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How the Joint Convention transformed radioactive waste management

How the Joint Convention transformed radioactive waste management

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The agreement has helped countries develop stronger approaches to managing spent fuel and radioactive waste while protecting people and the environment from potential long-term risks. Established as the first legally binding international framework dedicated to these issues, the Joint Convention has provided governments with a structured process for reviewing and improving their radioactive waste management practices. Through regular reporting, peer assessment, and knowledge sharing, it has created a global platform for cooperation on some of the nuclear sector’s most complex challenges. The result has been wider adoption of robust regulatory frameworks, greater transparency in national programmes, and stronger collaboration between participating countries. With 93 Contracting Parties now involved, the Convention has become a key mechanism for promoting high standards of radioactive waste management and spent fuel safety globally. A framework for long-term nuclear safety Every country that uses nuclear technology, whether for energy production, medicine, research, or industry, must address the challenge of managing radioactive waste safely over the long term. The Joint Convention was created to help governments meet this responsibility through a shared …

The smear campaign that transformed presidential politics began with a billiards table

The smear campaign that transformed presidential politics began with a billiards table

Published by Jenni Sidey

Billiards is a sinful game. An indulgence of lowlifes and reckless gamblers. Everybody knew that in 1826, or they did if they read that year’s June 2 issue of the Richmond Enquirer. It was here that editor Thomas Ritchie informed his readers of how Congressman Samuel Carson took to the floor during a debate over appropriating $14,000 for furnishing the White House to denounce the president’s use of public funds to create a gambling den within its hallowed walls!  To quote the gentleman from North Carolina:  Is it possible, Mr. Chairman, to believe, that it ever was intended by congress, that the public money should be applied to the purchase of gambling tables and gambling furniture? And if it is right to purchase billiard tables and chessmen, why not purchase, also, pharo banks, playing cards, race horses, and every other necessary article to complete a system of gambling at the president’s palace, and let it at once be understood by the people that this is a most splendid gambling administration? Mr. Chairman, such conduct in …

The week in pictures: Paris bridge transformed, French Open finals and Albania protests ‘Kushner Island’

The week in pictures: Paris bridge transformed, French Open finals and Albania protests ‘Kushner Island’

Published by Sam Flores

Home Middle East French artist JR transformed the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris into a cave with an ambitious installation, Albanian protesters rallied against a Trump family luxury resort in a nature preserve and Russia’s Mirra Andreeva took the women’s singles title at the French Open. FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week’s most striking images. Issued on: 07/06/2026 – 14:35Modified: 07/06/2026 – 15:46 3 min Reading time An aerial view of “The Pont Neuf cave” installation by French photographer and street artist JR on the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris, on June 1, 2026. © Damien Meyer, AFP   Russia’s Mirra Andreeva celebrates after beating Poland’s Maja Chwalinska to win the women’s final singles match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 6, 2026. © Thomas Samson, AFP Smoke rises after an explosion caused by a marine drone self-detonating in Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanta on June 5, 2026. © Observator Antena1 via Reuters Voters hold umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun as they queue to cast ballots in …

One of the world’s most isolated islands is being transformed : NPR

One of the world’s most isolated islands is being transformed : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Apart from the indigenous people, the Great Nicobar island’s population consists mainly of a few thousand settlers, who live in sleepy villages alongside dense forests. A major development project would dramatically alter the scene. Omkar Khandekar/NPR hide caption toggle caption Omkar Khandekar/NPR THE GREAT NICOBAR ISLAND, India — Fireflies illuminate the edge of a forest on the Great Nicobar Island as field biologist Sumit Kumar tries to find a particularly shy creature. A soft hoot wafts through the thicket. Kumar scans the trees with his flashlight: Sitting on a branch is a rare, wide-eyed, fat Nicobarese Scops owl. It narrows its eyes into what feels like a death-glare. Kumar smiles: “When you spot them, they look at you as if to say, ‘You don’t belong here.’” And he says, they’re not wrong. The Great Nicobar Island is part of an archipelago that lies deep in the Indian Ocean. Until mainland Indians started settling here a few decades ago, its humans consisted of around a thousand indigenous folks. It’s governed by India but is so distant …

Mapped: How London’s political landscape has been transformed as Greens lead five councils

Mapped: How London’s political landscape has been transformed as Greens lead five councils

Published by Sam Flores

London’s political landscape has been transformed with the Green Party now leading five councils in the city after forming minority and coalition administrations. Labour suffered a series of crushing defeats in the local elections on May 7, losing control of 11 town halls in the capital. Hackney, Lewisham and Waltham Forest fell to the Greens, while the Conservatives wrestled back control of Westminster. Seven boroughs – Brent, Enfield, Barnet, Wandsworth, Haringey Southwark and Lambeth – went from Labour to no overall control. Now, these local authorities have to make decisions about who will lead them. Here are the decisions made so far: Enfield: Tory-led minority administration The Tories fell one seat short of being able to form a majority of Enfield council on May 7. Sir Keir Starmer’s party won 27 seats, leaving the five new Green councillors as the key decision makers over who would lead the local authority. At a meeting this week, the Greens abstained during votes which allowed Conservative Alessandro Georgiou to be elected leader of the town hall. Tory nominations …

