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Bangladesh's Nuclear Power Plant Faces Inspection
An expert team was in Bangladesh on Monday to sign off on the South Asian country's first nuclear power plant ahead of the contentious facility's expected operational start later this year.
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China to Reportedly Activate Powerful X-Ray Light Source to Reveal Atomic Structure of Proteins
China is about to launch the High Energy Photon Source (HEPS), a state-of-the-art synchrotron capable of providing high-resolution x-ray imaging. Expected to begin operations in late December, HEPS will enable scientists to explore atomic-level structures in materials and proteins. This new facility, costing $657 million, will offer advanced capabi...
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India Unveils MACE Observatory, the World’s Highest Imaging Cherenkov Telescope
The Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment (MACE) observatory has been inaugurated in Hanle, Ladakh, at an altitude of over 4,300 metres. This state-of-the-art facility will advance India's capabilities in cosmic-ray research and high-energy astrophysics. Inaugurated by Dr Ajit Kumar Mohanty, Secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy, the observ...
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Iran's Nuclear Facilities 'Not Impacted' In Israeli Strikes: UN
The United Nations atomic energy watchdog on Saturday said that Iran's nuclear programme was not affected by Israel's deadly air strike on its arch-rival's military facilities.
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India's Elections And Atom Bombs Share Umbilical Technological Connect
India's elections and atom bombs have an umbilical connect, the same facilities which make Electronic Voting Machines (EVM's) also helped make the bombs at Pokhran.
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Israel Bombs Gaza As West Sanctions Iran Drones Over Attack
Further stoking tensions, Iran warned on Thursday that if Israel struck Iranian atomic sites during its expected retaliation, Tehran would in turn target Israeli "nuclear facilities".
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Iran Closed Nuclear Facilities After Israel Attack: UN Watchdog Chief
Iran temporarily closed its nuclear facilities over "security considerations" in the wake of its massive missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend, the head of the UN's atomic watchdog said Monday.
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UN Worried Israel Could Target Iran's Nuclear Sites, Urges Restraint
The United Nations nuclear watchdog chief said on Monday he is concerned about Israel possibly targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, but that International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections of Iranian facilities would resume on Tuesday.
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India, Pakistan Exchange List Of Nuclear Installations
India and Pakistan on Monday exchanged a list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral pact that prohibits the two sides from attacking each other's atomic facilities, continuing an annual practice that began in 1992.
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UK, India Scientists To Collaborate In Astronomy, Bio-Imaging
UK Research and Innovation has embarked on a collaboration with India's Department of Atomic Energy to explore opportunities to set up super computing facilities to process data from the observations made by the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope
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Oil jumps to 13-week high on rising U.S. gasoline demand
Iran said it was removing two International Atomic Energy Agency surveillance cameras at a uranium enrichment facility as the board of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog passed a resolution criticizing Iran for failing to fully explain uranium traces at undeclared sites.
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NASA's International Space Station Lab Develops Ultracold Atomic Bubbles, Paves New Way for Quantum Research
Researchers at NASA's Cold Atom Lab have experimented with gas to form an exotic material. They found that when gas is cooled to nearly absolute zero (minus 459 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 273 degrees Celsius), it forms small, round blobs. The new study will help researchers to further delve into the quantum nature of matter.
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UN Nuclear Watchdog To Hold Emergency Meeting To Discuss Ukraine
The UNnuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday about Ukraine, where war is raging in a country with four operational nuclear power plants and various waste facilities including Chernobyl.
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Iran Stops Using One Of Its Nuclear Sites After Attack: UN Watchdog
Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency it has stopped production at one of its nuclear facilities attacked last June and transferred work to another site, the watchdog said Monday.
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No Decision Taken On Erasing Nuclear Site Tapes: Iran
Iran said Monday it had taken "no decision" to delete footage from surveillance cameras installed at some of its atomic energy facilities by the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA.
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Bangladesh's Nuclear Power Plant Faces Inspection
An expert team was in Bangladesh on Monday to sign off on the South Asian country's first nuclear power plant ahead of the contentious facility's expected operational start later this year.
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China to Reportedly Activate Powerful X-Ray Light Source to Reveal Atomic Structure of Proteins
China is about to launch the High Energy Photon Source (HEPS), a state-of-the-art synchrotron capable of providing high-resolution x-ray imaging. Expected to begin operations in late December, HEPS will enable scientists to explore atomic-level structures in materials and proteins. This new facility, costing $657 million, will offer advanced capabi...
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India Unveils MACE Observatory, the World’s Highest Imaging Cherenkov Telescope
The Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment (MACE) observatory has been inaugurated in Hanle, Ladakh, at an altitude of over 4,300 metres. This state-of-the-art facility will advance India's capabilities in cosmic-ray research and high-energy astrophysics. Inaugurated by Dr Ajit Kumar Mohanty, Secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy, the observ...
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Iran's Nuclear Facilities 'Not Impacted' In Israeli Strikes: UN
The United Nations atomic energy watchdog on Saturday said that Iran's nuclear programme was not affected by Israel's deadly air strike on its arch-rival's military facilities.
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India's Elections And Atom Bombs Share Umbilical Technological Connect
India's elections and atom bombs have an umbilical connect, the same facilities which make Electronic Voting Machines (EVM's) also helped make the bombs at Pokhran.
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Israel Bombs Gaza As West Sanctions Iran Drones Over Attack
Further stoking tensions, Iran warned on Thursday that if Israel struck Iranian atomic sites during its expected retaliation, Tehran would in turn target Israeli "nuclear facilities".
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Iran Closed Nuclear Facilities After Israel Attack: UN Watchdog Chief
Iran temporarily closed its nuclear facilities over "security considerations" in the wake of its massive missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend, the head of the UN's atomic watchdog said Monday.
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UN Worried Israel Could Target Iran's Nuclear Sites, Urges Restraint
The United Nations nuclear watchdog chief said on Monday he is concerned about Israel possibly targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, but that International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections of Iranian facilities would resume on Tuesday.
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India, Pakistan Exchange List Of Nuclear Installations
India and Pakistan on Monday exchanged a list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral pact that prohibits the two sides from attacking each other's atomic facilities, continuing an annual practice that began in 1992.
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UK, India Scientists To Collaborate In Astronomy, Bio-Imaging
UK Research and Innovation has embarked on a collaboration with India's Department of Atomic Energy to explore opportunities to set up super computing facilities to process data from the observations made by the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope
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Oil jumps to 13-week high on rising U.S. gasoline demand
Iran said it was removing two International Atomic Energy Agency surveillance cameras at a uranium enrichment facility as the board of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog passed a resolution criticizing Iran for failing to fully explain uranium traces at undeclared sites.
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NASA's International Space Station Lab Develops Ultracold Atomic Bubbles, Paves New Way for Quantum Research
Researchers at NASA's Cold Atom Lab have experimented with gas to form an exotic material. They found that when gas is cooled to nearly absolute zero (minus 459 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 273 degrees Celsius), it forms small, round blobs. The new study will help researchers to further delve into the quantum nature of matter.
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UN Nuclear Watchdog To Hold Emergency Meeting To Discuss Ukraine
The UNnuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday about Ukraine, where war is raging in a country with four operational nuclear power plants and various waste facilities including Chernobyl.
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Iran Stops Using One Of Its Nuclear Sites After Attack: UN Watchdog
Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency it has stopped production at one of its nuclear facilities attacked last June and transferred work to another site, the watchdog said Monday.
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No Decision Taken On Erasing Nuclear Site Tapes: Iran
Iran said Monday it had taken "no decision" to delete footage from surveillance cameras installed at some of its atomic energy facilities by the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA.
