Russia has agreed to provide $500 million to finance the initial stages of Bangladesh's first nuclear power project. Preparatory work could begin at the Rooppur site in 2014.

AtomRedMetZoloto (ARMZ) is set to acquire Uranium One in its entirety in a deal that values the Canadian-based uranium producer at around C$2.8 billion ($2.84 billion).

Nuclear steam turbines based on Alstom's Arabelle design are to be manufactured at Volgodonsk, Alstom-Atomenergomash has announced.

The Russian nuclear safety regulator has agreed to extend the operating licence of Smolensk 1 by ten years, enabling nuclear generation to continue until a replacement plant is built.

Construction of a nuclear-powered deep-sea research submarine has started in Russia. The sub will also be used in search and rescue operations.

Russia will legally be able to supply uranium as well as conversion and enrichment services to the United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) first nuclear power plant under a newly signed cooperation agreement.

Russian utility Rosenergoatom has signed a new contract with the Baltiysky Zavod shipyard for the completion of the first floating nuclear power plant. It is now scheduled for commissioning in 2016.

Russian leaders have affirmed the strategic and economic importance of nuclear technology to the country, announcing that spending will rise and a major development program will be accelerated.

The first consignment of natural uranium from Australia has arrived in Russia five years after the two nations signed a bilateral agreement enabling such trade to take place.

CORRECTED: Alexey Grigoriev, general director of Russian uranium enrichment company Techsnabexport (Tenex) since 2007, has stepped down to pursue another post within the nuclear power industry. The move comes as plans are announced to incorporate Tenex into Rosatom's international business unit.

An experimental lead-cooled nuclear reactor will be built at the Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC). If successful, the small BREST-300 unit could be the first of a new wave of Russian fast reactors.