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Illustration - Logos - World Nuclear Exhibition 2025

Illustration of the CNNC logo, China National Nuclear Corporation, at the World Nuclear Exhibition at the Villepinte Exhibition Center on November 4, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Logos - World Nuclear Exhibition 2025

Illustration of the ENERGOATOM logo, National Nuclear Energy Production Company of Ukraine, at the World Nuclear Exhibition at the Villepinte Exhibition Center on November 4, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-CHINA-EURASIA EXPO-EQUIPMENT (CN)

(240629) -- URUMQI, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Visitors look at a model showing uranium production techniques at the booth of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) at the 8th China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 27, 2024. The 8th China-Eurasia Expo, held at the Xinjiang International Convention and Exhibition Center at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, have showcased China-developed heavy machinery, intelligent construction and production technologies. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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Concerns rage as Japan moves closer to discharging nuclear-contaminated wastewater

STORY: Concerns rage as Japan moves closer to discharging nuclear-contaminated wastewater DATELINE: Aug. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): TOSHIMITSU KONNO, Head of Fukushima prefecture's Soma Futaba Fisheries Cooperative Association 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Korean): JU CHEOL-HYEON, South Korea's National Assembly 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): HIDEYUKI BAN, Co-director of Citizens' Nuclear Information Center STORYLINE: The Japanese government has been intensifying efforts to make final preparations to commence the discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean, increasing the world's concern over its controversial plan. Local media reported on Monday that Japan is mulling the discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea beginning in between late August and early September. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): TOSHIMITSU KONNO, Head

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Kazakhstan to tap Japan for new type of nuke power reactor

SEMEY, Kazakhstan - Kairat Kadyrzhanov, general director of the National Nuclear Center of Kazakhstan, speaks to Kyodo News at the center in Kurchatov on June 19. He said Kazakhstan plans to build a new-generation nuclear power reactor in Kurchatov by introducing Japanese technologies.

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APEC leaders urge 'concrete steps' by N. Korea to scrap nuke

HANOI, Vietnam - Leaders from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum members put on traditional Vietnamese clothes ''ao dai'' and pose for a family photo outside the National Convention Center in Hanoi on Nov. 19. The leaders aired their ''strong concern'' over North Korea's Oct. 9 nuclear test and urged Pyongyang to take ''concrete and effective steps'' to abandon its nuclear programs. (Pool photo)

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(1)Japan launches 2 spy satellites

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket carrying two spy satellites blasts off from the Tanegashima Space Center off southern Kagoshima Prefecture on March 28. The satellites launched by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) will enable the Japanese government to monitor North Korea's missile and nuclear activities.

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(2)Japan launches 2 spy satellites

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket carrying two spy satellites rises after blasting off from the Tanegashima Space Center off southern Kagoshima Prefecture on March 28. The satellites launched by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) will enable the Japanese government to monitor North Korea's missile and nuclear activities.

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Soviet-era nuclear test site

Photo taken on Sept. 15, 2022, shows an employee of Kazakhstan's National Nuclear Center standing next to an underground structure at the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. Semipalatinsk was once the Soviet Union's primary test area for nuclear weapons.

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Soviet-era nuclear test site

Photo taken on Sept. 15, 2022, shows an employee of Kazakhstan's National Nuclear Center pointing to an old observation tower still standing at the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. Semipalatinsk was once the Soviet Union's primary test area for nuclear weapons.

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-FUJIAN-NUCLEAR POWER UNIT-HUALONG ONE-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT-OPERATION (CN)

(220325) -- FUZHOU, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A ceremony marking the completion and commercial operation of China's Hualong One demonstration project is held at a command center of the No. 6 nuclear power unit under the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) in Fuqing, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 25, 2022. China's Hualong One demonstration project, a domestically designed third-generation nuclear reactor, has been completed and put into commercial operation, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on Friday. TO GO WITH: "China's Hualong One reactor demonstration project fully operational" (Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-FUJIAN-NUCLEAR POWER UNIT-HUALONG ONE-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT-OPERATION (CN)

(220325) -- FUZHOU, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members work at a command center of the No. 6 nuclear power unit under the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) in Fuqing, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 25, 2022. China's Hualong One demonstration project, a domestically designed third-generation nuclear reactor, has been completed and put into commercial operation, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on Friday. TO GO WITH: "China's Hualong One reactor demonstration project fully operational" (Xinhua)

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APEC leaders urge 'concrete steps' by N. Korea to scrap nuke

HANOI, Vietnam - Leaders from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum members put on traditional Vietnamese clothes ''ao dai'' and pose for a family photo outside the National Convention Center in Hanoi on Nov. 19. The leaders aired their ''strong concern'' over North Korea's Oct. 9 nuclear test and urged Pyongyang to take ''concrete and effective steps'' to abandon its nuclear programs. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Kazakhstan to tap Japan for new type of nuke power reactor

