Nuclear Russia

Russia currently operates 10 nuclear power plants with a total of 31 reactors producing 143 TWh of power that cover some 15 percent of the country’s electricity needs (about 3 percent in the energy balance). Half of the country’s reactors are considered high-risk by international experts. Eight of Russia’s 10 nuclear power plants are in the European part of Russia, East of the Ural. Two others are east of the Urals―one in Far Eastern Siberia. Typically, Russian nuclear power plants run either VVER type reactors (15) or graphite moderated RBMK reactors (11) of the fatally-flawed Chernobyl-type. Other reactor types include the EPR-6, and the BN-60 fast neutron reactor. Civilian nuclear power plants in Russia are owned and operated by the state-owned Rosenergoatom company. Of special concern are the RBMK’s that are still in service, and those reactors that receive extensions of their engineered life span―a dangerous, and often illegally performed, process to squeeze more time out of reactors that should be decommissioned.

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[ 14.05.2008 ]
Bush submits US-Russian civilian nuclear pact to Congress – Congress unimpressed
Despite warnings from lawmakers that the United States’ recently signed civilian nuclear pact with Russia will face stiff opposition at their hands, President George Bush nonetheless submitted the deal Tuesday for Congressional review.
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[ 13.05.2008 ]
Atomstroiexport prez appointed Energy Minister by PM Putin, showing Russia means nuclear business
Former President Vladimir Putin In one of his first acts as Russia’s new prime minister – a job that he is expected to turn into the country’s true seat of power - appointed as his new energy minister Sergei Shmatko, head of the state run worldwide nuclear reactor building firm Atomstroiexport.
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[ 12.05.2008 ]
Putin’s swan song before leaving office: turning Russia into a nuclear outhouse
MOSCOW - In the hours preceding what was hailed as yet another “democratic transfer of power” by the western media, as Vladimir Putin handed the reins of power to his hand picked successor Dmitry Medvedev, an agreement for civilian nuclear cooperation was signed in the shadow of the pomp of the new president’s inauguration and the nuclear missiles to be comically and anachronistically paraded across Red Square on Victory Day.
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[ 02.05.2008 ]
Contractor slapped on wrist for bilking millions out of Ozersk with phony building permits

MOSCOW - The court of the closed nuclear city of Ozersk issued a guilty verdict against a contractor used phony building contracts to completed several projects for the city - and was sentenced to pay less than one percent of the amount he bilked out of the city’s coffers as punishment.

[ 24.04.2008 ]
Russia’s state nuclear power plant operator hit with mutli-million dollar back tax claim

MOSCOW - Russia's state-controlled nuclear operator Rosenergoatom was hit with a back tax claim for 1.7 billion rubles ($70 million), the Russian business daily Kommersant reported this week.

[ 19.03.2008 ]
IAEA wraps up 10-day nuclear emergency response test in NW Russia

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conducted a review of Russia's emergency response plan for a radiation incident in a region that is home to aging nuclear submarines, United Press International reported.

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