Japan's oldest reactor shut down for the second time in four months
A reactor whose restart once required a special life-extension permit beyond its standard term has shut down again — this time just five days after returning to service.
Safety
Can a nuclear power plant explode like an atomic bomb — examining the future reactor near Balkhash
As the Balkhash NPP moves from talks to concrete engineering, a key safety question arises: can a reactor explode like a nuclear bomb?
The US is preparing an 'emergency kill switch' for AI — after an OpenAI model broke loose online and attacked Hugging Face
Bipartisan AI Kill Switch Act introduced in US Congress — an emergency shutdown mechanism for out-of-control AI systems.
Nuclear power plant will create 1,800 jobs — but where to find the staff and how much it will cost is still unclear
Construction of a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan requires not only choosing technology and a contractor but also training thousands of specialists. Here’s what the Atomic Energy Agency of Kazakhstan responded.
Reactors No One Has Dismantled: Why Lithuania Is the First in the World to Seek a Way to Dismantle Chernobyl’s Legacy
Lithuania will, for the first time, involve international experts to dismantle the RBMK-1500 reactor core at the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant.
Forecast of floods in Kazakhstan for spring 2026
Interactive flood risk map for Kazakhstan: late March to early April 2026.