and coordinate faculty- and Institute-level collaborations in different regions of the world. While MIT will likely increase its engagement in many countries, the plan specifically calls for an increased focus on China, Latin America, and Africa — places that “have been underrepresented in the MIT portfolio of activities previously and that have high potential for impactful engagement.”
Additional recommendations are designed to continue building out MIT’s distinctive “global classroom,” which already provides many opportunities for students to learn about the world through hands-on projects that solve practical problems. Another recommendation calls for a more steamlined approach to helping build new institutions and capabilities in other countries. The plan also calls for a review of the cap on international undergraduate admissions.
“Working internationally and achieving international impact are essential to achieving MIT’s mission of service to the nation and the world,” says Richard K. Lester, the associate provost of MIT who oversees international activities, and who authored the report. “Engaging internationally also strengthens our own campus in many ways,” adds Lester, who is also the Japan Steel Industry Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering.
Partners in progress
MIT already has a global character; its campus community of more than 20,000 includes about 6,500 faculty, academic staff, and students from about 150 foreign countries. About 43 percent of faculty, 43 percent of graduate students, and 65 percent of postdocs are from outside the U.S.
These figures have risen significantly within the last two decades: International students accounted for 75 percent of the increase in MIT’s graduate student population since 1998, and 80 percent of the growth in the Institute’s postdoctoral population since 2006. International sponsorship of research and other campus activities has grown threefold over the last decade, and accounted for 18 percent of all such activity at MIT in 2016.
Meanwhile, MIT faculty and students are engaged in research, education, and service projects in 75 countries. Half of graduating MIT seniors in 2016 reported having at least one international educational experience, up from 23 percent in 2006.
MIT’s orientation toward innovative solutions, exemplified by its current “Campaign for a Better World,” will continue to encourage projects in other countries, in areas including health, energy, the environment, education, and water access.
The new plan’s recommendation to strengthen MIT’s regional outreach — “MIT Partnerships for a Better World,” as the plan calls them — includes three elements.
First, the report calls for faculty working groups, organized by geographic region, to provide strategic advice and create regional action plans. Second, the plan suggests that periodic MIT summit meetings in targeted regions will help establish new programs and connections.  And third, the plan calls for an expansion of international seed funds to support collaborative research and educational programs with faculty and institutions in these regions.
MIT is already a participant in high-level summits with leaders around the world. This week, MIT President L. Rafael Reif will be speaking at a forum in Saudi Arabia hosted by Khalid Al-Falih, head of the country’s Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources.
(Al-Falih also spoke at MIT in June 2016, at a meeting of university and business leaders from Massachusetts. At that event, he discussed Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030” project, a new policy agenda aiming to diversify the country’s economy beyond oil, to other technologies as well as services, logistics, and tourism.)
As the new report outlines, MIT’s existing programs will continue to play a central role in its global strategy. For example, the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) arranged almost 1,000 student internships in 30 countries in 2016 — representing a fourfold increase over the last decade. MIT’s OpenCourseWare website has received nearly 200 million visits from around the world since its launch in 2003, while 3.5 million learners, 75 percent of whom are from outside the U.S., have signed up for MITx courses since the launch of the edX platform in 2012. MIT is also continuing to develop a MicroMasters credential available to global learners in multiple fields.
The importance of MIT-style “bottom-up” enterprise
Lester emphasizes the importance of “bottom up” activities, driven by enterprising faculty and students, to the new global strategy.
“We must support and encourage and help those efforts grow,” Lester says. “But in addition, MIT sometimes seeks to act on a larger scale, in order to increase its impact. We can’t do everything and be everywhere in the world, and the new plan will help us think systematically about what we want to do, where we want to do it, and who we want to do it with.”
Finally, as the plan notes, MIT’s international activities are subject to geopolitical shifts and the possibility of “disruptive developments” around the world. Given the pace of global change, the plan states, another comprehensive strategic review should be undertaken in five years or less. But for now, Lester says, MIT’s commitment to global engagement is strengthening.
“Now is not the time to change course,” Lester says. “On the contrary, this is the time to affirm our commitment to working with others, across national borders, on the world’s most challenging problems. In a very fundamental sense, that is who we are.”

