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IAEA finds plan for Fukushima discharge meets intl standards

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida received an International Atomic Energy Agency report Tuesday that states Japan's plan to release into the sea treated water from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is consistent with international safety standards.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Is Russia planning to blow up the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant?

Russia could be planning to blow up Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in a bid to halt the advance of Ukrainian troops and force Kyiv into premature peace talks that favour the Kremlin.

The Week

How Japan plans to release Fukushima water into the ocean

Japan is set to begin pumping out more than a million tonnes of treated water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant this summer

The Hindu

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‘It looks like Mars’: Nikopol locals on life without water after dam explosion

Ukrainians near to what was the Kakhovka reservoir are coping but proximity to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station is a constant worry

The Guardian - UK

Nuclear power and net zero

Clean energy campaigns are not only promoting solar, wind and biomass power in Thailand, but also prompting conversations about nuclear energy.

Bangkok Post

Fears Putin plans to blow up Europe's biggest nuke station as Russian troops evacuated

Fears have been raised the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, held by the Russians since the second month of the invasion last year, could be exploded on orders from Putin

Daily Mirror

Russia-Ukraine war live: counteroffensive will be long and very bloody, says US general – as it happened

Gen Mark Milley says no one should have any illusions about difficulty of Ukrainian offensive

The Guardian - AU

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Zelensky: ‘Serious threat’ remains at Russian-occupied nuclear power plant

Ukraine’s leader calls for greater international attention to ‘serious threat’ at Europe’s largest nuclear plant

Evening Standard

EU set to remove limits on Japan food products

BRUSSELS -- The European Union on Thursday began finalizing procedures to completely eliminate import restrictions on Japanese food products imposed following the 2011 accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, it has been learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Russia reducing military presence and personnel at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, says Ukraine

Kyiv claims remaining staff have been told to blame Ukraine for any emergency – having accused Russia of planning a ‘terrorist’ attack at the plant

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia reducing its presence at nuclear power plant, says Ukraine; Pope says war seems to have ‘no end’ – as it happened

Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate warns that staff are leaving Zaporizhzhia as Moscow has mined power units; Pope Francis calls for peace

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 492 of the invasion

Ukraine continues to claim its counteroffensive is making progress in ‘all directions’; Russia is reported to be pulling staff out of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

The Guardian - AU

Zaporizhzhia: Nuclear disaster fears grow as Russia ‘runs down personnel’

Ukraine conducted nuclear disaster response drills on Thursday in the vicinity of the plant

Evening Standard

IAEA saw no evidence Moscow planning attack on Zaporizhia nuclear plant, but 'anything can happen'

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi spoke to FRANCE 24 from Vienna and stated that his teams had not observed any Russian military deployment inside the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, despite Ukrainian authorities claiming that Moscow was preparing to attack the site.

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IAEA chief to visit 3 countries over treated water

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency plans to visit South Korea, the Cook Islands and New Zealand in July, regarding the ocean discharge of treated water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, several government sources said.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

PR efforts urged over treated N-plant water

FUKUSHIMA -- The fishing sector and municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture are calling for action from the central government and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to mitigate the risk of reputational damage after the planned ocean discharge of treated water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

The Conversation

Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Decades of research are still needed before fusion can be used as clean energy

The U.S. Department of Energy reported a major scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion science in December 2022. For the first time, more energy was released from a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it.

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As Japan prepares to release Fukushima wastewater, anxiety grows across South Korea

As Japan plans to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea this summer, concerned South Koreans are stocking up on sea salt.

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The Conversation

We need to decarbonise our electricity supply, and quickly – Alan Finkel shows how green energy can be a reality, and bring economic benefits

We use energy in everything we do, but few of us understand it properly. Much of the time this doesn’t matter. We can flick a light switch or turn the ignition key in a car, knowing the technology will work whether we understand it or not. Even something as simple…

Bangkok Post

CP chairman touts nuclear power at Chinese entrepreneurs' forum

Dhanin Chearavanont, chairman of Charoen Pokphand Group, told a forum in Bangkok that he personally sees nuclear power as a clean option for the production of electricity necessary for future economic development.

Wales Online

Ukraine warns that Russia may be planning to attack occupied nuclear power plant

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he expected other nations to 'give appropriate signals and exert pressure' on Moscow

Al Jazeera

Zelenskyy urges world to heed Ukraine’s ‘terror’ attack warning

President slams ‘countries pretending to be neutral’ after warning Russia could be planning nuclear plant assault.

The Independent UK

Ukraine's president tells other countries to act before Russia attacks nuclear plant

Ukraine wants other countries to heed its warning that Russia may be planning to attack an occupied nuclear power plant to cause a radiation disaster

The Independent UK

Zelensky accuses Russia of plotting ‘radiation leak’ attack at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Warning comes as bridge connecting Russian-held Crimea and the Ukrainian mainland is damaged in strike

Bangkok Post

Ukrainian strike hits Crimea bridge

MOSCOW: A Ukrainian strike damaged a bridge that connects southern Ukraine to the annexed Crimean peninsula, a Russian official said on Thursday, as tensions again rose over a Moscow-held nuclear power plant.

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