A nuclear waste dump in the Russia Arctic may be in danger of exploding because of corrosion caused by salt water in enormous storage tanks, the Norwegian environmental group Bellona warned Friday.
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June 1, 2007Russia wants to update Slovakia’s nuclear infrastructure as Moscow looks to increase its involvement in European energy projects beyond oil and gas, DPA news agency reported on Saturday, May 4.
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May 4, 2007On April 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill to set up a state-owned nuclear power holding that will control the country’s civilian nuclear energy industry.
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April 28, 2007Russian nuclear contractor Atomstroyexport cannot complete the work on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant by the end of 2007, Igor Ivanov, secretary of Russia’s Security Council said on Tuesday, April 17. Ivanov sited cash crunch and technical problems as reasons for the delay.
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April 18, 2007On Sunday, April 15, Russia began construction of its first floating nuclear power plant. The country plans to build at least six more despite long-standing environmental concerns that they are vulnerable to accidents at sea.
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April 16, 2007Moscow is displeased with Iranian air defense exercises near a Russian-built nuclear plant, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
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April 12, 2007According to Russia’s nuclear power plant construction company Atomstroyexport, a group of Russian experts will visit the construction site of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant to ensure progress in talks aimed at breaking a stalemate over project financing.
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April 9, 2007The first floating nuclear power plant in Russia will be commissioned in 2010, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said at a Monday meeting of the government chaired by President Vladimir Putin.
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Iran has resumed paying for construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant but has still to catch up after recent shortfalls, the AFP news agency reported quoting an official statement by Russia’s atomic energy agency.
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March 27, 2007A Russian uranium enrichment plant may be a part of a $150 million nuclear fuel bank, partially funded by Warren Buffett and promoted by the United Nations to discourage development of atomic weapons, a UN official said on Wednesday, March 21.
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