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Nuclear Reactor

Russia Starts Decommissioning Plutonium-Producing Reactor

Decommissioning of the ADE-2 water-cooled uranium-graphite thermal neutron reactor has begun at the Mining and Chemical Combine in Zheleznogorsk, in the Krasnoy…

Nuclear Reactor

Russia Completes Preliminary Design for Fusion Reactor

(Image credit: Rosatom)The DV Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA Nauchno Issledovatelskii Institut Elektrofizicheskoi Apparaturi), part of R…

Nuclear Reactor

Historic ADE-2 Reactor Transformation Underway

Rosatom’s Mining & Chemical Combine (GKhK – Gorno Khimiheskovo Kombinata) in Zheleznogorsk has begun to decommission the ADE-2 industrial uranium-gr…

Nuclear Fuel

Rosatom Starts Reactor Tests Aiming to Increase Nuclear Fuel Enrichment

Russia's Rosatom is testing VVER nuclear fuel containing the neutron absorber erbium and uranium enriched to about 5%. It says such fuel could significantly…

Nuclear Reactor

Preliminary Design Completed on Russian Prototype Fusion Reactor

The preliminary design of Russia's proposed TRT tokamak nuclear fusion reactor has been completed by JSC NIIEFA.The project, being carried out by specialist…

Wind Power Project

Rosatom Starts Building a 300 MW Wind Power Plant in Daghestan, Russia

Rosatom Renewable Energy, a unit of the Russian nuclear company Rosatom, has begun construction of a 300 MW onshore wind project in the Republic of Daghestan, i…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kursk NPP Preparing For Medical Isotope Production

The company, part of state nuclear giant Rosatom, said the plan for the production of a broad range of medical isotopes had been supported in a public consultat…

Hydrogen Project

Nel Secures Up To €135 Million For Industrialization Of Its Electrolyzer Technology

Russia has completed assembly of the reactor for Unit 1 of the Rooppur nuclear power station under construction in Bangladesh, state nuclear corporation Rosatom…

Nuclear Technology

Bangladesh / Reactor Assembly Complete For Country’s First Nuclear Unit

Russia has completed assembly of the reactor for Unit 1 of the Rooppur nuclear power station under construction in Bangladesh, state nuclear corporation Rosatom…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Russia Eyes India to Sell Small Nuclear Plants

IMAGE: Russia's floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov leaves the service base of the Rosatomflot company for a journey. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Western, Russian Nuclear Industries Still Intertwined, Report Says

A view shows a board with the logo of Russian atomic energy agency Rosatom at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russi…

Nuclear Technology

Rosatom Opens Industrial Robot Showcase

Source: RosatomRosatom Service (part of Rosatom’s Electric Power Division) has opened the first demonstration hall of industrial robots of the AIM brand. …

Nuclear Technology

Leningrad 5 Begins Cooling Tower Maintenance

Source: RosatomCleaning and maintenance operations has begun at the two evaporative cooling towers which serve unit 5 of Russia’s Leningrad NPP. Unit 5 (a…

SMR

Uzbekistan Begins Small Nuclear Plant Project

Source: UzatomThe Directorate for the Construction of a Nuclear Power Plant under Uzbekistan’s Atomic Energy Agency, Uzatom, has signed a protocol with At…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Türkiye Confronts Siemens Over Akkuyu Delays

Source: RosatomTürkiye will take action against the German company Siemens over problems with the supply of equipment for Akkuyu NPP, Turkish Ministry of E…