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Fast reactor developer licensed to build

New Nuclear

21 May 2013

Russia's AKME-Engineering is now licensed to provide construction services for nuclear power plants, in preparation for the construction of a pilot heavy metal-cooled reactor.

Small fast reactor simulator commissioned

New Nuclear

27 March 2013

SVBR 48x68A training simulator for the SVBR-100 metal-cooled integral fast reactor being developed in Russia has entered operation. A pilot unit is scheduled to start up in 2017.

Russian construction milestones

New Nuclear

28 February 2013

Construction work continues at various new nuclear power plant projects in Russia, with several milestones - including the delivery of major pieces of equipment - having recently been achieved.

Putin offers help to South African nuclear industry

Corporate

28 March 2013

Putin and Zuma (Presidential Press Office)_48Russia is offering to help South Africa to develop its own nuclear industry from resource production to power plant design and manufacture, Vladimir Putin has told South African president Jacob Zuma.

Leningrad 1 decision before year end

Regulation and Safety

11 March 2013

Kiriyenko at Leningrad (Leningrad NPP)_48Rosatom head Sergei Kiriyenko praised work to develop technical solutions to enable the world's oldest RBMK reactor to continue operating during a visit to Leningrad 1. The fate of the unit will be made clear by 1 November.

Tender for pilot reprocessing facility

Waste and Recycling

19 February 2013

A tender for the construction of a fuel reprocessing demonstration plant at Zheleznogorsk for the reprocessing of used nuclear fuel has been announced by Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom.