File photo Turkey inaugurated the country’s first nuclear power plant built with the cooperation of Russia. Turkey’s name has also been included in the list of countries with nuclear capability after receiving the status of a regular ‘nuclear power plant’ after the delivery of nuclear fuel to the ‘Acuo Power Plant’ built with the cooperation…
The Akkuyu nuclear plant has been built in Turkey’s southern province of Mersin and will have a production capacity of 4,800 megawatts (Photo: File). Ankara: Turkey inaugurated the country’s first nuclear power plant built with the help of Russia. According to the Turkish news agency Anadolu, on Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during…
Google Photos US President Biden says that a nuclear attack by North Korea on the US or its allies will result in the end of Kim Jong-un’s own government. In a joint press conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yol in Washington, President Biden said that a North Korean nuclear attack on the United States,…
Looking back on two of the most difficult periods since the plant opened in 1977, Chernobyl employees shared their personal stories with UN News on the International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day. Ground zero Evgeny Yashin was a 40-year-old chemist at the Chernobyl plant when the nuclear power reactor accident unfolded in April 1986, resulting in…
“The risk of a nuclear weapon being used is currently higher than at any time since the depths of the cold war,” said Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. “The war in Ukraine represents the most acute example of that risk.” The Security Council met on the heels of President Vladimir Putin’s announcement…
A worldwide network of water analysis laboratories and a tool to foster collective national level action to improve coordination on water management, were among the commitments announced on Thursday by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the margins of the UN 2023 Conference, which has been…
Only a few survivors of the World War Two Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings are still alive to share their memories. Acutely aware that she is part of the last generation to be able to talk directly to the hibakusha – those who survived the Hiroshima nuclear bomb – Anju Niwata, a young Japanese peace…
This is the first time the site has lost all power since November 2022 – but the sixth time that all off-site power has been cut since the Russian invasion last February – IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said, in a statement to agency directors. The agency said late on Thursday that power had been restored after 11 tense…