Nuclear power on the agenda in NSW as Deputy Premier claims 'we've been led by fear and mistruths' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Nuclear power on the agenda in NSW as Deputy Premier claims 'we've been led by fear and mistruths' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

EDF board approves creation of Edvance

EDF board approves creation of Edvance

Foreign suppliers urged to step up as India backs own nuclear design | Agricultural Commodities | Reuters

Foreign suppliers urged to step up as India backs own nuclear design | Agricultural Commodities | Reuters

Gillibrand, Higgins petition Energy Department to rethink N-waste transport - The Buffalo News

Gillibrand, Higgins petition Energy Department to rethink N-waste transport - The Buffalo News

India, Russia at internal approval stage of Kundankulam nuclear plant | Business Standard News

India, Russia at internal approval stage of Kundankulam nuclear plant | Business Standard News

Foreign suppliers urged to step up as India backs own nuclear design | Reuters

Foreign suppliers urged to step up as India backs own nuclear design | Reuters

GOP appropriators press Trump not to gut Energy Department

GOP appropriators press Trump not to gut Energy Department

The Global Nuclear Landscape Is Changing And America Better Get On Board

The Global Nuclear Landscape Is Changing And America Better Get On Board

Unleash the Power of Thorium | AltEnergyMag

Unleash the Power of Thorium | AltEnergyMag

Report: Trump proposes steep cuts for nuclear | Post Register

Report: Trump proposes steep cuts for nuclear | Post Register

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup May 19, 2017



Nuclear Roundup
May 19, 2017
A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

Iran Nuclear Deal

Iranians vote for president, with the nuclear deal and economy on their minds

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iranians-cast-presidential-ballots-with-the-nuclear-deal-and-economy-on-their-minds

Iran's election is too close to call. Tehran's role on the world stage hangs in the balance

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/18/irans-election-is-too-close-to-call-as-voters-focus-on-economy.html

A Momentous Week for the Iran Nuclear Deal

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/05/18/a-momentous-week-for-the-iran-nuclear-deal-215156

United States

Report: Trump proposes steep cuts for nuclear

http://www.postregister.com/articles/news-daily-email-todays-headlines-nation-world/2017/05/18/report-trump-proposes-steep-cuts

Cleanup at Idaho nuclear landfill on hold after pit collapse

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/may/18/cleanup-at-idaho-nuclear-landfill-on-hold-after-pi/

International

Chinese fighter flies inverted over US Air Force [WC-135] jet

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/18/politics/china-us-jets-intercept/

North Korea showed off a lot of missiles. What might be its targets?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/world/north-korea-targets

US nuclear scientist: NK has 'ample technical reason' to conduct sixth nuclear test

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170517000124

The North Korean nuclear threat is very real. Time to start treating it that way.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-north-korean-nuclear-threat-is-very-real-time-to-start-treating-it-that-way

India has been diverting nuclear materials to make weapons: Pakistan

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/india-has-been-diverting-nuclear-materials-to-make-weapons-pakistan/articleshow/58748563.cms

Modi’s decision to generate 7,000 MW nuclear energy is a bold one

http://www.hindustantimes.com/editorials/modi-s-decision-to-generate-7-000-mw-nuclear-energy-is-a-bold-one/story-EIvWWMlbUbK7ZRJxmvR5tO.html

General Interest

The problem with suppressing controversy in the Non-Proliferation Treaty

http://thebulletin.org/problem-suppressing-controversy-non-proliferation-treaty10777

The hypocrisy of owning nuclear weapons

http://www.jordantimes.com/opinion/jonathan-power/hypocrisy-owning-nuclear-weapons

Unleash the Power of Thorium

http://www.altenergymag.com/article/2017/05/unleash-the-power-of-thorium/26259


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University of California Takes A Look at the Fight to Rethink Nuclear Power | ANS Nuclear Cafe

