
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...
News
Publish date: April 18, 2007
News
Talks on a nuclear cooperation agreement were started in March, during a visit of Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov to Japan. Kirienko said that the two countries have been holding intense talks and the agreement will be signed this year.
“We will set all the terms, sign the agreement and will hopefully implement it by the end of the year,” said Kirienko in remarks reported by RIA Novosti. According to him, the Japanese companies are ready to start cooperation as soon as the agreement is signed.
Kirienko said that this cooperation would help Russia to raise its presence on the Japanese market and its percentage of low-enriched uranium for NPPs from currently 12 percent to 25 to 30 percent. Furthermore, the countries would also cooperate in the fields of nuclear fuel conversion, NPP machine building and technology for nuclear sites.
“We would also like to set up shared companies for constructing NPP equipment for nuclear sites in Russia, but on Russian territory,” said Kirienko, the agency reported.
He further said that Russia would try to attract Japanese investment for financing geological research activities at Russian uranium deposits.
In Japan, Kirienko held meetings with the executives of Toshiba Corporation, Ishikawajima-Harima Industries, Japan Steel Works, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and a number of Japanese ministers, reported the Russian news agency “RIA Novosti”.
Recent announcements by Russian nuclear officials that they will extend the runtimes of several Chernobyl-style RBMK nuclear reactors shed light on t...
Europe’s only multi-source, injection-ready CO₂ storage site will more than triple its capacity by 2028. The decision follows an agreement with Stockholm Exergi to transport and store up to 800 – 900 kilotonnes of CO₂ per year. “This decision is years in the making, and the culmination of decades of hard work from many, Bellona included” says Bellona Europa Director Jonas Helseth.
Days after the Trump administration floated the idea of assuming control of Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as part of the nascent pea...
During a call between President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and US President Donald Trump, the US leader reportedly floated an unusual idea—that Ky...