Russia joins Japan in planning to make money out of Britain’s nukes
‘The British market is very attractive,’ said the group’s director of communications, Sergei Novikov…..
An agreement yesterday between the UK government and Japan ‘will open up opportunities’ for British firms to decommission the country’s nuclear sites.
Russian nuclear giant that built Chernobyl interested in erecting generators in Britain… well, they do have glowing references Daily Mail, By PETER CAMPBELL, 11 April 2012 | The Russian nuclear giant that built Chernobyl has confirmed interest in erecting generators in Britain. Kremlin-owned Rosatom is fundamentally the same group that built the Ukrainian reactors, one of which exploded in 1986. Continue reading
Electromagnetic radiation guns – Russia’s latest fiendish invention
Russia working on electromagnetic radiation guns, Herald Sun April 04, 2012 Guns will use electromagnetic radiation Rays will attack victims’ central nervous system WHILE many believed it to be an April Fool’s Day joke, Vladimir Putin has confirmed Russia has been testing mind-bending psychotronic guns that can effectively turn people into zombies.
The futuristic weapons – which attack their victims’ central nervous system – are being developed by scientists and could be used against Russia’s enemies and even its own dissidents by the end of the decade. Continue reading
60 years later, radiation from Mayak nuclear plant still taking its toll
Many people we spoke to say they are being used as human guinea pigs. They talk of a secret government experiment looking at the effects of radiation exposure on humans.
They say they have to go to a hospital in Chelyabinsk, the regional capital around 50km away, for treatment of the various radiation related illnesses they suffer.
Living in a nuclear hell, Aljazeera, By Charles Stratford in Europe , 2012-04-04 The town of Muslymovo has to be one of the saddest places on earth. The thousands of people who have little choice but to live here, on the banks of the Techa river not far from Russia’s
southern border with Kazakhstan, are the victims of a nuclear disaster that began more than six decades ago.
They are still suffering with the consequences of life next door to the Mayak nuclear plant – still dying from the radiation-related illnesses that have claimed the lives of so many before them. Continue reading
Russia pouring money into plan for nuclear powered space travel
Russia to Build Nuclear Space Engine by 2017, Space Travel, Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 02, 2012 A Russian Megawatt-class nuclear propulsion system for long-range manned spacecraft must be ready by 2017, Skolkovo Foundation’s Nuclear Cluster head Denis Kovalevich said on Wednesday. Continue reading
USA’s missile defense system a threat to Russia
Medvedev calls missile defense a threat to Russia By Will Englund, Washington Post, March 23 MOSCOW — Three days before his meeting with President Obama at a nuclear security summit in South Korea, the outgoing Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, reiterated his objections Friday to NATO’s missile defense plan, saying it would undermine nuclear parity and demanding written proof that Russia is not the ultimate target. Continue reading
1.5 tons of enriched uranium returned to Russia
Russia takes back Soviet-era uranium Voice of Russia, Mar 23, 2012 Acting on Russian-American counter-proliferation agreements, Russia has already withdrawn over
1.5 tons of enriched uranium from Soviet-built nuclear installations around the world. The amount would have been enough for making up to 100 nuclear weapons. http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_03_23/69377698/
Russia keen to make big money selling nuclear to India
Russia is keen to cash in on its nuclear know-how and has ambitious plans to triple nuclear exports to $50 billion a year by 2030.
Russia says near deal on two new Indian reactors Work on Russian-built reactors resumed after protests
* Russia hopes to sign deal for 2 more reactors soon
* India plans to build 30 reactors by 2032 By Alexei Anishchuk
VOLGINSKY, Russia, March 21 (Reuters) – Continue reading
Russia to build massive nuclear icebreaker
The company says the tender for the new icebreaker will be announced in several months, with a contract to be signed in September. Building is scheduled to start by the end of the year (a little optimistic perhaps?) and the ship ready for operations in 2018.
The project is estimated to cost $1.4 billion. Bidding is open to foreign companies as well. An earlier nuclear icebreaker, the Vaygach was built in Finland, with the nuclear systems installed in Russia.
