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26.07.10

13:24 NEI: Criticality for China’s first fast reactor
On 21 July 2010, the China Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR) achieved first criticality. The country’s first fast reactor to start operation, CEFR could be key to China’s ambitious nuclear plans, which would see up to 250GW of installed capacity by 2050, predominantly from FBRs.

30.06.10

12:59 WNN: Russian nuclear site fully decommissioned
The site of a plant for the production of ceramic powders of low concentration uranium dioxide has become the first nuclear facility in Russia to be returned to a greenfield site.

09:25 Bloomberg: UAE, Russia Plan to Sign Nuclear Energy Deal
The United Arab Emirates and Russia plan to sign “in the near future” an agreement to work together on nuclear energy, Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said Monday.

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World’s first floating power unit launched

Nuclear industry is ready to kick-start production of floating nuclear heat and power plants (FNHPP) in a number of modifications with reactors of 10 to 300 MW.

Interview

Vadim Zhivov: “We can be faced by a deficit of uranium”

Just several years ago only a few knew about JSC Atomredmetzoloto. Now, this is one of SC Rosatom’s constituents; the holding which is the world’s second in uranium resources and which unites assets on three continents.

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22.03.10 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the nuclear power industry at the Volgodonsk nuclear plant
Vladimir Putin's opening address: Let's get down to business. Our task is to analyse the situation in the nuclear power industry, one of the critical sectors of the national economy, with a focus on power plant construction.

ATOMEXPO-2010

16.07.10 Speech of SC Rosatom’s Director General Sergey Kiriyenko at ATOMEXPO 2010
Speech of SC Rosatom’s Director General Sergey Kiriyenko at ATOMEXPO 2010.

18.06.10 ATOMEXPO 2010: Selected Presentations in English
Selected presentations from plenary and round-table sessions.