
Russia’s Chernobyl-style reactors to keep operating until the end of the decade
Recent announcements by Russian nuclear officials that they will extend the runtimes of several Chernobyl-style RBMK nuclear reactors shed light on t...
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Publish date: September 12, 1997
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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According to the minister, the nuclear potential of Russia will decrease anyway in the years to come, to the extent that Russia in the near future will possess no more than 2000 nuclear strategic warheads.
START-2 was signed by Yeltsin and Clinton in 1993. The US congress ratified the treaty in 1996, while the Russian Duma with its communistic majority, has been hampering the ratification so far. In accordance with the START-2 treaty, Russian strategic forces should possess 3250 nuclear warheads by year 2003.
Recent announcements by Russian nuclear officials that they will extend the runtimes of several Chernobyl-style RBMK nuclear reactors shed light on t...
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