30 September 2010 year

The Prime Minister of Bulgaria stands for construction of Belene NPP by a Russian company

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov hinted that he had applied to Russian Atomstroyexport (affiliated company of Rosatom State Corporation) with the request to construct Belene NPP at a price not exceeding ?7 bln. More

30 September 2010 year

The RF Government has approved the protocol to the intergovernmental agreement with P.R.C. on an NPP construction

The RF Government has approved the protocol to the intergovernmental Russian-Chinese agreement on cooperation in construction of a nuclear power plant in P.R.C. and granting the Russian state credit to Beijing More

30 September 2010 year

The RF Government has approved the agreement on the nuclear power plant in Turkey

The RF Government has approved the intergovernmental agreement with Turkey in construction and operation of an NPP at the Akkuyu site More

29 September 2010 year

Atomenergoproekt Saint Petersburg Research and Design Institute (AEP SPb) answered journalist questions

Yesterday, on September 28, AEP SPb OJSC engineering company held a press conference dedicated to implementation of company’s projects and social questions of especial importance. More

29 September 2010 year

Atomenergoproekt is interested in supercomputers utilization for implementation of the VVER-TOI project

JSC Atomenergoproekt is interested in inclusion of supercomputer technologies being developed by Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Russian Federal Nuclear Centre — The All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics” (RFNC-VNIIEF) in the work of the VVER-TOI project. More

28 September 2010 year

President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev: “We are proud of our nuclear power industry”

President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev: “We are proud of our nuclear power industry” More

28 September 2010 year

Mine planning and design informatization project has started up in ARMZ Uranium Holding Co.

Rosatom’s geological modeling, mine planning and design informatization project has started up in ARMZ Uranium Holding Co. More

27 September 2010 year

Atomstroyeksport and JNPC have signed a contract for the technical design of the second stage of Tianwan NPP

On September 27, in the course of the visit of Dmitry Medvedev, the President of the Russian Federation, to the People’s Republic of China a contract for the technical design of the second stage of Tianwan NPP (Lianyungang, People’s Republic of China) was signed. More

27 September 2010 year

Russia and the Peoples Republic of China will have signed the agreement for BN-800 reactors construction by the end of 2010

Russia is planning to sign the intergovernmental agreement and the first contract for construction in China of two NPP power units with BN-800 reactors More

23 September 2010 year

Rosatom State Corporation has chosen, MDS Nordion (a Canadian company) as a strategic partner for isotope products promotion in the world

On September 23, 2010 in the office of Rosatom State Corporation, located in Bolshaya Ordynka street, Izotop JSC and MDS Nordion, a Canadian company, concluded a general agreement on strategic cooperation. More

22 September 2010 year

The International Exercise will be held at Smolensk NPP

The International Complex Emergency Response Exercise (CERE) engaging several governmental agencies, more than one thousand people and about a hundred of special machine units, including planes and helicopters will be held on Wednesday and Thursday at Smolensk NPP More

22 September 2010 year

INTER RAO UES OJSC selected advisers for development of the bankable feasibility study of Baltic NPP construction project

INTER RAO UES OJSC in the course of the open international contest selected a technical and a legal adviser for development of the bankable feasibility study of the project aimed at attracting outward investments into construction of Baltic NPP. More

21 September 2010 year

The Russian Federation intends to launch an international program in the field of fast reactors

Russia offers to launch an international program of cooperation in development and research in the field of fast reactors More

21 September 2010 year

Nitrogen trifluoride production may be established on the basis of Seversk Siberian Chemical Plant

Rosatom and Rosnano State Corporations are considering a possibility to establish production of nitrogen trifluoride used in the electronic industry on the basis of JSC Siberian Chemical Plant (a part of TVEL) More

21 September 2010 year

Russia and Kuwait intend to cooperate in the field of the peaceful atom

Russia and Kuwait signed a memorandum of the two countries intent in the field of “peaceful atom” within the framework 54th General Conference of IAEA More

21 September 2010 year

The Russian Federation imported about half a ton of nuclear fuel from 12 countries

Russia imported 482 kilograms of fresh fuel from 12 countries and 894 kilograms of irradiated highly enriched fuel More

20 September 2010 year

Russia will continue to contribute to the development of innovative nuclear power engineering

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sent his greetings to participants of the 54th session of the IAEA General Conference, which will be opened on Monday in Vienna International Centre More

20 September 2010 year

Tochmash procured an additional order on gas centrifuges

According to the decision of the investment commission of TVEL Fuel Company in the IVth quarter of 2010 Tochmash VPO will supply an additional consignment of gas centrifuges to Urals Integrated Electrochemical Plant OJSC and Electrochemical Plant PO. More

20 September 2010 year

The RF and Croatia have agreed on NPP equipment joint manufacturing

On September 17 Russia and Croatia signed intergovernmental Agreements on mutual help in the field of emergency recovery and joint activity of Atomenergoprom R&D on NPP equipment manufacturing. More

17 September 2010 year

TVEL confirmed its plans for nuclear fuel plant construction in Europe

TVEL – Rosatom’s Fuel Company – confirms its plans for construction of a nuclear fuel fabrication plant in Europe. On Thursday TVEL Vice President Vasily Konstantinov told this information to journalists. More

17 September 2010 year

Till the end of the year Rosatom will approve of the updated version of a nuclear industry development strategy

Till the end of the year Rosatom will approve of the updated version of Russian nuclear industry development strategy More

16 September 2010 year

Russia had the first IAEA school-seminar on radiation control and radioecology knowledge management

