Nuclear News Roundup Apr 23, 2018 IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano met President Giorgi Margvelashvili of Georgia this week, following the country’s deposit, on 10 April, of its Instrument of Accession to the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency. Iaea.org The BBC has been forced to distance itself from a fake news clip reporting the outbreak of nuclear war after a video about purported conflict between Russia and NATO forces was widely circulated on social media. Independent.co.uk The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the team of experts sent to review safety and security at Ghana’s research reactor gave the operator high marks, noting the National Nuclear Research Institute and the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission has "demonstrated a high commitment to safety following the conversion of the reactor core to use low enriched uranium (LEU) as fuel instead of high enriched uranium (HEU." Nuclearstreet.com International experts have not been able to find what caused a cloud of radioactive pollution that spread over Europe last year and prompted fears of a nuclear leak, Swedish authorities said on Monday. Reurters.com
