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October 10, 1997 Nikitin Case

Leni Fischer: Serious discussions on Nikitin with the Russian delegation

President of the Counsil of Europe, Leni Fischer, has held serious discussions on the developements in the Nikitin case, with…

October 10, 1997 Russian Navy

Solving the nuclear sub decommission problems

Two professors from the Academy of Military Science of Russia believe that the Navy should not be responsible for decommissioning…

October 8, 1997 Accidents and incidents, Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia

Border guards got radiation sickness in training center

Ten border guards are being treated for radiation sickness in Georgia. 15 containers with radioactive materials were disclosed near their…

October 7, 1997 Nuclear Russia

Overhaul repairs at Smolensk NPP

In the beginning of October overhaul repairs on the third reactor unit at Smolensk nuclear power plant was completed.

September 26, 1997 Nuclear Agreements

Yablokov: Suitcase nuclear bombs may have disappeared

--The statements of general A. Lebed, on disappearance of suitcases with nuclear bombs, definitively have real grounds, wrote Alexey Yablokov,…

September 23, 1997 Nikitin Case

Comments on the latest developments in the Nikitin case

Press release from Alexandr Nikitin’s lawyer Yury Shmidt, St. Petersburg Comments on the latest developments in the Nikitin case On September 9 1997 new charges were levelled once again against Nikitin. They bear no differences in their core (in other words in the part of "criminal activity" alleged to him) from the one levelled in […]

September 21, 1997 Nuclear Agreements

3.8 kilograms stolen uranium seized in Caucasus

Russian police seized 3.8 kilograms of stolen uranium in the home of a man in the North Caucasus town of…

September 19, 1997 Nuclear Agreements

Russian START-2 ratification: Argumentation falls on deaf ears

This week, the Russian Defence and Foreign ministers made an attempt to convert a Duma majority in favour of Start-2…

September 19, 1997 Nuclear Russia

Second subcritical nuclear bombtest conducted in Nevada

Second subcritical test in Nevada this year

September 19, 1997 Nuclear Russia

No nuclear test committed at Novaya Zemlya

A classified report made by the U.S. Air Force concludes that there was no nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya on…

September 19, 1997 Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia

Mayak social tension near point of explosion

Officials of the Russian nuclear weapons research center in Snezhinsk (Chelyabinsk-70) warn Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin that the center is…

September 17, 1997 Nuclear Russia

US to perform subcritical bomb test this Thursday

The second US subcritical bomb test will be conducted at the nuclear test site in Nevada Thursday this week. Russian…

September 16, 1997 Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia

Nuclear transport-truck collision in Chelyabinsk:

The collision of a transport-truck carrying radioactive materials on September 11 led to radioactive leakage, reported news agency AP. --Not…

September 16, 1997 Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia

Russia’s closed atomic cities hit by protest actions

Employees and scientists of the Russian Federal Nuclear Centre

September 12, 1997 Nuclear Agreements

Russian Minister of Defence wants rapid ratification of START-2 treaty

--It is very important to ratify the START-2 treaty and immediately go on to develop and sign START-3, said Russian…

September 12, 1997 Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Nuclear ice-breakers line up for repairs

Murmansk repair yard completed the repairs on the nuclear powered icebreaker Soviet Union last week. The Soviet Union is due…

September 11, 1997 Nuclear Russia

Emergency shut-down of reactor

Last week there was an emergency shut-down of the second reactor at Kursk nuclear power plant. The reason to the…

September 7, 1997 Nuclear Agreements

Lebed: Nuclear bombs are missing

Lebed says Nuclear bombs are missing

September 5, 1997 Nuclear Agreements

Two thirds of EU aid money spent on Western consultans

A new report from EU's Court of Auditors strongly criticize the effectiveness of EU aid to nuclear safety programs in…

September 1, 1997 Nuclear Russia

Russia to deliver nuclear power plant to India

This week Russian Minatom reached an agreement with India on construction of a nuclear power plant, reports RIA News agency.…