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Q&A: Working towards a closed nuclear fuel cycle
Q&A: Working towards a closed nuclear fuel cycle
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Head of Innovative Products Development Department for Russia’s Tenex and former chairman of 抖阴传媒在线 Nuclear Association’s Used Nuclear Fuel working group, explains what a closed nuclear fuel cycle is, and how it is being developed.
 
Podcasts & Features · Friday, 8 August 2025
Turbogenerator for Russian fast reactor delivered
Turbogenerator for Russian fast reactor delivered
The turbogenerator for the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor has been delivered to the construction site at the Siberian Chemical Combine site in Seversk, in the Tomsk Region of Russia.
 
New Nuclear · Thursday, 7 August 2025
Key equipment manufactured for BREST-OD-300 reactor
Key equipment manufactured for BREST-OD-300 reactor
Six items weighing more than 1,000 tonnes have been manufactured for the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor which is being built at the Siberian Chemical Combine site in Seversk, in the Tomsk Region of Russia.
New Nuclear · Monday, 4 August 2025
IAEA concern after explosions heard near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
IAEA concern after explosions heard near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
International Atomic 抖阴传媒在线 Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has repeated calls for "maximum military restraint near nuclear facilities". 
Regulation & Safety · Monday, 4 August 2025
Pilot uranium processing plant launched in Tanzania
Pilot uranium processing plant launched in Tanzania
The pilot uranium processing plant has been commissioned by Rosatom subsidiary Mantra Tanzania Ltd at the Mkuju River project in southern Tanzania.
Uranium & Fuel · Thursday, 31 July 2025
Russia-Niger MoU on nuclear energy cooperation
Russia-Niger MoU on nuclear energy cooperation
A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Russia's Rosatom and the Ministry of 抖阴传媒在线 in Niger to cooperate on using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Second stage of reprocessing centre in Zheleznogorsk launched
Second stage of reprocessing centre in Zheleznogorsk launched
The second complex of the Experimental and Demonstration Centre, which will process used nuclear fuel, has been launched, and follows an initial experimental stage.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Pre-assembly under way for Leningrad 7's inner containment
Pre-assembly under way for Leningrad 7's inner containment
Workers have begun the pre-assembly of the first tier of the internal containment building for what will be the seventh unit at the Leningrad nuclear power plant.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 24 July 2025
Design work progresses for Russian molten salt reactor
Design work progresses for Russian molten salt reactor
The first stage of design work on a prototype molten salt reactor has been completed, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has said.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 22 July 2025
'New generation' gas centrifuge to be piloted by TVEL
'New generation' gas centrifuge to be piloted by TVEL
The new gas centrifuge for separating uranium isotopes, which Russia's TVEL describes as a tenth-generation machine, is to undergo pilot industrial operation.
Uranium & Fuel · Monday, 21 July 2025
Modernisation of Zelenogorsk uranium enrichment production completed
Modernisation of Zelenogorsk uranium enrichment production completed
The six-year modernisation project at the Electrochemical Plant in Zelenogorsk involved installing new generation gas centrifuges.
Uranium & Fuel · Monday, 14 July 2025
IAEA warning after gunfire near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
IAEA warning after gunfire near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
International Atomic 抖阴传媒在线 Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has reported that the agency's experts at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant heard "hundreds of rounds of small arms fire" for about an hour on Saturday evening.
Regulation & Safety · Monday, 14 July 2025
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