New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) A major outcome of the India–Australia annual summit, held in Melbourne last week, was the finalisation of the Administrative Arrangement under the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement between the two countries, which enables long-term exports of Australian uranium to India for peaceful purposes under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards. Australia possesses the largest uranium resources globally, accounting for more than one-third of the global total. …
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New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) In a significant shift from the past, Canberra and New Delhi have operationalised a long-pending agreement, with Australia now agreeing to export uranium to India for peaceful civilian use. The finalisation of an administrative arrangement for the India-Australia Civil Nuclear Agreement took place during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, the second leg of his three-nation tour.At the 3rd India-Australia Annual Summit in Melbourne on Thursday, PM Modi and Australian P…
Vienna, July 4 (IANS) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) on Friday lost its off-site power supply for the 21st time since the Ukraine crisis, underscoring the vulnerability of the plant’s nuclear safety. The outage occurred after the plant lost its connection to the 330 kV Ferosplavna-1 transmission line, the IAEA said in its post on X.According to the IAEA team stationed at the site, military activity triggered the el…
Tokyo, June 26 (IANS) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said Friday that the nuclear watchdog has had “an initial exchange” with Iranian officials over nuclear inspections, media reports said.”We had an initial exchange with the Iranian side at the technical level,” Grossi told a press conference in Tokyo, Kyodo News reported.He said the exchange took place last weekend in Burgenstock in central Switzerland.Grossi said earlier this week that the IAEA would …
Vienna, June 8 (IANS) South Korea’s planned nuclear-powered submarine program should not raise proliferation concerns, given that a solid and specific safeguards arrangement will be concluded with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the agency’s chief said Monday.IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi noted Seoul and the IAEA have already begun such discussions, though they are still in a preliminary stage, due largely to the lack of specific details for Seoul’s envisioned submarine prog…
Vienna, June 6 (IANS) The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) called for maximum military restraint and full adherence to the localised ceasefire, after Russian personnel were reportedly injured near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).The IAEA on Friday (local time) said it has been informed that some Russian military personnel were injured during Friday’s de-mining phase of the agreed localised ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.Earlier on Friday, the IAEA announced …
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Israel’s Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, on Monday said that Iran will continue facing pressure, including through the naval blockade, until it agrees to the terms that the United States has put forward. “We have to be stubborn because Iranians are trying to reverse the result of this military confrontation. They have been defeated… They must renounce the two existential threats they built against Israel and the region and the US President is being stubborn about it….
Vienna, May 31 (IANS) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi expressed serious concern over a reported drone strike on a turbine building at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), warning that attacks on nuclear facilities are “like playing with fire.”The IAEA said it had been informed by the ZNPP that a drone struck a turbine building at the facility earlier in the day, reportedly causing a hole in one of the building’s walls. The agency disclosed the inc…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) India gives high importance to international cooperation in emerging and transformative technologies and remains committed to strengthening partnerships with countries of the Global South in areas of science, innovation and sustainable development, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh, said on Saturday.High Commissioner of Rwanda to India, Jacqueline Mukangira, called on Dr Singh to invite him for the ‘Nuclear Energy Innova…
United Nations, April 30 (IANS) Russia, as a responsible party to and one of the depositaries of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), strictly abides by the letter and spirit of the treaty, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an address to the 11th NPT Review Conference. “We believe that amid the current complex international situation, additional multilateral efforts are required to create conditions for further progress on the path to building a nuclear-weapon-fre…