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Nuclear Fuel

Russia Builds Second Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Processing Plant

The commissioning of the W2- EKhZ unit, scheduled for 2023, will double the capacity of the enterprise for processing DUHF from 10,000 to 20,000 tons a year.

Nuclear Equipment

Russia Transports First RPV for Kursk VVER-TOI Plant

The Volgodonsk branch of Russia's AEM-Technology JSC has dispatched the first-ever reactor pressure vessel for the VVER-TOI reactor design.

Nuclear Reactor

Hybrid Fusion-Fission Reactors Developed in Russia

Researchers from Tomsk Polytechnic University, in cooperation with other Russian scientists, have created and tested a fusion component of a unique hybrid react…

Russian Federation

Russia Leading the Way in Climate-Related Energy Policy

Russia, the world’s largest country by landmass, has a multi-prong strategy to confront climate change, by further developing its human capital, natural gas, h…

Oil & Gas Trade

Russia’s Climate Change Doctrine in Focus at GECF Lecture

The Gas Exporting Countries Forum, the global platform of the leading gas producing nations, will be hosting the 51st edition of its GECF Gas Lecture Series on …

Nuclear Reactor

Russia Makes Progress with Fast Reactor Upgrade

Zio-Podolsk has started manufacturing modules for PGN-200M steam generators as part of work to upgrade unit 3 of the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant in the Sverdl…

Oil & Gas Trade

Suez Canal Logjam Barely Impacts Russian Urals Exports, Says Energy Ministry

The Russian Energy Ministry said March 29 that the logjam in the Suez Canal has barely impacted exports of Russia's key crude grade Urals, which uses other deli…

Rosatom

Russia’s State Run Nuclear Energy Firm Buys 49% Stake in Korean Lithium-ion Battery Maker

A subsidiary of Russian state-controlled nuclear energy firm Rosatom has taken a 49% share of Enertech International, a South Korean manufacturer of electrodes,…

Oil Pipeline

Nord Stream 2 Pipelaying could End by October

Pipelaying on one of the twin lines that compose Russian state-controlled Gazprom's 55bn m³/yr Nord Stream 2 gas route might not be complete until winter, a re…

Market Analysis

Russia Considers Qualifying Nuclear Energy as “Green” Source of Energy

On March 16, 2021, at the site of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, representatives of VEB.RF, the Bank of Russia, the Ministry of Industry and Trad…

Nuclear Technology

Russia Completes Key Equipment for ITER

Vacuum injection impregnation is one of the most difficult and critical stages of coil manufacturing, and was preceded by a number of technological stages compl…

Nuclear Power Plant

Leningrad II-2 Enters Commercial Operation

The second VVER-1200 reactor at the Leningrad nuclear power plant in western Russia began commercial operation today.

LNG

Russia Says LNG Production Capacity Could Jump Threefold By 2035

Russia’s government approved on Monday the country’s long-term development program for LNG, expecting production capacity to rise threefold from current level…

Oil Pipeline

Biden Weighing New Sanctions to Block Russian Gas Pipeline

The Biden administration is weighing additional sanctions to block construction of the nearly completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia’s Leningrad-II Unit 2 Ready for Commercial Operation

Russian regulator Rostekhnadzor on 10 March issued a conclusion on the compliance of unit 6 of the Leningrad NPP with the requirements of technical regulations …