The Mining and Chemical Combine (Zheleznogorsk)
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14.07.2008
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Work grinds to a halt at enormous spent nuclear fuel facility in Siberia as funding dries up
ST. PETERSBURG – A gargantuan project by Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom to build a dry storage facility for spent nuclear fuel at the Zheleznogorsk Mining and Chemical combine near Krasnoyarsk, Central Siberia, has been ceased.
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17.03.2003
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Russia and America OK Deal to Shut Down Plutonium Reactors
In an apparent landmark achievement in cooperative threat reduction efforts between Russia and the United States, Moscow and Washington penned an agreement last week to shut down Russia's three remaining weapons grade plutonium producing nuclear reactors, sources in both governments say.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen
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12.02.2003
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Russian PM Kasyanov OKs Plutonium Reactors Shut Down By 2006
The cabinet of Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved plans to halt weapons grade plutonium production at its three remaining weapons-grade plutonium producing reactors within the next three years as part of a threat reduction effort with the United States Department of Energy, or DOE, said a Kremlin statement earlier this week.
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24.11.2005
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Spent nuclear fuel from Bulgaria arrived at Zheleznogorsk
On November 9, 48 tons of spent nuclear fuel from Bulgarian Kozloduy nuclear power plant arrived at Mining Chemical Combine in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region.
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23.11.2005
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Underground nuclear power plant back on-line in Siberia
Electricity generation for Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region, is transfered back from the boiler houses of the Mining and Chemical Combine to the underground nuclear power plant.
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30.09.2005
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Finland prepares to fund dismantling of Russian plutonium reactor
Finland prepares to participate in the funding of the closing of the plutonium reactor of a nuclear power plant in Zheleznogorsk, Russia
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