November 27, 1997 Nikitin Case Nikitin goes to Moscow tonight This evening, Aleksandr Nikitin leaves St. Petersburg for Moscow. Thus, the FSB finally gave up on this demand that he remain in St. […]
November 24, 1997 Russian Navy Reprocessing costs USD 100 billion –Reprocessing of all spent nuclear fuel accumulated in Russia is going to cost at least USD 100 billion, says Vladimir Goman, head of […]
November 24, 1997 Accidents and incidents Norway grants USD 7 million to Chernobyl sarcophagus Norway grants USD 7 million to the fund construction of a new sarcophagus over the destroyed third reactor at Chernobyl. This was disclosed […]
November 19, 1997 Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics Current Status, November 1997: Nuclear power plants in Ukraine Russia and Ukraine will set up a new joint venture to supply Ukraine’s nuclear power plants with Russian fuel. Ukraine’s 14 […]
November 19, 1997 Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet New icebreaker may become nuclear power plant The new nuclear powered icebreaker
November 18, 1997 Russian Navy Fourth Alfa class sub scrapped The fourth Alfa class nuclear powered submarine was decommissioned at Severodvinsk in early November.
November 17, 1997 Nuclear Russia Problems with Leningrad nuclear power plant reactor One of the four RMBK reactors at Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant has been operating at half its capacity since Thursday, November 13. The […]
November 17, 1997 Nikitin Case FSB reprimanded on missing documents In a ruling of November 6, the Russian Prosecutor General gives full credit to the views of Aleksandr Nikitin and his lawyer, regarding the […]
November 15, 1997 Nuclear Russia GAN fears design faults The construction of a new BN-800 nuclear reactor at Beloyarsk may be financed through western capital through Russian sales of enriched […]
November 15, 1997 Nikitin Case Chief Nikitin investigator dismissed The head of the FSB team investigating the Nikitin case, Boris Utkin, was dismissed from this position last week. The rest of the […]
November 12, 1997 Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia No contract signed during Yeltsin visit The expected general contract between China and Russia on delivery of a Russian nuclear power plant to China was not signed during Yeltsins […]
November 12, 1997 Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia Solving “all enviroproblems” in St. Petersburg The Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute in St. Petersburg suggests placement of 70 small-scale nuclear reactors under the ground outside […]
November 10, 1997 Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Hungary to deliver more nuclear waste to Russia Hungary and Russia have signed a new agreement on delivery of spent nuclear fuel from the Hungarian nuclear power plant Paks for storage in […]
November 9, 1997 Russian Navy Planning to block Trans-Siberian railway again The labour union at the Far East naval shipyard Zvezda has decided to go on strike on November 14, blocking the Trans-Siberian railroad […]
November 9, 1997 Russian Navy “We will arrange another Chernobyl” –You will get the second Chernobyl here in the North. More frightening than the first one. Do remember, we have nuclear-powered subs […]
November 9, 1997 Russian Navy Peter the Great remains in the Northern Fleet Peter the Great will remain in the Northern Fleet, stated Admiral Igor Kasatonov, first deputy of the Russian Navy Commander, during his […]
November 8, 1997 Nuclear Russia Prolonged Kola NPP life-time Kola Nuclear Power Plant engineers are working on a program to prolong the life-time of its two oldest reactors, reports Murmansk daily […]
November 6, 1997 Russian Navy Military installations outlawed Turning down a request by the military Nuclear Inspection agency, the Russian Ministry of Justice earlier this autumn effectively outlawed […]
October 31, 1997 Russian Navy No progress on the Uriy Dolgoruky Construction of a forth generation nuclear powered strategic submarine of Borey class, the Uriy Dolgoruky, has received no funding this […]
October 30, 1997 Russian Navy Russian PM astonished –Victor Chernomyrdin was astonished by the fact that there are nuclear safety issues pending on the Kola Peninsula, said Governor of […]
