Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will on Monday visit the Kalininskaya Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in the central Russian Tver Region north of Moscow to attend the launch of the plant’s fourth power unit, the government press service reported. The Kalininskaya NPP is one of the largest energy producing facilities in central Russia. It provides [...]
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December 12, 2011
December 12, 2011
Russia launches fourth unit at Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant
UDOMLYA (Tver region), December 12 (RIA Novosti) – Unit 4 of the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant in central Russia went online on Monday in the presence of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The unit with a total capacity of 1,000 MW will be operated at half capacity for the time being. Its construction began in 2007 [...]
December 10, 2011
Wild monkeys to measure Fukushima radiation
Scientists in Japan are struggling to assess the consequences of the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster amid continuing concerns over high levels of radiation. Now help is at hand in the form of the area’s wild monkey population. Radiation levels in the woods near the Fukushima nuclear power plant in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster [...]
December 8, 2011
Russia’s Medvedev Discusses Trade, Missile Shield With Czech Leaders
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has met with Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus to discuss issues ranging from the economic situation in the European Union and eurozone to NATO’s missile-defense plans. Medvedev gave his support to Russian company Atomstroieksport’s plans to bid for a 20 billion-euro ($28 billion) contract to build two more reactors for the Czech [...]
December 8, 2011
Russian President To Talk Trade In Prague
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has arrived in Prague for a two-day visit to the Czech Republic. Economic cooperation, including a bid by the Rosatom-led Russian-Czech consortium to build two new reactors at the Temelin nuclear power plant, are expected to be high on the agenda. It will be Medvedev’s second official visit to the Czech [...]
December 3, 2011
Main news of December 2
WORLD * Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation and the Baltiisky Zavod shipyard signed a 2.5 billion ruble ($80 million) contract on Friday to build hulls for the third and fourth French Mistral-class warships for the Russian Navy * Russian specialists have started construction works on the Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant in Vietnam, a spokesman for [...]
November 25, 2011
Russia Says It Is Cutting Price Minsk Pays For Gas
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Moscow is slashing the price Minsk has to pay for gas to less than half the average paid by other European states. Speaking ahead of a meeting with visiting Belarus President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Putin said in televised remarks that the price cut was “a substantial rebate. It will help [...]
November 12, 2011
First glimpse into Fukushima graveyard (VIDEO)
Japan has opened the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to journalists for the first time since the disaster of last March. RT has obtained a video of the inside of the crippled complex. On Saturday, representatives of the Japanese and international media – more than 30 reporters, photographers and cameramen – were taken on a [...]
November 5, 2011
November 2, 2011
Not gone fission: new fears at Fukushima
The radioactive gas Xenon has been detected at Fukushima Dai-Ichi, meaning that out-of-control nuclear fission might be still going on in the remnants of the active zone of reactor two. The officials of the nuclear power plant have ordered to pump in boric acid as a precaution measure to stop the possible fission. The Tokyo [...]
October 26, 2011
Bangladesh signs up for Russian nuke tech made to fit
Russia and Bangladesh could sign an intergovernmental agreement on Bangladesh’s first nuclear power plant (NPP) by the end of the year. Bangladesh will fund all research work at the $1.5 billion site, with construction expected to be completed by 2018, according to Alexander Glukhov, Atomstroyexport president, the Russian foreign NPP construction agency, who was speaking [...]
October 7, 2011
Activist Sues Belarusian President Over Nuclear Power Plant
ASTRAVETS, Belarus — An antinuclear activist in western Belarus is suing President Alyaksandr Lukashenka over plans to build a contentious nuclear power station there, RFE/RL’s Belarus Service reports. Mikalay Ulasevich, who helps coordinate the “A Nuclear Power Station in Astravets Is A Crime” campaign, told journalists on October 7 that he has submitted his lawsuit [...]
September 20, 2011
Iran calls for cooperation with Russia in energy
Iranian-Russian energy relations should be cooperative, not competitive, Iran’s Supreme National Council head said on Monday. “One of the main issues of Iranian-Russian bilateral relations is the energy potential,” Saeed Jalili said at a press conference at Moscow State University of International Relations. “The approach should be cooperative rather than competitive,” he continued. “If Russia [...]
September 15, 2011
America’s infrastructure is evaporating
America is literally falling apart. From natural disasters, to massive power blackouts, to bridge collapses, US infrastructure has shown that it is not up to standards. American investment in infrastructure is not keeping up with the rest of the world and could prove to be an economy killer. A massive power outage that affected millions [...]