Russia expects to reprocess all of its 'damaged' used nuclear fuel - at Mayak Production Association in Ozersk - by 2030, and to open the second stage of its centralized dry storage facility - at the Mining and Chemical Combine in ZheleznogorskÌý- by 2016.Ìý
NIKIMT-Atomstroy said yesterdayÌýthat it hadÌýpoured first concrete for a multi-functional radiochemical research centre at the Research Institute of Atomic ReactorsÌýin Dimitrovgrad.
Russia has announced two new milestones in its ‘Proryv’, or Breakthrough, project to enable a closed nuclear fuel cycle. The ultimate aim is to eliminate production of radioactive waste from nuclear power generation.Ìý
OMZ subsidiary Izhorskiye Zavody has carried out pressure tests on the VVER-1000 reactor pressure vessel intended for unit 4 ofÌýRussia's Rostov nuclear power plant.
The first plant system components were delivered yesterday to the ITER construction site in Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France.Ìý
Russia has announced two new milestones in its ‘Proryv’, or Breakthrough, project to enable a closed nuclear fuel cycle. The ultimate aim is to eliminate production of radioactive waste from nuclear power generation.Ìý
NIKIMT-Atomstroy said yesterdayÌýthat it hadÌýpoured first concrete for a multi-functional radiochemical research centre at the Research Institute of Atomic ReactorsÌýin Dimitrovgrad.
South Africa and Russia have signed an intergovernmental agreement on strategic partnership and cooperation in the nuclear industry.
The Priargunsky Industrial Mining and Chemical UnionÌýhas completed a scheduled upgrade of its sulfuric acid plant, increasing its capacity by 25%.
The exhaust header structureÌý- the first component of the passive heat removal system - has been installed on the dome of the first reactor building at the Novovoronezh II nuclear power plant. First criticality at unit 1Ìýis schedule for the end of this year.
OMZ subsidiary Izhorskiye Zavody has carried out pressure tests on the VVER-1000 reactor pressure vessel intended for unit 4 ofÌýRussia's Rostov nuclear power plant.
The first plant system components were delivered yesterday to the ITER construction site in Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France.Ìý