Nuclear and Radiological Security - Weekly Update - August 2024

The Weekly Nuclear and Radiological Security Update is prepared by the International Peace and Security Program and provided strictly for informational purposes only. Any opinions expressed in articles contained in this Update are not necessarily shared by PGA or any individual/s associated with PGA, nor does PGA, or any individual/s associated with PGA, vouch for the accuracy of the contents of these articles.

2024August15

Country	Topic	Source
IAEA	IAEA inspects damaged ZNPP cooling tower	Home - Nuclear Engineering International
IAEA	IAEA Says Still No Known Cause of Fire at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant	US News
IAEA	Small Islands, Big Impact: Charting Progress in Agriculture and Nutrition Outcomes in Pacific Island States	International Atomic Energy Agency \| Atoms for Peace and Development
IAEA	Bulgaria Enhances its Nuclear Regulatory Capabilities with IAEA Support	International Atomic Energy Agency \| Atoms for Peace and Development
IAEA	Advancing Environmental Sampling Techniques: IAEA's ALMERA Network Workshop in Switzerland	International Atomic Energy Agency \| Atoms for Peace and Development
IAEA	Gemstone Irradiation: Keeping Workers and Consumers Safe	International Atomic Energy Agency \| Atoms for Peace and Development
Iran	Iran’s new president reappoints UN-sanctioned official as head of the country's nuclear agency	ABC News
Japan	Robot detects 25-ton radioactive water leak at Fukushima nuclear site	Interesting Engineering \| Engineering, Tech and Science News
Japan	Radioactive water leaks reported at Japan's crippled Fukushima power plant	English--People's Daily Online
Japan	Security: IAEA Completes International Physical Protection Advisory Service Mission in Japan	Energy Central \| News, Content & Community for global power & utility industry professionals.
Russian Federation	Putin Urged To Deploy Nukes To Cut Off Ukraine's NATO Aid	Newsweek
Russian Federation	Russian navy trained to target sites inside Europe with nuclear-capable missiles	Financial Times
Russian Federation	Russia Could Make Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant 'Dirty Bomb': Analysts	Newsweek
Ukraine	No radioactive emissions recorded at ZNPP – Ukraine's energy ministry	Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
Ukraine	Ukraine’s plan to buy Russian-made nuclear reactors sparks uproar	POLITICO – European Politics, Policy, Government News
Ukraine	Fire Breaks Out at Nuclear Power Plant as Ukraine Invades Russia	The Daily Beast: The Latest in Politics, Media & Entertainment News
Ukraine	Farmland near Chernobyl nuclear reactor is finally safe to use again	New Scientist \| Science news, articles, and features
United States	Reluctantly, America will have to build more nuclear weapons	The Economist \| Independent journalism
United States	America prepares for a new nuclear-arms race	The Economist \| Independent journalism
United States	Fire sparks Georgia nuclear plant alert, but officials say no safety threat as reactors unaffected	Associated Press News
United States	Seeking to discharge radioactive water from Pilgrim, Holtec will appeal denial by Monday deadline	Local NPR for Cape Cod, the South Coast, and Islands — CAI \| CAI
United States	RPI Physicist Moussa N’Gom Is Using Light to Enhance Nuclear Security	News \| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2024August8

Country	Topic	Source
Australia	Australia makes undisclosed 'political commitments' in new AUKUS deal on transfer of naval nuclear technology	ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
China	China Is Rapidly Building Nuclear Power Plants as the Rest of the World Stalls	Bloomberg
IAEA	Tritium Level in Eighth Batch of ALPS Treated Water Far Below Japan's Operational Limit, IAEA Confirms	International Atomic Energy Agency \| Atoms for Peace and Development
IAEA	The Climate, Land, Energy and Water Framework	International Atomic Energy Agency \| Atoms for Peace and Development
IAEA	IAEA Highlights Support for Sustainable Development and Climate Action at UN High-Level Political Forum	International Atomic Energy Agency \| Atoms for Peace and Development
IAEA	ICTP-IAEA INPRO School Supports Countries in Nuclear Energy Planning	International Atomic Energy Agency \| Atoms for Peace and Development
IAEA	IAEA Trains Junior Professionals in Basic Safety of Nuclear Power Plants for Regulatory Authorities	International Atomic Energy Agency \| Atoms for Peace and Development
IAEA	IAEA Completes International Physical Protection Advisory Service Mission in Japan	International Atomic Energy Agency \| Atoms for Peace and Development
IAEA	Big Data and Breastfeeding: Bridging the Evidence Gap for Better Health Outcomes	International Atomic Energy Agency \| Atoms for Peace and Development
Israel	Israel prepares for Iran attack amid warnings that regime is close to having nuclear weapon: 'Unnerving'	Fox News
Japan	Kishida set to visit Fukushima on treated water release 1 year anniv.	mainichi.jpト
Japan	Hiroshima marks 79 years since atomic bombing as nuclear war fears rise	The Japan Times
Japan	The Last Survivors of an Atomic Bomb Have a Story to Tell	The New York Times
Japan/US	What do Americans really think about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Japan	Western ambassadors pull out of Nagasaki memorial after Israel not invited	Times of Israel
Japan	US ambassador to Japan to skip A-bomb memorial service in Nagasaki because Israel was not invited	Associated Press News
North Korea	North Korea marks the delivery of 250 nuclear-capable missile launchers to frontline units	Associated Press News
Global	Nuclear war threat again?	Breaking News, Latest News and Videos \| CNN
Russian Federation	Explosions Heard Just Miles Away From Russian Nuclear Power Plant	Newsweek
Russian Federation	Russia Denies Nuclear 'Emergency' amid Rumors of Radioactive Leak	Newsweek
Russian Federation	Russian Military Begins 'Third Phase' of Nuclear Weapons Drills	The Moscow Times
South Korea	South Korean nuclear weapons would break U.S. ties, defense chief says	The Japan Times
Tahiti/France	Olympic surfing site suffers from radioactive contamination	EHN
United Kingdom	Britain’s nuclear submarine software built by Belarusian engineers	The Telegraph US
Ukraine/Russian Federation	Belatedly Russia Moves to Protect Kursk Nuclear Power Plant	KyivPost
United States	Nuclear disarmament seemed possible. The imagined destruction of a Kansas town helped get us there.	Home • Kansas Reflector
United States	Eastern WA nuclear workers who inhaled plutonium, radioactive particles are suing	Tri-City Herald
United States	Prep work for removal of Manhattan Project-era radioactive waste begins in Lewiston	WIVB
United States	Record funding. $3.3B budget proposed for Hanford site radioactive cleanup next year	Tri-City Herald
United States	Lawmaker revives radioactive debate over nuclear waste in Wyoming	WyoFile \| News about the people, places and policy of Wyoming
United States	America’s Nuclear Weapons Quagmire	Home • Stimson Center
United States	Meet the army of lobbyists behind $2 trillion nuclear weapons boost	Home - Responsible Statecraft

