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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan opts for nuclear power following national referendum
Following an October 6 national referendum on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan, an overwhelming majority of voters, totaling 5,561,937 people...
Russia Sanctions
New wave of U.S. sanctions target Russia’s foreign suppliers and industrial base
On May 1, the U.S. Department of State together with the U.S. Treasury Department unveiled a wide-ranging new list of anti-Russia sanctions covering an...
Energy
Kyrgyzstan, Russia’s Rosatom ink MoU on SMR nuke plant construction
Russia’s state atomic corporation Rosatom and Kyrgyzstan agreed on January 20 to cooperate on the construction of small modular reactor nuclear power plants in...
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Serbia, Rosatom ink deal to build a Center for Nuclear Science and Technology in Serbia
The Serbian government and Russia’s state atomic corporation Rosatom signed a General Framework Agreement to construct a Center for Nuclear Science and Technology (CNST)...
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Turkey’s regulatory authority issues construction license for Akkuyu NPP Unit 4
Turkey’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority’s Board has agreed to issue a construction license for Unit 4 of Akkuyu nuclear power plant to Akkuyu Nuclear JSC,...
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Rosatom starts ATF operation at Rostov NPP in Southwest Russia
Russia’s state atomic corporation Rosatom said on September 20 the first Russian-made fuel bundles with experimental ATF fuel rods (Advanced Technology Fuel) have been...
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Rosatom to build Kaliningrad plant for lithium-ion cells and storage production
Russia’s state atomic corporation Rosatom announced on September 15, RENERA, a subsidiary of its TVEL Fuel Company, and the Kaliningrad Region government have signed...
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Russia’s Rosatom inks deal to build small modular reactor NPP in Yakutian Arctic
On the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum, the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, the Republic of Sakha...
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Ice station Arctic: Rosatom weighs underwater impact for nuke facilities
Russia’s state atomic corporation Rosatom and Moscow State University’s Marine Research Centre have signed a cooperation agreement, aiming to make possible pilot projects for...
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Russia’s Rosatom develops lower uranium enrichment for Finland’s Loviisa NPP
Russia’s state atomic corporation Rosatom said on May 24 its TVEL Fuel Company has completed development of the new modification of VVER-440 fuel for...
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Russia’s Delo Group and Rosatom switch Novorossiysk port terminals to wind power
Delo Group, Russia’s largest transport and logistics holding, and Atomenergoprom, a company of state atomic corporation Rosatom consolidating all Russian civil assets, signed on...
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Putin, Erdogan launch construction of Russia’s Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 in Turkey
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined via videoconference on March 10 a ceremony commemorating the start of Unit 3...
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Lithuania sees red, EU nuke team checks Rosatom-built Belarus plant
European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group ENSREG has just visited Belarus in order to complete a report that summarises the first stage of peer review...
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Russia’s Rosatom wins contract for Bulgarian NPP modernisation
Rusatom Service, the electric power division of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, and Bulgaria’s Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant signed a contract on neutron-flux monitoring...
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Rosatom makes first set of steam generators for Bangladesh NPP
Atommash, which is part of Atomenergomash, the mechanical engineering division of Russian state atomic corporation Rosatom, performed the fit up and welding of set...
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Finland to start constructing nuclear plant with Russian reactor in 2021
SOCHI, Russia – Fennovoima is proceeding with plans to build the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant in the northern Finnish city of Pyhäjoki and...
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From Russia: Reactor will drive Finnish nuclear power plant
SOCHI, Russia –Finnish nuclear power company Fennovoima is expected to begin constructing the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant in the northern part of Finland...
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Russian NPP strives to connect Central-East Europe’s energy markets
Russia said a nuclear power plant that is being prepared for the resumption of the active phase of construction in Kaliningrad could connect Central...
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EU discusses nuclear security issues, stress tests at Ostrovets NPP
A European Commission delegation visited the Belarusian nuclear power plant in Ostrovets where they discussed security questions and stress tests of NPPs. The plant...
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Finland nuke plant plans forge ahead with Russian reactor
MOSCOW - Three weeks after visiting the site of the future Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant near the remote small municipality of Pyhäjoki in...
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Finns Say Russian-Supplied Nuke Reactor Adds Energy Independence
BRUSSELS – Finland’s plan to build a nuclear reactor supplied by Russia’s state-owned Rosatom will lessen the Nordic country’s dependence on imported energy supplies, Fennovoima’s Project Director...
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Low on coal, high in carbon, Czech Republic sees nuclear answer
MOSCOW – Nuclear energy is important for the Czech Republic’s energy security and reducing CO2 emissions, Deputy Industry Minister Pavel Solc told New Europe....
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