University of California Takes A Look at the Fight to Rethink Nuclear Power | ANS Nuclear Cafe

Scoop: Trump's Plan to Cut Fossil-Fuel, Nuclear Funding | RealClearEnergy

Scoop: Trump's Plan to Cut Fossil-Fuel, Nuclear Funding | RealClearEnergy

Most Powerful Magnet Made For Fusion Test Plant | RealClearEnergy

Most Powerful Magnet Made For Fusion Test Plant | RealClearEnergy

Cuomo’s Nuclear Short Circuit - WSJ

Cuomo’s Nuclear Short Circuit - WSJ

Oil-Fired Power Plants Provide Small Amounts of U.S. Electricity Capacity and Generation - The Energy Collective

Oil-Fired Power Plants Provide Small Amounts of U.S. Electricity Capacity and Generation - The Energy Collective

A New Nuclear Arms Race? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs

A New Nuclear Arms Race? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Adapting nuclear modernization to the new administration: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Vol 73, No 3

Adapting nuclear modernization to the new administration: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Vol 73, No 3

Reprocessing policy and South Korea’s new government | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Reprocessing policy and South Korea’s new government | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

North Korean nuclear program can't be stopped with weapons, says Siegfried Hecker | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

North Korean nuclear program can't be stopped with weapons, says Siegfried Hecker | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Central Energy Fund to be restructured, nuclear goals continue – POWER

Central Energy Fund to be restructured, nuclear goals continue – POWER

Japan-India civil nuclear pact | The Japan Times

Japan-India civil nuclear pact | The Japan Times

U.S. Department of Energy Announces New Awards for Advanced Nuclear Energy Development

U.S. Department of Energy Announces New Awards for Advanced Nuclear Energy Development

American Petroleum Institute - Connecticut voters oppose special treatment for the Millstone Nuclear Power Plant

American Petroleum Institute - Connecticut voters oppose special treatment for the Millstone Nuclear Power Plant

Kudankulam nuclear plant: GFA for units 5, 6 awaits PMO clearance // Nuclear power // News | Neftegaz.RU

Kudankulam nuclear plant: GFA for units 5, 6 awaits PMO clearance // Nuclear power // News | Neftegaz.RU

Afghanistan Sun - Iranians Head to Polls in First Vote Since Nuclear Deal

Afghanistan Sun - Iranians Head to Polls in First Vote Since Nuclear Deal

Nuclear Waste Shell Game May Bring Contaminated Canadian Metals to the US – and Back

Nuclear Waste Shell Game May Bring Contaminated Canadian Metals to the US – and Back

Miles of Ice Collapsing Into the Sea - The New York Times

Miles of Ice Collapsing Into the Sea - The New York Times

Doubling of coastal flooding frequency within decades due to sea-level rise | Scientific Reports

Doubling of coastal flooding frequency within decades due to sea-level rise | Scientific Reports

Patching the Electric Grid - MIT Technology Review

Patching the Electric Grid - MIT Technology Review

Ukraine’s Power Grid Gets Hacked Again, a Worrying Sign for Infrastructure Attacks - MIT Technology Review

Ukraine’s Power Grid Gets Hacked Again, a Worrying Sign for Infrastructure Attacks - MIT Technology Review

Measuring Fukushima Contamination in Fish Caught in Hawaii | Home

Measuring Fukushima Contamination in Fish Caught in Hawaii | Home

Kepco restarts Takahama No. 4 reactor amid anti-nuclear protest | The Japan Times

Kepco restarts Takahama No. 4 reactor amid anti-nuclear protest | The Japan Times

Kansai Electric restarts nuclear reactor at Takahama plant - The Mainichi

Kansai Electric restarts nuclear reactor at Takahama plant - The Mainichi

JAPAN ATOMIC INDUSTRIAL FORUM, INC. » Increase in Young Persons and Those Raising Children among Returnees to Naraha Town

