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Publish date: May 6, 2005
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“In case Rosenergoatom becomes a joint-stock company, on one hand, the state control will be fully provided, on the other hand, some property and products will be transferred into the property of the joint-stock company, and here the investments are possible” Rumyantsev said.
The head of the Rosatom complained, the lack of the proper financing does not allow to build more than two reactor units at the same time in Russia. “Without investments our potential in construction of the nuclear power plants in Russia is less than the potential of the construction of the nuclear power plants abroad” added Rumyantsev.
Throughout the past year, our mission at the Bellona Environmental Transparency Center has focused on two key, but intertwined issues—nuclear and radiation safety as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, and the worldwide influence of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, which itself is actively involved in the war and has participated in the occupation of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
At the beginning of the year, reports in the German and Russian press suggested an approximate 70% increase in uranium imports from Russia to Germany in 2024. But does this reflect broader European trends? It does not. Overall, imports of uranium and nuclear fuel from Russia to Western countries actually dropped sharply in 2024. Unlike the situation in Germany, this is already an established trend.
A Lingen, Germany plant could begin producing nuclear fuel in cooperation with a subsidiary of Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, which is directly involved in the war in Ukraine and occupying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
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