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Testing completed at Barakah 3
19 December, 2018
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) said on 17 December that it had completed cold hydrostatic testing (CHT) at unit 3 of the Barakah nuclear plant in Abu Dhabi.

France reconsiders Astrid fast reactor project
30 November, 2018
France’s Atomic & Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) has presented options on a new generation of fast-breeder nuclear reactors to the French government and says talks are underway.

Fessenheim shutdown no longer linked to Flamanville 3
05 October, 2018
French Ecology Minister Francois de Rugy said on 4 October that the closure of France’s oldest nuclear plant at Fessenheim was not conditional on the startup of the Flamanville 3 EPR in Normandy, and that it would be shut down by 2022.

South Korean consortium formed to bid for East European projects
03 September, 2018
A consortium of Daewoo Engineering & Construction and Daewoo Heavy Industries & Construction has been selected as the partner of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power to bid for nuclear power plant projects in the Czech Republic and Poland, Daewoo announced on 29 August.

Iran steps up nuclear activity within JCPOA limits 
06 June, 2018
Iran has developed infrastructure to produce electricity at its Natanz facility, Iran's Atomic Energy Organization head Ali Akbar Salehi said on 5 June,

Construction of Turkey’s Akkuyu NPP begins
04 April, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on 3 April attended via videolink from Ankara a ceremony marking the pouring of first concrete for unit 1 of the Akkuyu NPP in the southern province of Mersin. This came a day after the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) awarded a construction licence for the plant, Turkey's first NPP.

A ruthenium mystery
30 January, 2018
Russia has set up a scientific commission to investigate the source of ruthenium-106 detected across Europe, Judith Perera reports