SEMEY, Kazakhstan - Kairat Kadyrzhanov, general director of the National Nuclear Center of Kazakhstan, speaks to Kyodo News at the center in Kurchatov on June 19. He said Kazakhstan plans to build a new-generation nuclear power reactor in Kurchatov by introducing Japanese technologies. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan launches 2 spy satellites

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket carrying two spy satellites blasts off from the Tanegashima Space Center off southern Kagoshima Prefecture on March 28. The satellites launched by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) will enable the Japanese government to monitor North Korea's missile and nuclear activities. (Kyodo)

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J-Village to partially reopen as soccer facility in 2018

A sports field at the J-Village national soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture, currently serving as Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s forward base in dealing with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's accident, is used as a parking lot for workers on Jan. 29, 2015. A committee including the prefectural government and the Japan Football Association on the same day formulated a plan to partially reopen J-Village as a soccer facility in July 2018, with full reopening eyed for April 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest against Tokyo Olympics in Fukushima

People protest on Feb. 29, 2020, in front of the J-Village national soccer training center where the Olympic torch relay will start, located near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The protesters called the Olympics' stated goal of promoting Fukushima and other northeastern Japan areas affected by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters hypocritical. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest against Tokyo Olympics in Fukushima

People protest on Feb. 29, 2020, in front of the J-Village national soccer training center where the Olympic torch relay will start, located near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The protesters called the Olympics' stated goal of promoting Fukushima and other northeastern Japan areas affected by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters hypocritical. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer training center J-Village

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 18, 2019, shows the J-Village national soccer training center straddling the towns of Naraha and Hirono in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. J-Village was an operational base for dealing with the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant after it was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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J-Village national soccer training facility

Balloons are released at a ceremony celebrating the full resumption of operations of the J-Village national soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on April 20, 2019, eight years after it was converted into an operational base to cope with the nuclear disaster that hit the prefecture in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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J-Village national soccer training facility

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the J-Village national soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 20, 2019. The facility fully resumed operations the same day after eight years it was converted into an operational base to cope with the nuclear disaster that hit the prefecture in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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J-Village national soccer training facility

Children play at the J-Village national soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on April 20, 2019, after the facility fully resumed operations, eight years after it was converted into an operational base to cope with the nuclear disaster that hit the prefecture in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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J-Village national soccer training facility

Combined photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the J-Village national soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture. The top one was taken Feb. 26, 2012, when the facility was used as an operational base to cope with the nuclear disaster that hit the prefecture in 2011, and the bottom one was taken April 20, 2019, when it fully resumed operations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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J-Village national soccer training facility

Balloons are released at a ceremony celebrating the full resumption of operations of the J-Village national soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on April 20, 2019, eight years after it was converted into an operational base to cope with the nuclear disaster that hit the prefecture in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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J-Village national soccer training facility

A ceremony is held to celebrate the full resumption of operations of the J-Village national soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on April 20, 2019, eight years after it was converted into an operational base to cope with the nuclear disaster that hit the prefecture in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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J-Village national soccer training facility

Children play at the J-Village national soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on April 20, 2019, after the facility fully resumed operations, eight years after it was converted into an operational base to cope with the nuclear disaster that hit the prefecture in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe checks areas affected by 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) talks with high school students at the J-Village national training center in Fukushima during his visit to areas affected by the 2011 nuclear crisis in the northeastern Japan prefecture. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe checks areas affected by 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) talks with high school students at the J-Village national training center in Fukushima during his visit to areas affected by the 2011 nuclear crisis in the northeastern Japan prefecture. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe checks areas affected by 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) meets young soccer players at the J-Village national training center in Fukushima during his visit to areas affected by the 2011 nuclear crisis in the northeastern Japan prefecture. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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J-Village national training center

Combined photo shows the inside of the center building of J-Village, a national football training center in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 21, 2011 (top), as cleanup workers prepared to head to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and on July 28, 2018, when preparations for a reopening ceremony of the facility were under way. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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J-Village national training center

Combined photos show the football stadium at J-Village, a national training center in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 11, 2011 (top), when dormitories for single workers involved in the cleanup of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant could be seen, and on July 28, 2018, when junior high school students held a football match in commemoration of the reopening of the football ground. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)Japan launches 2 spy satellites

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - An H-2A rocket carrying two spy satellites rises after blasting off from the Tanegashima Space Center off southern Kagoshima Prefecture on March 28. The satellites launched by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) will enable the Japanese government to monitor North Korea's missile and nuclear activities. (Kyodo)