31 March 2011 year

Yogesh Joshi, research scholar at Center for International Politics, Organisation and Disarmament in the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi:

 — Fukushima was not only a tragedy for the people of Japan but was also a very unfortunate event for nuclear energy. More

30 March 2011 year

Marcel Viёtor, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies, Program Officer for Energy and Climate:

 — As a consequence of Fukushima, some countries such as Germany might abandon nuclear energy more quickly than they intended pre-Fukushima. More

30 March 2011 year

Pavel Alekseyev, Director of Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems Department in Institute of Nuclear Reactors RRC KI:

 — A fast neutron reactor may have a large variety of safety advantages More

30 March 2011 year

Alexei Gromov, Deputy General Director for Research of Institute of Energy Strategy:

 — The program of long-term development of the nuclear power industry won’t be scaled down after Fukushima More

30 March 2011 year

Vladimir Asmolov, First Deputy General Director of Rosenergoatom Concern:

 — There is no worst case situation at Fukushima – 1 NPP More

30 March 2011 year

Sergey Panchenko, Higher Senior Officer of IBRAE of the Russian Academy of Sciences:

 — Excess like this does not mean immediate threat to human health. More

28 March 2011 year

Andrey Klimov, Deputy Chairman of State Duma Council on International Affairs:

 — The conclusion of Russian-American contract on lowly enriched uranium supply is a remarkable event for today. More

25 March 2011 year

Igor Linge, Deputy Director of IBRAE RAN (Nuclear Power Safe Development Problems Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences):

 — It is not necessary to calculate risks, because the radiation doses will be very small More

25 March 2011 year

Sergey Baranovsky, Russian Green Cross President, Russian Ecological Congress Chairman, Doctor of Engineering Science, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Natural Sciences:

 — Сertainly, this estimation is groundless, as far as it is unclear what it is based on. More

25 March 2011 year

Dmitry Baranov, Leading Expert of Finam Management MC:

 — Rosatom’s maximum procurement openness confirms Rosatom’s reputation as one of the most transparent state-owned companies in the country More

25 March 2011 year

Nikolay Podlevskikh, Head of Analytical Department of Zurich Capital Management IC:

 — Requirements for NPP seismic resistance shall be by one order greater than potential hazards More

25 March 2011 year

Oleg Abelev, Head of Analytical Department of RIKOM-TRAST IC:

 — It is unlikely that the situation will change radically in respect of power generation distribution More

25 March 2011 year

Rafael Arutyunyan, First Deputy Director of IBRAE RAN (Nuclear Power Safe Development Problems Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences), Rosatom control headquarters member on monitoring the situation in Japan:

 — As for Russian antinuclear activists statements about 120 thousand cases of cancerous diseases because of the Fukushima accident, it is a pure nonsense More

25 March 2011 year

Leonid Ilyin, Emeritus President of Federal Medical Center of Biophysical of A.I. Burnazyan (FMBC), First Deputy General Director of FMBC, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences academician, M.D., PhD:

 — This is a speculation, because they could count the total quantity of released radioactive material up to date More

25 March 2011 year

Rafael Arutyunyan, First Deputy Director of IBRAE RAN (Nuclear Power Safe Development Problems Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences), Rosatom control headquarters member on monitoring the situation in Japan:

 — I was not surprised by detection of above-level iodine and cesium content in water, milk and vegetables in Japan More

24 March 2011 year

Igor Osipyants, Director of the Technical Radiation Crisis Centre of IBRAE of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Candidate of Medical and Physical Sciences:

 — There is no health hazard to the people in the situation with triple excess of the background More

24 March 2011 year

Igor Osipyants, Director of the Technical Radiation Crisis Centre of IBRAE of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Candidate of Medical and Physical Sciences:

 — One shouldn’t make the radiation a scarecrow, there is always a natural radiation background, it is like just a noise More

24 March 2011 year

Sergey Panchenko, Higher Senior Officer of IBRAE of the Russian Academy of Sciences:

 — To understand whether milk from the Japanese prefecture is really unhealthy, it is necessary to find out how much the dose standard is exceeded in this situation More

24 March 2011 year

Igor Osipyants, Director of the Technical Radiation Crisis Centre of IBRAE of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Candidate of Medical and Physical Sciences:

 — The figures should be at least hundred times higher to start worrying More

23 March 2011 year

Ravil Bakin, Chief of Laboratory for the systems of support of decision-making in emergencies (IBRAE RAN):

 — It is much more excessive desire to play safe and much more subjective approach for the fear of risk, that radiation is a very serious matter More

23 March 2011 year

Alexander Ignatyuk, Chief of analytical department of the CJSC «IK «Energokapital «:

