December 19, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Floating nuclear plant’s rectors to fire up in Murmansk Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has dispelled the cloud of mystery it had created about where and when, exactly, it…
December 14, 2017 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia’s Mayak issues partial admission to radioactive ruthenium leak A senior official at the Mayak Chemical Combine has taken a small step toward admitting that a radioactive isotope discovered…
December 13, 2017 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Atomflot floats possibility of building yet more newline icebreakers Atomflot, Russia’s nuclear icebreaker port, is reportedly in talks with government ministries in an effort to secure two more multibillion…
December 12, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Donors pledge more funding to remove broken nuclear fuel at Andreyeva Bay Donor nations backing the cleanup of Andreyeva Bay, one of Russia’s most deviling Cold War legacy projects, have agreed to…
December 11, 2017 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Moscow issues suspiciously repetitive denials about radioactive leak Moscow has again insisted that a spike in the radioactive isotope ruthenium 106 detected over Europe as well as by…