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Rosatom is to receive state funding of $1.78 millionÌýfor its voluntary contribution to the International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency and RUB109.5 million ($1.85 million) for nuclear industry infrastructure development in third countries. The government published the funding plan, part of the 2017-2019 Development of the Nuclear Power Industry state program, on 3 February.

The UK will seek an alternative agreement with the International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency if it fails to negotiate "some sort of relationship" with the European Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß CommunityÌýduring Brexit negotiations, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis told the House of Commons today. The government is from today holding a debate in the lower house of the British parliament on the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) bill that it unveiled last week.

The International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency has concluded a five-day Site and External Events Design mission to Belarus, which is building its first nuclear power reactors. The two Russian-designed 1170 MWe VVER units are scheduled to begin operations by 2020.

One year on from implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the USÌýpresident said the agreement with Iran "must be measured against the alternatives". Meanwhile, Behrouz Kamalvandi, deputy head of the Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Organization of Iran for International, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, is on a two-day visit to MoscowÌýto discuss progress with the JCPOA.

The International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency today outlined its highlights for 2016, ahead of its 60th anniversary year. These included a report on verification and monitoring in Iran, the entry into force of the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, response to the outbreak of the Zika crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the promotion of safe nuclear solutions towards sustainable development worldwide.

Kazakhstan, producer of more than 20,000 tonnes of natural uranium per year, has welcomed security guidance recently developed by the International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency. The Vienna-based agency said yesterday that Kazakhstan - which established a "comprehensive system for the control and physical protection of natural uranium" in 2010 -Ìýhad contributed to an IAEA publication entitled Nuclear Security in the Uranium Extraction Industry andÌýissued in February this year.

The safety options for France's planned deep geological repository for the disposal of high- and intermediate-level radioactive waste are "overall thorough", an International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency review team has concluded. The team also proposed recommendations for further demonstrating the robustness of the disposal system.

In an address to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday in New York, the director-general of the International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency, Yukiya Amano, highlighted the role of nuclear science and technology in sustainable development.

The USA has asked the International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß AgencyÌýto monitor and verify the disposition of surplus plutonium in South Carolina, US energy secretary Ernest Moniz said on 5 December. Moniz's announcement was made at an IAEA conferenceÌýwhich aims to strengthen global nuclear security.

Italy is committed to effective nuclear regulatory oversight, but it faces challenges related to resources and needs toÌýfurther developÌýpolicies for nuclear safety, decommissioning and radioactive waste management, an International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency peer review mission has concluded.

Developing production capacity to meet the world's uranium needs, rather than the availability of uranium resources, is a likely challenge over coming years according to the latest edition of the OECD Nuclear ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency and International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency joint report on uranium resources, production and demand.

The International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency has conducted a seismic review of the Atmea 1 reactor design. This is the first such review it has carried out on a new nuclear power reactor design.