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Lithuanian nuclear plant to be dismantled by US engineers

NewsDeskNgJan 5, 2023January 5, 20230

A decommissioned Lithuanian nuclear power plant is to be dismantled by a consortium led by U.S. engineering firm Jacobs, which is also to take care of waste management for the site. Jacobs announced on Thursday that the consortium comprised Westinghouse Electric Spain, Jacobs and the Lithuanian Energy Institute. ”They were...

Powerful explosions shake Ukraine’s nuclear plant area, says IAEA Chief

NewsDeskNgNov 21, 2022November 21, 20220

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says powerful explosions shook the area of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), “abruptly ending a period of relative calm” at the facility. IAEA’s Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi, in a statement on Sunday, said those blasts which occurred on Saturday evening and early hours...