On September 7–9, 2010 Russia’s first pilot IAEA school-seminar on radiation control and radioecology knowledge management was held in Gelendzhik. The seminar was organized by the IAEA, SNIIP JSC and Typhoon Research and Production Association. More

16 September 2010 year

Russia and Norway will extend their cooperation in solution of the radiation safety issues

RF President Dmitry Medvedev declared that Russia and Norway had a good prospective for cooperation in the filed of nuclear and radiation safety. More

15 September 2010 year

FAS permitted Atomredmetzoloto to increase its share in Karkhu Geology LLC up to 100%

Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) granted the petition of Atomredmetzoloto OJSC (ARMZ) on acquisition of a 49%share in the equity capital of Karkhu Geology LLC More

15 September 2010 year

Startup of the forth power unit reactor of Beloyarsk NPP is planned for the 1st quarter of 2013

Startup of the forth power unit reactor of Beloyarsk NPP in Sverdlovsk region is planned for the 1st quarter of 2013. More

15 September 2010 year

In 2011 the RF Government will devote 1.5 bln rubles to sponsor technology park of Sarov city of Nizhny Novgorod region

In 2011 the RF Government will spend 1.5 bln rubles to sponsor the technology park of Sarov city of Nizhny Novgorod region More

14 September 2010 year

OKBM Afrikantov will supply two BN-800 reactor installations to China

I.I. Africantov OKB Mechanical Engineering OJSC (OKBM, Nizhny Novgorod) is going to supply two BN-800 fast neutron reactor installations to China. More

14 September 2010 year

IAEA presented the forecast of nuclear power industry development in the world after 2030

By 2030 the aggregate installed nuclear capacity in the world will be increased up to 546–803 GW. More

13 September 2010 year

The USA have declared about the conversion of 400 tons (out of 500) of Russian uranium

More than 400 tones of Russian highly enriched uranium (HEU) have been converted into the low enriched uranium (LEU) for application at U.S. power plants. More

13 September 2010 year

Rosenergoatom Concern and the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan have signed an Agreement on cooperation

On September 10, 2010 Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC, the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan and the administration of the Agidel urban district signed a trilateral Agreement on mutual cooperation. More

09 September 2010 year

Sergey Kiriyenko: in 20 years the world demand in uranium may triple

In the nearest 15–20 years the demand in uranium at the world market may triple, Head of Rosatom State Corporation Sergey Kiriyenko said during his speech for Uranium One (U1) minority shareholders of in Canada. More

09 September 2010 year

Putin: RF NNP construction in Turkey will ensure orders for our enterprises

Agreements on NPP construction in Turkey are “a great success of Russian power engineers”, which will ensure orders for Russian enterprises. This information was announced by Prime-Minister Vladimir Putin during the meeting of the presidium of the Russian Government on Thursday. More

08 September 2010 year

Atomredmetzoloto obtained the consent of the Government of Kazakhstan to the acquisition of Uranium One

Atomredmetzoloto OJSC, a Russian holding company obtained consent of the Government of Kazakhstan to the acquisition of the controlling block of shares of Uranium One, a Canadian uranium company, Head of Rosatom State Corporation Sergey Kirienko announced to the journalists. More

07 September 2010 year

The Russians will build a nuclear power plant in Ukraine

The Interagency Competition Committee on selection of technology for establishment an enterprise producing nuclear fuel for VVER-1000 reactors in Ukraine determined TVEL OJSC (RF) the winner of the competitive tender. More

07 September 2010 year

Putin considers nuclear power industry the necessary alternative to oil and gas

Demand for gas at the world market will grow in the nearest future, and only nuclear power can be viewed as an alternative to hydrocarbons in the next decades, the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin thinks. More

06 September 2010 year

American TerraPower may become a new partner for RIAR

Last week RIAR (Research Institute of Atomic Reactors) was visited by the representatives of American TerraPower (an affiliated company of Bill Gates, Microsoft). More

03 September 2010 year

The RF will grant Vietnam with a loan for the first NPP construction

Russian guarantees to accommodate Vietnam with a loan for the country’s first nuclear power plant construction More

03 September 2010 year

Nikolay Sataev acquainted with innovations of Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau of Machine Building OJSC (Afrikantov EDBMB OJSC)

On September, 2010 Minister of Industry and Innovations of Nizny Novgorod region Nikolay Sataev visited Afrikantov EDBMB OJSC (is a part of Rosatom State Corporation). More

02 September 2010 year

The Deputy General Director of Rosatom State Corporation visited the Scientific Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (SRIAR)

On August 30 Deputy General Director of Rosatom State Corporation Evgeny Evstratov – monitor of the Mo-99 construction project, implemented at the site of the SRIAR State Scientific Centre — visited the institute More

01 September 2010 year

Chelyabinsk regional court acknowledged the claims of the “Yabloko” party about the resettlement of Muslyumovo villagers to be insufficient

By its decision of August 31, 2010, Chelyabinsk regional court agreed with Kunashaksk district court, which had previously recognized allegations of the “Yabloko” party about resettlement of Muslyumovo villagers to be denigrate and inconsistent. More

01 September 2010 year

Uranium One Inc. shareholders have approved of the asset swap deal with ARMZ Uranium Holding

During the meeting held on August 31, 2010 in Vancouver (Canada) the shareholders of Uranium One Inc, a Canadian uranium mining company, by majority vote approved of the asset swap deal with Atomredmetzoloto OJSC, due to which ARMZ Uranium Holding will consolidate on its balance at least 51% of Uranium One shares. More