JAPAN ATOMIC INDUSTRIAL FORUM, INC. » Increase in Young Persons and Those Raising Children among Returnees to Naraha Town

Group Sues To Keep Rocky Flats Closed To Public Until Proven Safe

Group Sues To Keep Rocky Flats Closed To Public Until Proven Safe



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Don't Subsidize Money-Losing Nuclear Reactors | RealClearEnergy

Don't Subsidize Money-Losing Nuclear Reactors | RealClearEnergy

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Challenging EPA's legal authority set strict limits on low dose radiation - Atomic Insights

Challenging EPA's legal authority set strict limits on low dose radiation - Atomic Insights

Russia worried India could cut nuclear reliance | India News - Times of India

Russia worried India could cut nuclear reliance | India News - Times of India

India Approves Construction Of 10 Indigenous Nuclear Reactors

India Approves Construction Of 10 Indigenous Nuclear Reactors

Patching the Electric Grid - MIT Technology Review

Patching the Electric Grid - MIT Technology Review

Nuclear Provisions of S. 512, Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) - The Energy Collective

Nuclear Provisions of S. 512, Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) - The Energy Collective

Vogtle and V.C. Summer Seek 2nd Chances to Finish Reactors - The Energy Collective

Vogtle and V.C. Summer Seek 2nd Chances to Finish Reactors - The Energy Collective

Nuclear Is a Long-Term Investment for Ohio that Will Pay Big

Nuclear Is a Long-Term Investment for Ohio that Will Pay Big

Despite Decades and Billions, Energy Department Hasn't Done Much | RealClearEnergy

Despite Decades and Billions, Energy Department Hasn't Done Much | RealClearEnergy

EEI President: Smarter Energy Infrastructure Can Power America | RealClearEnergy

EEI President: Smarter Energy Infrastructure Can Power America | RealClearEnergy

The Case for Building Electric Roads - MIT Technology Review

The Case for Building Electric Roads - MIT Technology Review

The Beginning Of The End For U.S. Utilities? | OilPrice.com

The Beginning Of The End For U.S. Utilities? | OilPrice.com

Foreign suppliers urged to step up as India backs own nuclear design | Reuters

Foreign suppliers urged to step up as India backs own nuclear design | Reuters

Renewable Energy Powers 67 Percent of California, Setting Record - Power Engineering

Renewable Energy Powers 67 Percent of California, Setting Record - Power Engineering

2017/05/17 Japanese Nuclear Reactor Restarts Despite Unresolved Safety Issues | Mining Awareness +

2017/05/17 Japanese Nuclear Reactor Restarts Despite Unresolved Safety Issues | Mining Awareness +

India Approves Construction Of 10 Indigenous Nuclear Reactors

India Approves Construction Of 10 Indigenous Nuclear Reactors

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup May 18, 2017



Nuclear Roundup
May 18, 2017
A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

Iran Nuclear Deal

Trump keeps waiving nuclear sanctions on Iran, but imposes new penalties over missiles

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/17/iran-sanctions-trump-status-238507

Iran Nuclear Deal in Play as Hard-Line Candidate Gains on President

https://www.wsj.com/articles/irans-presidential-election-a-referendum-on-the-nuclear-deal-1495031227

United States

Updated View of Nuclear Weapons Is Called Vital For U.S. Security

http://www.independentnews.com/news/updated-view

Growing nuclear attack fears prompting action in California

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nuclear-attack-fears-california/

Inside the U.S. government’s plans to survive a nuclear war

https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2017/05/18

A predictable nuclear accident at Hanford

http://thebulletin.org/predictable-nuclear-accident-hanford10774

NNSA Hosts Bilateral Workshop on Radiation Measurement with Japan

https://nnsa.energy.gov/mediaroom/pressreleases/nnsa-hosts-bilateral-workshop-radiation-measurement-japan

Only Option for Shielding America from North Korean Missiles

https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/exclusive/asia/only-option

