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 Russia’s closed atomic cities hit by protest actions Employees and scientists of the Russian Federal Nuclear Centre
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 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 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 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.…
August 29, 1997 Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, Russian Navy Naval tanker rusting in Severodvinsk pending dock repairs The Naval tanker TNT-25 (Vala class) used for collection and transportation of liquid radwaste has been idling at Zvezdochka yard…
August 29, 1997 Nuclear Russia Minatom confirms on-going program on subcritical nuclear explosions Russia may have performed a nuclear test on August 16, reported The Washington Times on August 28. Both the Russian…
August 28, 1997 Russian Navy “Tomsk” arrived at the Kola Peninsula On August 25, brand new Oscar-II class nuclear-powered submarine "Tomsk" arrived at one of the bases on the Kola Peninsula.…
August 27, 1997 Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Pacific nuclear waste project goes one further With backing from Russian Minatom, upstart company US Fuel & Security has filed a request with the US government to…
August 26, 1997 Nuclear Russia Sosnovy Bor plans gain substance Plans to create a combined nuclear power plant and showcase for the new generation of VVER-640 reactors in the city…
August 21, 1997 Accidents and incidents, Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia Radioactive discharges hushed up for a month Accidental discharges of radioactivity at Dimitrovgrad Research Institute near river Volga on July 25-26 was hushed up for a month,…
August 20, 1997 Russian Navy Shkotovo majority says ‘nay’ On August 17 an overwhelming majority of the population in the Shkotovo region in the Far East of Russia voted…
August 15, 1997 Russian Navy Major strike due by mid September The labour union leaders of the 9 military-industrial complex plants in the Far East of Russia, among them Zvezda and…
August 13, 1997 Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia No further nuclear barter trade between Russia and Ukraine This year the nuclear barter trade is coming to an end between Russia and Ukraine, reports Russian daily Izvestiya. Upto…
August 13, 1997 Accidents and incidents, Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia Strontium power-source lost at sea On August 12, an MI-8 helicopter lost a radioactive power-source for an automatic meteorological station located on cape Maria near…
August 11, 1997 Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia Muslyumovo settlement to be evacuated On August 7 the Chelyabinsk county administration signed a decree on re-settlement of village Muslyumovo and adjacent areas downriver of…