The first of two RITM-200 reactors has been brought to a minimum controlled power level on the Yakutia nuclear icebreaker.
"Any targeting of employees of nuclear power plants would constitute a blatant violation of this pillar fundamental for overall nuclear safety and security,” International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Raphael Mariano Grossi has said.
A ceremony has been held to mark the start of work on installing the core catcher for unit 3 of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant which is being built in Egypt.
The inner containment building for unit 2 of Egypt's El Dabaa nuclear power plant has begun to take shape, with work also under way on the reactor vessel for the fourth unit.
The third 18-month cycle of operation of accident tolerant fuel has begun at Rostov nuclear power plant unit 2, Rosatom has announced.
The construction project for Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant has hit a fresh landmark with dummy fuel assemblies being loaded into unit 1 of the Rooppur nuclear power plant.
The signature of a protocol by UzAtom's Directorate for Construction of a Nuclear Power Plant and JSC Atomstroyexport - the engineering division of Russia's Rosatom - means work can begin at the site of Uzbekistan's first nuclear power plant.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has said the country should consider whether to bring in some restrictions on exports of raw materials such as uranium, titanium and nickel, in response to sanctions limiting imports of certain goods.
Rosatom has said that its work to resolve nuclear legacy issues in Russia's Far East has been successful, including the dismantling of dozens of decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines.
A draft plan including as many as 34 new nuclear power units in Russia by 2042 has been published for public consultation - they are a mix of large and small reactors, and include replacement of existing units as well as new locations.