International

Why Do We Appease North Korea?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/opinion/why-do-we-appease-north-korea

India has capability to make 2600 nuclear weapons: Pakistan

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-has-capability-to-make-2600-nuclear-weapons-pakistan/1/957190.html

The town Chernobyl built: how former Soviet paradise Slavutych could save the nuclear industry

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/slavutych-chernobyl-nuclear

NATO and Partners to discuss Weapons of Mass Destruction Non-proliferation and Arms Control in Helsinki

http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_143786.htm

General Interest

The man who helped prevent a nuclear crisis

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39252502

WannaCry: How Did the US’s Non-Proliferation Failure Become a “Global” Cyber Security Threat?

https://thewire.in/137220/wannacry-cyber-security-threat-us-non-proliferation/


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The Energy Collective Daily: Is the U.S. China LNG Deal Really a Win?

Is The U.S.-China LNG Deal Really A Win? | The Energy Collective Daily


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Argentina strikes deal for two Chinese nuclear reactors - Electric Light & Power

Argentina strikes deal for two Chinese nuclear reactors - Electric Light & Power

IAEA mission prepares for external events safety review of Turkish nuclear power plant site


IAEA mission prepares for external events safety review of Turkish nuclear power plant site

WWER-1200 pressurized water reactor
The layout of the WWER-1200 pressurized water reactor. Four similar units are planned to be built at Akkuyu. (Image: Gidropress)
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s peer reviews help Member States determine if they are in line with the Agency’s safety standards, which is a set of more than 100 documents that reflect a consensus on what is considered a high level of nuclear and radiation safety.
For countries that are planning to build nuclear power reactors, there are several reviews that help ensure a high level of safety at different stages throughout the process. The Site and External Events Design (SEED) missions offer users support for nuclear installation site selection, site assessment, and design of structures, systems and components, taking into consideration site-specific hazards.
Countries requesting a SEED mission can select review modules to suit their specific needs. The Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) has requested a SEED mission to primarily review matters related to design of the planned Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) against external hazards.
To prepare for the SEED mission, a team of IAEA experts held a preparatory three-day meeting in Turkey earlier this month to discuss background considerations related to site selection and evaluation, as well as to review documentation of the plant’s design elements relevant for hazards.
The upcoming SEED mission, planned for July 2017, complements other IAEA safety review services requested by TAEK, including a review of its Preliminary Safety Analysis Report and a Probabilistic Safety Assessment (Level 1). It will also follow up on actions taken following a 2015 SEED review mission on site parameters relevant to design protection of the NPP against external hazards.
“Turkey’s active engagement with the IAEA on safety-related matters helps the country ensure that it adheres to a high standard of safety as it embarks on its nuclear power project,” said Greg Rzentkowski, Director of the IAEA’s Division of Nuclear Installation Safety. “We look forward to continuing our intense cooperation as requested by Turkey.”
Mehmet Ceyhan, the Head of TAEK’s Department of Nuclear Safety, said that the upcoming SEED mission would assist TAEK as it begins to assess of the construction license application for the site’s four planned WWER-1200 units.

U.S. Nuclear Plants a “Vital National Asset” | ANS Nuclear Cafe

U.S. Nuclear Plants a “Vital National Asset” | ANS Nuclear Cafe

Roadblocks to Nuclear: Understanding the Electricity Market | ANS Nuclear Cafe

Roadblocks to Nuclear: Understanding the Electricity Market | ANS Nuclear Cafe

Brexit Seen By The British Nuclear Industry | ANS Nuclear Cafe

Brexit Seen By The British Nuclear Industry | ANS Nuclear Cafe

Repowering Fossil with Nuclear: Five Fast Facts | ANS Nuclear Cafe

Repowering Fossil with Nuclear: Five Fast Facts | ANS Nuclear Cafe

Trump eyes 70 percent cut to DOE’s renewables office | TheHill

Trump eyes 70 percent cut to DOE’s renewables office | TheHill

France's new gov't committed to nuclear deal | Myinforms

France's new gov't committed to nuclear deal | Myinforms

China exports 2 nuclear reactor units to Argentina - People's Daily Online

China exports 2 nuclear reactor units to Argentina - People's Daily Online

Chernobyl and how former Soviet paradise Slavutych could save the nuclear industry | WIRED UK

