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A long-held stereotype of Southern Appalachians is that they are fatalistic, having a sense of being powerless to change their life circumstances. In a 1965 publication, “Yesterday’s People: Life in Contemporary Appalachia,” described the people. In the coalfields of Southwest Virginia today, there is organized effort among the people to counter this prejudice.
The Swiss government does not want to sign and ratify the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). It believes participation within the framework of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is more effective.
Rosatom and the government of Primorsky Krai on the Pacific Coast of Russia have signed an agreement for a feasibility study and location options for floating nuclear power units off its coast.
Czech nuclear power operator ČEZ and municipal heating company Teplárny Brno have signed agreements with regard to a twenty-six-mile pipeline from the Dukovany nuclear power plant to benefit two hundred and fifty thousand people in the city of Brno.
The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute's (KAERI) successful irradiation tests and positive inspection of high-density uranium silicide fuel indicate potential for high-enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium conversion of high-performance research reactors.