Russia has announced two new milestones in its 鈥楶roryv鈥�, or Breakthrough, project to enable a closed nuclear fuel cycle. The ultimate aim is to eliminate production of radioactive waste from nuclear power generation.听
OMZ subsidiary Izhorskiye Zavody has carried out pressure tests on the VVER-1000 reactor pressure vessel intended for unit 4 of听Russia's Rostov nuclear power plant.
The first plant system components were delivered yesterday to the ITER construction site in Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France.听