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Japan-to-U.S. HEU transfer fulfills nonproliferation commitment

August 10, 2022, 3:02PMNuclear News

NNSA administrator Jill Hruby (right) and Ken Nakajima, director of the Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science at Kyoto University, in the KUCA control room. (Photo: NNSA)

All high-enriched uranium has been removed from the Kyoto University Critical Assembly (KUCA), according to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.

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NEA workshop encourages future STEM leaders in Japan

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TEPCO releases initial analysis of Fukushima-2 fuel debris sample

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Tokyo Electric Power Company has released the results of its initial analysis of a sample of nuclear fuel debris from Unit 2 of Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The...

Trump’s FY 2026 “skinny” budget proposal cuts $408M for nuclear

May 5, 2025, 12:00PMNuclear News

President Donald Trump released his discretionary budget request Friday, stirring up questions from nuclear advocates about how the federal funding earmarked for domestic energy would fare....

TEPCO to begin second trial retrieval of Fukushima fuel debris

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Tokyo Electric Power Company is scheduled this week to begin retrieving a second sample of nuclear fuel debris from Unit 2 of Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This...

IAEA: Tritium levels in discharged Fukushima water well below limits

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The International Atomic Energy Agency has announced that its experts have confirmed that the tritium concentration in the latest batch of water to be released from the Fukushima Daiichi...

U.S. and Japan collaborate on high-burnup fast reactor fuel safety tests at INL

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Idaho National Laboratory recently conducted a safety test on high-burnup fast reactor fuel from historic irradiation testing at the lab’s Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II). According...

IAEA’s Grossi joins international experts to sample Fukushima seawater

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International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Mariano Grossi visited Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi site on February 19, where he joined scientists from the Third Institute of...

Germany election brings nuclear power back into spotlight

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It’s been less than two years since Germany shuttered its three remaining nuclear plants on April 15, 2023—the culmination of a decision reached during the backlash following the Fukushima...

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A framework agreement to continue the work of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) will enter into force on March 1....