 — The Japanese tragedy has forced us to look at the development of the atomic engineering market in a new way More

23 March 2011 year

Stephan Meister, Expert of Council of Germany on Foreign Policy:

 — There will be no cardinal changes in the policy relating to atomic engineering More

23 March 2011 year

Sergey Kondratyev, Chief of Sector of Economic Department of the Fund “Institute of power engineering and finance”:

 — The countries of the Asian Pacific Region will remain the key market of atomic engineering in the next decade More

23 March 2011 year

Alexander Ignatyuk, Chief of analytical department of the CJSC «IK «Energokapital «:

 — Revision of Rosatom position concerning transaction with Mantra Resources Limited is the outcome of the market conditions More

21 March 2011 year

Nandakumar Janardhanan, Energy Policy Researcher, Climate Change Group, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies:

 — But I am not convinced of the argument if the entire second generation will be replaced by 3rd and 4th because of this incident More

18 March 2011 year

Jere Jenkins, Director of Radiation Laboratory, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University:

 — The 3d generation plants are much safer, as they have many safety features. More

17 March 2011 year

Leonid Bolshov, Director of the Institute of Nuclear Branch Safety Development Problems (IBRAE) RAS, RAS Associate Member, D.Sc. Professor:

 — There are serious questions concerning TERCO NPP operator’s work More

16 March 2011 year

Alexander Shutikov, Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC Deputy General Director, Director on NPP Production and Operation, Member of Rosatom Operation Headquarters:

 — Had the Japanese NPPs the same modern systems of active and passive safety, like our Russian plants do, the events would have developed differently. More

16 March 2011 year

Anatoly Molchanov, Engineering Director of SPbAEP OJSC:

 — The protection from various external influences was provided in Belarus NPP project. More

15 March 2011 year

Atanas Tasev, Professor, Energy Expert of Bulgarian Nuclear Forum Non-Governmental Organization (Bulatom):

 — The current situation seems to lead to shutdown of the power units with the reactors of first generation and their further replacement with the reactors of the third generation More

13 March 2011 year

Evgeny Burlakov, Director of the Institution of Nuclear Reactors SRC Kurchatov Institute Design Works and Nuclear Reactors Department:

 — Today it is necessary to minimize the human factor at NPPs More

13 March 2011 year

Ruben Topchiyan, Atomenergoproekt OJSC Deputy General Director – Engineering Director:

 — Today there is one world tendency – NPPs safety system improvement More

13 March 2011 year

Vladimir Kuznetsov, the Ecologic Centre of the Institute of History of Science and Technology RAS chief research scientist, Doctor of Engineering, Rosatom State Corporation Public Council member:

 — It is necessary to change the old capacities, the reactors of the first generations, quickly More

13 March 2011 year

Alexander Lokshin, Rosatom State Corporation Deputy General Director, Head of Operational Headquarters:

 — Fukushima NPP power unit No. 3 is prepared for the situation comparable to that of power unit No. 1 More

12 March 2011 year

Alexander Borovoy, Head of Chernobyl problems laboratory of Kurchatov Institute RRC:

 — The most important thing that the Japanese population won’t be affected much More

12 March 2011 year

Dmitry Shkitelev, Chief Engineer of NIAEP OJSC:

 — In Russia the earthquake impact level is taken into account in the projects of all NPPs under construction More

11 March 2011 year

Igor Igoshin, State Duma Committee on Science and Science Technologies Deputy Chairman:

 — The powerful supercomputer start-up in Sarov RFNC ARRIEP is a great success of Russian scientists. More

04 March 2011 year

Sergey Evropin, Director of NIKIET OJSC structural integrity department, Cand. Sc.:

 — NPP operation period may last more than 100 years More

03 March 2011 year

Dmitry Kumanovsky, head of LMS (Lenmontazhstroy) Investment Company CJSC analytic department:

 — Successful performance of works at Busher NPP is very important for Russia. More

02 March 2011 year

Igor Linge, IBRAE RAS Deputy Director:

 — This equipment had been supplied to the site before Russia got involved into the project, but that does not abolish compliance with safety measures. More

02 March 2011 year

Dmitry Baranov, Leading Expert of Finam Management MC:

 — If the defect at the NPP had been detected too late the Iranian party would have suffered heavily More

02 March 2011 year

Valentin Mezhevich, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Natural Monopolies:

 — In case with Bushehr NPP there is no point in dramatizing the situation and being in a hurry More

01 March 2011 year

Alexander Ignatyuk, head of Energokapital CJSC IK analytic department:

 — Even maintenance of the existing rates of economic development will be very expensive for Bangladesh More