Chernobyl and how former Soviet paradise Slavutych could save the nuclear industry | WIRED UK

Coatings for nuclear fuel preventing explosions in reactors, developed at TPU - newsR

Coatings for nuclear fuel preventing explosions in reactors, developed at TPU - newsR

Fin24.com | New nuclear is not a viable option for SA - Siemens CEO

Fin24.com | New nuclear is not a viable option for SA - Siemens CEO

Hanford is Ripe for a Radioactive Explosion

Hanford is Ripe for a Radioactive Explosion

France needs 'massive' renewables growth, nuclear not only energy solution, says PM | Reuters

France needs 'massive' renewables growth, nuclear not only energy solution, says PM | Reuters

France Holds Off On Hitting the Nuclear Button - Bloomberg Gadfly

France Holds Off On Hitting the Nuclear Button - Bloomberg Gadfly

Indian Point Bolt Replacement, Refueling Done: Unit 3 Reactor Back In Service - Peekskill, NY Patch

Indian Point Bolt Replacement, Refueling Done: Unit 3 Reactor Back In Service - Peekskill, NY Patch

NRC Documents Criteria for Changes to ROP Requiring Commission Approval - Lexology

NRC Documents Criteria for Changes to ROP Requiring Commission Approval - Lexology

NRC maps out needs for nuke plant license extension | News | newburyportnews.com

NRC maps out needs for nuke plant license extension | News | newburyportnews.com

North Korean nuclear missile targets in the U.S.: Where might they strike? - Washington Post

North Korean nuclear missile targets in the U.S.: Where might they strike? - Washington Post

Editor's Note

Readers:  I am on business travel today, will resume posting in the evening. Thank you for your patience.
Michele Kearney

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

By 2020, every Chinese coal plant will be more efficient than every US coal plant - Vox

By 2020, every Chinese coal plant will be more efficient than every US coal plant - Vox

Trump keeps waiving nuclear sanctions on Iran, but imposes new penalties over missiles - POLITICO

Trump keeps waiving nuclear sanctions on Iran, but imposes new penalties over missiles - POLITICO

Iran Nuclear Deal Will Remain for Now, White House Signals - The New York Times

Iran Nuclear Deal Will Remain for Now, White House Signals - The New York Times

The hacking group that leaked NSA secrets claims it has data on foreign nuclear programs - The Washington Post

The hacking group that leaked NSA secrets claims it has data on foreign nuclear programs - The Washington Post

Aging Nuclear Fuel Alters Antineutrino Anomaly | RealClearScience

Aging Nuclear Fuel Alters Antineutrino Anomaly | RealClearScience

Is Antarctica Gaining or Losing Ice? | RealClearScience

Is Antarctica Gaining or Losing Ice? | RealClearScience

These mini spherical reactors could help scale fusion energy by 2030 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

These mini spherical reactors could help scale fusion energy by 2030 | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Large Impacts May Cause Volcanic Eruptions - Scientific American

Large Impacts May Cause Volcanic Eruptions - Scientific American

Nuclear Weapons 278 - Underwater Nuclear Detonations Would Not Be An Effective Use Of Nuclear Bombs | Nucleotidings

Nuclear Weapons 278 - Underwater Nuclear Detonations Would Not Be An Effective Use Of Nuclear Bombs | Nucleotidings

Nuclear News Roundup May 16, 2017 | Nucleotidings

Nuclear News Roundup May 16, 2017 | Nucleotidings

Nuclear Reactors 280 - Tomsk Polytechnic University in Russia Is Developing An Improved Coating For Zirconium Nuclear Fuel Rods | Nucleotidings