2024August1

Country	Topic	Source
IAEA	New CRP: Nuclear Security Implications of Uncrewed Aerial, Ground, and Maritime Systems (J02018)	International Atomic Energy Agency \| Atoms for Peace and Development
IAEA	New Radiopharmacy Database: Enhancing Development, Collaboration and Research	International Atomic Energy Agency \| Atoms for Peace and Development
IAEA	First Ministerial Meeting of the IAEA World Fusion Energy Group to be held in Italy in November	International Atomic Energy Agency \| Atoms for Peace and Development
IAEA	Alternatives for Accessing Lifesaving Diagnostic Radioisotopes: Cyclotron-Based Gallium-68 for Cancer Detection	International Atomic Energy Agency \| Atoms for Peace and Development
Iran	Iran 'one or two weeks' from being able to create nuclear materials, Blinken says	USA TODAY - Breaking News and Latest News Today
Japan	'Atomic bomb hell must never be repeated' say Japan's last survivors	BBC
Japan	FEATURE: Ex-peace museum head recalls fleeing Hiroshima A-bomb over bodies	Kyodo News+ \| Japan's leading news agency.
Japan	TEPCO to start grabbing debris from Fukushima reactor No. 2	Asahi
Japan	Tepco allocates $500 million to compensate reputational damage from Fukushima discharges	WTAQ
Nigeria	UNODC Holds National Training Seminar on ICSANT in Nigeria for Criminal Justice Officers and Other National Stakeholders	United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Russian Federation	Risk of new Cold War as Putin says missiles could reach targets in 10 minutes	inews.co.uk
Russian Federation	Putin often cites Russia’s ‘nuclear doctrine’ governing the use of atomic weapons. But what is it?	AP News
Seychelles	Seychelles Approves Ratification of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT)	PGA
Tahiti	Olympic Surfing Comes to a ‘Poisoned’ Paradise	The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos
Global	The Growing Threat of Nuclear War	Homepage \| Energy Intelligence
Ukraine	Ukraine war	Latest news and today's top stories \| Yahoo News UK
Ukraine	Nuclear Radiation Is Changing The Songbirds Of Chernobyl	Tomorrow's World Today
United States	U.S. Advanced Nuclear Attack Submarine Inches Closer to China	Newsweek
United States	US, Canada intercept nuclear-capable Russian, Chinese bombers near Alaska: What were they doing there?	FIRSTPOST
United States	US says Iran moving forward on a key aspect of developing a nuclear bomb	Associated Press
United States	Trump could win back the nuclear codes. Biden should put guardrails on the nuclear arsenal—now.	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
United States	Navajo Nation President deploys police to stop unlawful uranium transport on tribal lands	KSL Newsradio
United States	DPS: Radioactive material found in trailer that caught fire on Texas highway	khou.com
United States	Hardy Transistor Material Could be a Game-Changer for Nuclear Reactor Safety Monitoring	Technical Briefs, Design Engineering News \| TECH BRIEFS
United States	Is there a sunken nuclear bomb near Florida? Here’s what to know	ClickOrlando l Orlando, Florida News, Local Headlines l WKMG News 6
United States	Banning Sadako Won’t Keep Kids Safe from Nuclear War	Counterpunch
United States	Rod Ewing, geoscientist and nuclear security expert, has died	Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

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Nuclear and Radiological Security - Weekly Update - August 2024