Tag Archives: Rosatom

COLUMN-Russia building nuclear reactors – and influence – around the globe via Reuters

Posted on 2015/05/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Hannah Thoburn is a Eurasia analyst at the Foreign Policy Initiative. She tweets on Russia and Ukraine at @HannahThoburn.The opinions expressed here are her own.) By Hannah Thoburn (Reuters) – Russia has been notoriously brazen in using state-owned companies as … Continue reading →

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Russia, Myanmar reaffirm nuclear cooperation via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2015/03/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Russia and Myanmar have agreed to cooperate in nuclear energy, Rosatom said today, during the first of a two-day working visit to the Southeast Asian country by its deputy director general Nikolay Spassky. During his visit, Spassky met Myanmar vice … Continue reading →

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Signatures on nuclear power plant environmental impact report forged via Today’s Zaman

Posted on 2015/01/12 by norma field

A report in the BirGün daily on Monday maintained that the engineers responsible for preparing the Akkuyu plant resigned from their posts six months before the reports were due to be turned in, prompting suspicion that the assessments had been … Continue reading →

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Rosatom set to build Jordan’s first nuclear power plant via PennEnergy

Posted on 2014/12/30 by norma field

Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation is set to build Jordan’s first nuclear power station, according to a release from the Russian government. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved a draft agreement for the construction and maintenance of the new … Continue reading →

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Rosatom: Rostov NPP shutdown unrelated to equipment of its units Source via Russia Beyond the Headlines

Posted on 2014/11/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The shutdown of two units of the Rostov nuclear power plant is not related to the units’ equipment, a source in State Corporation Rosatom told Interfax. “The units were disconnected for reasons beyond their equipment, due to maintenance of the … Continue reading →

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Finnish government conditionally approves nuclear plant, Greens quit via Reuters

Posted on 2014/09/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – The Finnish government has decided to conditionally back an updated application from Finnish-Russian group Fennovoima to build a nuclear reactor in the north of the country, prompting the Greens to quit the administration. The permit for the 1,200 … Continue reading →

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Greens’ Niinistö calls for gov’t to reconsider Rosatom for nuclear plant via uutiset

Posted on 2014/08/15 by norma field

Green Environment Minister Ville Niinistö said he believes that giving the Russian nuclear plant builder Rosatom a permit to construct a new nuclear power facility in Finland would be strange, given that the rest of the European Union is working … Continue reading →

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Turkey’s first nuke plant ‘facing further delays’ via Daily News

Posted on 2014/02/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Turkish authorities’ request for review of a key environmental report will likely cause further delay of construction of the first nuclear plant in the country, that will be built by Russian Rosatom Turkey’s first nuclear power plant has hit further … Continue reading →

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Russia to have 28 new n-plants by 2030 via daijiworld.com

Posted on 2014/01/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Moscow, Jan 28 (IANS): Russia aims to build 28 new nuclear power units with high safety standards before 2030. Disclosing this, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin Monday told university students at a meeting here that “in Russia’s energy mix, the share … Continue reading →

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Finland: Nuclear power plant to use Russian via Eye on the Arctic

Posted on 2014/01/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A nuclear power plant slated to be built on Finland’s west coast would source its fuel from Russia, the contractor says. The value of a 10-year deal to fuel the planned Fennovoima plant would be 450 million euros, according to … Continue reading →

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