I’ve used Gemini in Android Auto for 2 months now, and it’s transformed my daily drive in 4 ways

I’ve used Gemini in Android Auto for 2 months now, and it’s transformed my daily drive in 4 ways

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Artie Beaty/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Gemini in Android Auto is changing my daily drive. It’s making me safer, providing entertainment, and more. I actually look forward to car time now.  At the beginning of April, I tried the then brand-new Gemini in my car for a weekend. I was mostly using Gemini to find information — things like the hours of a local business, the address of a theater, or random questions that popped into my head. It was so useful that I finally embraced Google’s AI assistant. Also: I tried different Android Auto weather apps – these 3 are best for storm nerds like me Two months in, I continue using Gemini for all those purposes, but I’m still finding more. Gemini isn’t doing anything that it couldn’t before Android Auto integration, but it’s so convenient that I’m using it more, and it’s changing how my drives feel. My daily drive is becoming safer, less boring, and more connected. 4 ways Gemini has improved my …

How landscape artist Ruth Shellhorn transformed Disneyland

How landscape artist Ruth Shellhorn transformed Disneyland

Published by Sam Flores

I always encourage people to slow down when they visit Disneyland, especially when taking their first few steps under the train tunnel onto Main Street, U.S.A. There’s too much you’ll miss if you’re racing from attraction to attraction. For to set foot in Disneyland is to be guided by many an invisible hand. Winding, circular and branching paths not only direct guest flow, but create the tone for the experience. The sensation is meant to evoke one of lushness and grandeur, to envelope oneself in a garden as much as a land of play. A principal in defining the feel of Disneyland — and an influence felt today in all meticulously designed theme parks — is master landscape artist Ruth Shellhorn. A South Pasadena native, her work for decades often went overlooked, spoken of in the shadows of brothers Jack and Bill Evans, horticultural experts who also played an instrumental role in the development of the modern theme park as homes to arboretum-worthy spaces. It was Shellhorn, however, who used plants and trees to unify …

Country star Nate Smith is completely transformed after 70-pound weight loss

Country star Nate Smith is completely transformed after 70-pound weight loss

Published by Daniella Wilson

Country star Nate Smith is celebrating a major personal milestone after revealing his dramatic 71-pound weight loss transformation. The 40-year-old singer-songwriter took to Instagram on Saturday to share a striking side-by-side comparison showing just how much his appearance has changed since beginning his health journey. “Another milestone reached today,” the ‘Bulletproof’ singer captioned the emotional post. © InstagramNate shared dramatic before-and-after photos The before-and-after images quickly caught fans’ attention, with many commenting that the country star looked almost completely unrecognisable. In the older photo, Nate could be seen posing with friends while holding a soda can and wearing a denim jacket, appearing noticeably heavier. The newer snap, however, showed a dramatically slimmer version of the singer sporting a fitted red T-shirt that highlighted his tattoo-covered arms and significantly leaner frame. © Getty Images for StagecoachNate at the Stagecoach Music Festival in April 2026 Fans immediately flooded the comments section with praise and support for the singer’s dedication and honesty throughout his health journey. “Wow!!! Well done I’m sure you feel great!!! Looking great and your …

Richard Gadd Reveals How He Transformed Into Half Man’s “Animalistic” Antihero With Over 50 Pounds of Muscle

Richard Gadd Reveals How He Transformed Into Half Man’s “Animalistic” Antihero With Over 50 Pounds of Muscle

Published by Sam Flores

Long before Richard Gadd peeled back a layer of his psyche with Baby Reindeer, his Emmy-winning Netflix show, the story for his new limited series Half Man, now airing on HBO, lived in his head. Gadd wrote the first episode back in 2019, shelving the tale of two brothers with a dysfunctional bond for four years. “But all the way through Baby Reindeer, I never stopped thinking about how much I wanted to return to it,” the writer and creator of Half Man tells Vanity Fair. “I just had the creative impulse to explore broken masculinity. If you take two men, you take them in their present as corrupted adults, and you flash back to their childhood, you contextualize all the stuff that they learned, all the prejudices that they soak up in the 1980s UK.” Gadd gained almost 90 pounds to play adult Ruben (Stuart Campbell in flashbacks), the fractured older-brother figure of Niall (Jamie Bell as an adult; Mitchell Robertson as an adolescent), while their mothers date each other. “I like to try …

Here’s how technology transformed babymaking

Here’s how technology transformed babymaking

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Vitrification has also made IVF safer in other ways, including by affording patients a bit of time between fertility treatments. The hormonal treatments used in the first phase of IVF are designed to increase the production of mature eggs that can be collected. These treatments carry a small risk of a condition called ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), which in rare cases can be life-threatening. The ability to freeze all your embryos and use them at a later date is thought to give the body a chance to recover from hormonal treatment and reduces the risk of OHSS. And because clinics are now able to culture embryos for up to a week, they can take a few of the 100 or so cells and send them for genetic testing before freezing the embryos. People undergoing IVF can get genetic readouts of all the embryos before deciding which to implant. (It is worth noting, however, that these testing technologies are not perfect.) “Those are really radical changes, and we take them for granted,” says Penzias. These technologies have …