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Publish date: August 30, 2004
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The construction of the second nuclear strategic submarine of the 4th generation, project 955, Alexander Nevsky passed an important stage the Sevmash plant workers finished the hull of the new submarine. It is expected that in the current century Borey class submarines would become the foundation of the Russian navy together with project 971 nuclear multipurpose submarines.
Following Kazakhstan’s country-wide vote in favor of building a nuclear power plant earlier this month, Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has begun a courtship of officialdom in Astana, the country’s capital, in apparent hopes of landing a contract to construct it.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Kazakhstan voted in a referendum last weekend on whether to build its first nuclear power plant, and an exit poll showed voters backed the idea promoted by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's cabinet in an effort to phase out coal plants.
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