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Russia-Niger MoU on nuclear energy cooperation
Russia-Niger MoU on nuclear energy cooperation
A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Russia's Rosatom and the Ministry of Energy in Niger to cooperate on using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Second stage of reprocessing centre in Zheleznogorsk launched
Second stage of reprocessing centre in Zheleznogorsk launched
The second complex of the Experimental and Demonstration Centre, which will process used nuclear fuel, has been launched, and follows an initial experimental stage.
Waste & Recycling · Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Pre-assembly under way for Leningrad 7's inner containment
Pre-assembly under way for Leningrad 7's inner containment
Workers have begun the pre-assembly of the first tier of the internal containment building for what will be the seventh unit at the Leningrad nuclear power plant.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 24 July 2025
Design work progresses for Russian molten salt reactor
Design work progresses for Russian molten salt reactor
The first stage of design work on a prototype molten salt reactor has been completed, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has said.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 22 July 2025
'New generation' gas centrifuge to be piloted by TVEL
'New generation' gas centrifuge to be piloted by TVEL
The new gas centrifuge for separating uranium isotopes, which Russia's TVEL describes as a tenth-generation machine, is to undergo pilot industrial operation.
Uranium & Fuel · Monday, 21 July 2025
Modernisation of Zelenogorsk uranium enrichment production completed
Modernisation of Zelenogorsk uranium enrichment production completed
The six-year modernisation project at the Electrochemical Plant in Zelenogorsk involved installing new generation gas centrifuges.
Uranium & Fuel · Monday, 14 July 2025
IAEA warning after gunfire near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
IAEA warning after gunfire near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has reported that the agency's experts at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant heard "hundreds of rounds of small arms fire" for about an hour on Saturday evening.
Regulation & Safety · Monday, 14 July 2025
Preparation stage begins for BN-1200M construction
Preparation stage begins for BN-1200M construction
The fast neutron BN-1200 reactor planned as Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant’s fifth unit has entered the preparation stage for construction.
New Nuclear · Friday, 11 July 2025
Supplementary agreements signed for El Dabaa project
Supplementary agreements signed for El Dabaa project
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held meetings to discuss progress on the El Dabaa nuclear power plant with Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev, before an amendment to the intergovernmental agreement between Egypt and Russia was signed.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Baltic Shipyard says robot welding to speed up construction
Baltic Shipyard says robot welding to speed up construction

Russia's Baltic Shipyard has demonstrated the use of a collaborative robot and a welding robot with machine vision, which it says will be an important part of the plant's modernisation programme.

Corporate · Thursday, 3 July 2025
Four 600 MW units planned for Kola II
Four 600 MW units planned for Kola II

Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev says that the first two new 600 MW units at the second phase of the Kola Nuclear Power Plant will be built between 2027 to 2037.

New Nuclear · Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Betatron X-Ray machine built for radioactive waste containers
Betatron X-Ray machine built for radioactive waste containers

Tomsk Polytechnic University has been commissioned by Rosatom's fuel division TVEL to create an innovative X-ray machine designed for non-destructive testing of containers with radioactive waste.

Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 2 July 2025
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