THE KOREA BIZWIRE - Seven out of 10 South Koreans voted in favor of using atomic power, a survey showed Wednesday, amid the Moon Jae-in government’s nuclear phase-out policy.

WNN - EDF in 2018 achieved all its financial objectives and exceeded the targets of its performance plan, company chairman and CEO Jean-Bernard Lévy announced last week. Its performance would be "amplified" in 2019, he said during the presentation of its results.

BP - The 2019 edition of BP’s Energy Outlook, published today, explores the key uncertainties that could impact the shape of global energy markets out to 2040. The greatest uncertainties over this period involve the need for more energy to support continued global economic growth and rising prosperity, together with the need for a more rapid transition to a lower-carbon future.

МИНЭНЕРГО РОССИИ - «Нам удалось добиться значительных успехов в выполнении поручения руководителей наших стран об увеличении двустороннего товарооборота до 100 млрд долл. США: за прошлый год российско-турецкий товарооборот составил $25,6 млрд при экспорте $21,3 млрд и импорте $4,2 млрд. В общем, за 2018 год наш товарооборот увеличился на 15,7%», - рассказал Александр Новак.

МИНЭНЕРГО РОССИИ - особое внимание уделяется реализации проекта АЭС «Бушер», строительству международного транспортного коридора «Север – Юг», а также межрегиональному сотрудничеству.

WNN - The European Union (EU) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have agreed at their seventh annual meeting of senior officials to further enhance cooperation and strengthen cooperation in training, research and development.

BP - The 2019 edition of BP’s Energy Outlook, published today, explores the key uncertainties that could impact the shape of global energy markets out to 2040. The greatest uncertainties over this period involve the need for more energy to support continued global economic growth and rising prosperity, together with the need for a more rapid transition to a lower-carbon future.

JAPANTODAY - the Japanese government has shifted toward coal, with the construction of 50 new coal-fired power stations planned across the country since 2012.

WNN - Nuclear energy can help the European Union achieve a sustainable and low-carbon future while providing people with reliable and affordable electricity, Foratom - the European nuclear trade body - says in a new position paper.

WNN - A lack of available domestically produced nuclear fuel and delays in constructing and commissioning nuclear power plants, including first-of-a-kind plants and the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR), meant that India failed to meet its nuclear generation targets under the governmental plans over the decade to 2017.

МИНЭНЕРГО РОССИИ - Александр Новак подчеркнул, что между странами ведется планомерная работа по укреплению нормативно-правовой базы двустороннего сотрудничества и расширению направлений взаимодействия. В ходе беседы также обсуждались крупнейшие энергетические проекты двух стран, в частности, газопровод “Турецкий поток” и АЭС “Аккую”, межрегиональное сотрудничество, кооперация в области сельского хозяйства. Особое внимание было уделено вопросам сотрудничества в сфере культуры и туризма в контексте планируемых в 2019 г. мероприятий по случаю организации Года культуры и туризма Россия-Турция.

EIA - U.S. production of uranium concentrate (U3O8) in the fourth quarter of 2018 was 345,425 pounds, down 35% from the third quarter of 2018 and down 45% from the fourth quarter of 2017. During the fourth quarter of 2018, U.S. uranium was produced at six U.S. uranium facilities, one fewer than in the third quarter of 2018.

IAEA - The plant, being built in Rooppur, about 160 kilometers northwest of the Bangladesh's capital, will have the capacity to generate 2400 megawatts of electricity. The construction project is being implemented by a subsidiary of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM. It is high on the Bangladeshi government’s agenda, all the way up to the Prime Minister’s office.

ROSATOM - First Russian-made experimental nuclear fuel assemblies based on accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) have been loaded for testing into the water loops of MIR research reactor at the State Research Institute of Atomic Reactors in Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Region.

WNN - President Emmanuel Macron announced last November that a total of 14 French power reactors of 900 MWe capacity will be shut down in order to reduce the share of nuclear in the country's electricity generation mix from the current 75% to 50% by 2035.