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Russia Produces First Poseidon Super Torpedoes – Report

Russia has produced the first set of Poseidon nuclear-capable super torpedoes, state-run news agency TASS reported on Monday, citing an unidentified source...

Bulgaria Signs Deal to End Reliance on Russian Nuclear Fuel Deliveries

Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant signed a nuclear fuel supply deal with a French firm on Friday in an effort to end its reliance on deliveries from...

military commission

Putin Oversees Launch of New Russian Submarine and Warships

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday oversaw the commissioning of several new warships and a nuclear-powered submarine as he vowed to further strengthen...

Kyrgyzstan Mulls Building Nuclear Plant With Russian Help

Kyrgyzstan announced on Wednesday that it was looking into the possibility of building its first nuclear power plant, with Russian help, to tackle frequent...

opinion Vladimir Slivyak

Europe Should Sanction Russia’s Nuclear Industry – Now

The Russian nuclear industry has once again managed to avoid inclusion in the latest round of EU sanctions – the eighth in a row to skirt this vital...

Putin Decrees Russia Takeover of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered his government to take over operations at Europe's largest nuclear power station in the Russia-annexed...

Kyiv Accuses Russia of Strike on Southern Nuclear Plant

Ukraine's nuclear energy agency Energoatom on Monday accused Moscow's troops of an attack on the country's second-largest nuclear plant in the south. The...

UN Watchdog Urges Security Zone at Ukraine Nuclear Plant

At the United Nations, Russia said it regretted that the report did not blame Ukraine for the attacks.

Russia, Ukraine Spar at UN Over Nuclear Plant Dangers

Russia called the meeting at the UN Security Council amid fears that a damaged reactor could leak radiation across the region.

playing with fire

Explainer: What’s the Risk of Disaster at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant?

Increasing military activity in the area poses dangers not only for critical infrastructure, but also nuclear waste stored at the site.

threatening the west

Ex-President Medvedev Warns of 'Possible' Incidents at EU Nuclear Facilities

“What can one say… Don’t forget that there are nuclear sites in the European Union, too,” he wrote on Telegram.

Russia, Ukraine Trade Barbs Over Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant

Ukraine dismissed a suggestion by Russia's deputy prime minister that the Zaporizhzhia power station provide electricity to Russia.

Nuclear battleground

Chernobyl Power Cut, Transmission Lost at Europe's Largest Atomic Plant — IAEA

Ukrenergo said military operations meant "there is no possibility to restore the lines" at Chernobyl and there was also no power to the site's security...

Nuclear concerns

IAEA Says Loses Contact With Chernobyl Nuclear Data Systems

The defunct plant sits inside an exclusion zone that houses decommissioned reactors as well as radioactive waste facilities.

IAEA Reports Second Ukraine Nuclear Facility Damaged

The IAEA has urged Moscow and Kyiv to agree on a plan to safeguard nuclear facilities.

nuclear realignment

Russian Forces Seize Ukraine Nuclear Plant

The power station is located in southern Ukraine on the Dnipro river and produces a fifth of Ukraine'e electricity.

NUCLEAR antARCTIC

World’s Only Nuclear-Powered Civilian Ship Gears Up for Russian Antarctic Voyage

The Sevmorput will sail to Antarctica later this year, carrying construction materials destined for the Vostok research station.

Russia's Rosatom Sees Foreign Revenues, New Products Fuelling Rapid Growth

The state nuclear company aims to triple its revenues through new projects.

Business feature

Russia’s Nuclear Power Exports Are Booming

Rosatom has been using nuclear power plants as a way of cementing ties with its fellow emerging markets.

Energy expansion

Russia Ready To Take Part in Bulgaria's Belene Nuclear Power Plant, Medvedev Says

"We have the opportunity to implement this project, no less than other countries," Medvedev says.

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