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It is estimated that a nuclear strike on U.S. cities would be devastating. However, a nuclear attack on U.S. missile silos would kill millions by acute radiation poisoning in a few days. Radioactive fallout would spread across the entire country.
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has just finished a follow-up nuclear security advisory mission to Switzerland. The International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) mission drew the conclusion that Switzerland has improved its nuclear security regime since an IPPAS mission in 2018.
The Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) is France’s `nuclear safety regulator. It has stated that it is prepared to provide Électricité de France S.A. (EDF) with more time so that they can implement safety upgrades required at its fleet of nine-hundred-megawatt nuclear power reactors.
NuScale Power Corporation just announced the opening of the first privately-funded NuScale Energy Exploration Center (E2 Center) at Seoul National University (SNU) in partnership with GS Energy Corporation, Doosan Enerbility and Samsung C&T corporation.
Centrus Energy Corp. (formerly USEC Inc.) is an American company that supplies nuclear fuel for use in nuclear power plants and works to develop and deploy advanced centrifuge technology to produce enriched uranium for commercial and government uses, including for national security.