Nuclear Reactors 280 - Tomsk Polytechnic University in Russia Is Developing An Improved Coating For Zirconium Nuclear Fuel Rods | Nucleotidings

Why a multibillion-dollar bailout for nuclear plants would be a colossal blunder

Why a multibillion-dollar bailout for nuclear plants would be a colossal blunder

Industry Meltdown: Is the Era of Nuclear Power Coming to an End? | RealClearEnergy

Industry Meltdown: Is the Era of Nuclear Power Coming to an End? | RealClearEnergy

IAEA Director General Visits Jordan

IAEA Director General Visits Jordan

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano congratulated the governments involved in the creation of the SESAME multinational scientific research centre at the opening ceremony on 16 May in Allan, Jordan. The centre was officially inaugurated by King Abdullah II of Jordan.
“SESAME is an excellent example of multinational high-tech collaboration, and the IAEA is proud to be your partner,” Mr Amano said. “I have no doubt that the people of this region will derive great benefits from the advanced research in the various scientific areas that will be carried out here in the coming decades.”
SESAME, the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East, is a major international centre for scientific research in the Middle East and a joint venture that will foster scientific and technological research in areas including biology, archaeology, medical and material sciences. The IAEA has provided extensive support to train the SESAME staff, enabling them to safely commission and run the facility, as well as facilitating the networking with experts from other synchrotron facilities in the world.
Mr Amano also met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi.
Her Royal Highness Princess Ghida al-Talal of Jordan, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation, kindly guided Director General Amano in his visit to the King Hussein Cancer Center, a leading cancer hospital in the Middle East. The IAEA has provided assistance and training to support the work of the Center.
Read more about the SESAME Centre in this press release.

14 Reactors Complete Vent Hardening, Phase I - Energy Thoughts - Pro-Nuclear Power Blogs - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers

14 Reactors Complete Vent Hardening, Phase I - Energy Thoughts - Pro-Nuclear Power Blogs - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers

North Carolina Presses Duke On Lee Nuclear Station - News - Nuclear Power News - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers

North Carolina Presses Duke On Lee Nuclear Station - News - Nuclear Power News - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers

IAEA: How to Cover Liabilities From Nuclear Accidents: IAEA Workshop Promotes Adherence to International Instruments

How to Cover Liabilities From Nuclear Accidents: IAEA Workshop Promotes Adherence to International Instruments

Workshop on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage held at the IAEA headquarters, Vienna, Austria, 8 May 2017. (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA)
Understanding the basic principles of the international nuclear liability regime was the main objective at the sixth IAEA Workshop on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage in Vienna last week.
“The international nuclear liability regime can be very complicated and so our workshop aims to outline the main elements of the regime and to answer any questions that Member States may have in this context,” said Peri Lynne Johnson, IAEA Director and Legal Adviser of the Office of Legal Affairs.
“The question of why adherence to a nuclear liability regime is important would seem to be obvious for nuclear power countries but the incentives are less apparent for those without,” said Julian Ludbrook, INLEX Member from New Zealand. In his presentation, Mr Ludbrook noted the risks posed to coastal States by maritime transport accidents when nuclear material is involved. Coastal States, both with and without nuclear power, therefore place value in ensuring that any such regime adequately addresses their concerns.
Participants heard presentations on the international nuclear liability regime in general, as well as presentations on the individual international instruments which constitute the regime.
“The workshop was especially important as there are an increasing number of countries developing nuclear power programs that are not currently party to the existing nuclear liability regime,” said Steve McIntosh, INLEX Chairman from Australia. “In order to encourage greater universalization of these instruments we hope to highlight their benefits and remove as much of the ambiguity as possible.”
The workshop was organized with the support of experts from the International Expert Group on Nuclear Liability (INLEX) which is an advisory body to the Director General and the Director of the Office of Legal Affairs on nuclear liability issues and consists of experts from Member States both with and without nuclear power plants.

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EM Update | Vol. 9, Issue 9 | May 17, 2017

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