... attacked by environmentalists. Plans to transfer thousands of tons of spent nuclear fuel from Chernobyl-type nuclear reactors to a new storage facility in Siberia in the coming weeks have been attacked by environmentalists. State nuclear monopoly Rosatom announced completion of a new dry-storage facility at the Zheleznogorsk Mining and Chemical Factory, in the Krasnoyarsk region, in December. A train carrying 80 tons of spent fuel for the depot is expected to depart the Leningrad nuclear power...

Rosatom will begin preparatory work for construction of the Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant-2 this year, the Smolensk plant said in a statement citing Rosatom chief Sergei Kiriyenko, Interfax reported Monday. "We will begin preparatory work for building...

A top manager of Rosatom's uranium producing subsidiary Atomredmetzoloto, or ARMZ, lost his job and its president was reprimanded for an overly extravagant New Year's party. A top manager of Rosatom’s uranium-producing subsidiary Atomredmetzoloto, or...

... pushes a business that Siemens abandoned last year as Germany exits atomic energy. Alstom will provide turbine equipment, and its order is part of a contract valued at more than 35 billion rubles ($1.2 billion) awarded to a venture 51 percent owned by Rosatom's Atomenergomash and 49 percent by Alstom, according to a statement Thursday. Alstom's partnership with Rosatom contrasts with Siemens' announcement four months ago that it would abandon a planned return to the nuclear power industry and drop...

Bulgaria's Customs Service has presented LUKoil Neftokhim Burgas with protocols confirming the oil refinery's storage operations have been brought in line with the law on excise duties and the storage taxation regime, Interfax reported Tuesday. (MT) Rosatom made an offer to build, own and operate four nuclear power plants in Jordan, Al-Ghad newspaper said. (Bloomberg) The United Arab Emirates may invest "billions of dollars" in Russia, focusing on mining, agriculture, pharmaceuticals and...

... above the institute, which is encircled by a wall, and an acrid smell filled the air. Some 30 emergency vehicles, including fire trucks and ambulances, stood inside and outside the main gate, witnesses said. Sergei Novikov, spokesman for nuclear agency Rosatom, said there were no open flames, only smoke that came from an area housing power cables and could not affect any nuclear materials at the institute. "This case poses no threat to fissile materials," said Novikov, adding that firefighters...