The LK60 has a beam of 34 metres and draft of almost 11 metres. It will be able to cut through the ice to create a pathway for larger tankers. The nuclear reactor will be rated at 60MW…. http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2012/03/03/russia-to-construct-largest-nuclear-icebreaker-ever-built/
Praise from Putin for Soviet’s nuclear spies
Putin praises Cold War moles for stealing U.S. nuclear secrets By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW | Wed Feb 22, 2012 (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin praised Cold War-era scientists on Thursday for stealing U.S. nuclear secrets so that United States would not be the world’s sole atomic power, in comments reflecting his vision of Russia as a counterweight to U.S. power. Continue reading
Russia’s oil billionaires’ money finances new nuclear submarines
Putin Thanks Oil Billionaires for Rescuing Nuclear Sub Base, Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he owed a debt of gratitude to oil companies TNK and OAO Surgutneftegas for providing the cash needed to keep Russia’s seaborne nuclear forces in the Pacific afloat in 2002.
Then-President Putin asked the non-state companies to fund the Vilyuchinsk base on the Kamchatka Peninsula after the military proposed closing the facility, Putin said in an article published today in government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta.
“Now we have a modern base at Vilyuchinsk that will soon” be home to a new generation of nuclear submarines, he wrote……. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-20/putin-thanks-oil-billionaires-for-rescuing-nuclear-sub-base.html
Russia getting annoyed with delays in selling its nukes to India
Russia running out of patience as nuclear plant row intensifies, Daily Mail, By M C RAJAN 16th February 2012 Russia seems to be stuck in a catch-22 situation. The ongoing anti-nuke stir in Southern Tamil Nadu has placed the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in a limbo.
It is only now that Russia has realised that the going might get tough. Continue reading
Russian government lied over danger of nuclear submarine fire
Report: Russian sub carrying nuclear missiles during fire; govt had said none aboard , Washington Post, By Associated Press, February 13 MOSCOW — A fire at a drydocked Russian nuclear submarine in December could have sparked a radiation disaster because it was carrying nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles and other weapons, despite official
statements to the contrary, a Russian news magazine reported Monday.
The respected Kommersant Vlast said the fire aboard the Yekaterinburg could have triggered powerful explosions that would have destroyed the submarine and scattered radioactive material around a large area. When the fire erupted on Dec. 29, Russia’s Defense Ministry said all weapons had been unloaded before the submarine was moved to a drydock
for repairs at the Roslyakovo shipyard in the Murmansk region. Continue reading
Russia is privatising its State nuclear corporation Rosatom
Russia Prepares Privatization of State Nuclear Giant Rosatom, Publics BG 6 Feb 12, Russia has compiled a plan for the reorganisation of each state holding company and their subsequent entry into the market Having spent five years combining its nuclear power, engineering and research enterprises into the single entity of Rosatom, the Russian government now sees privatisation of the firm as part of a plan for industrial modernisation…
… its civil nuclear assets – for example nuclear fuel, reactor technology, supply chain, power plant operation, services and waste management – are to become a “public liability
company” with its shares “subsequently sold off….
….. Rosatom had a preliminary agreement with Siemens to partner in nuclear energy in
2009, but this faltered and in 2011 it signed with Rolls-Royce to consider possibilities “for mutually beneficial cooperation in a comprehensive series of activities in Russia, the UK and third countries.”, World Nuclear News reported. http://www.publics.bg/en/news/7037/Russia_Prepares_Privatization_of_State_Nuclear_Giant_Rosatom.html
Safety concerns about Russia’s nukes – highlighted by recent fire at nuclear institute
Fire at Moscow nuclear institute, Russia says no risk (Reuters) – Jan 29 2012 There was no risk of a radiation leak after a fire broke out at a Moscow nuclear research centre housing a non-operational 60-year-old atomic reactor on Sunday, said officials, but Greenpeace Russia expressed serious concern about the incident. Continue reading
BRICs – Brazil, Russia, China, India, all nuclear prospects looking dodgy
China is looking much less committed to nuclear power than it was a year ago.
The reality is that China needs nuclear power much less than the nuclear industry needs China.
Prospects for Nuclear Power in 2012 Source: Platts – a leading global provider of energy, metals and petrochemicals information. London, 30 January 2012 “….BRICs [Brazil, Russia, India and China] + South Korea China has dominated new nuclear plant orders in the past few years, accounting for 25 out of the 38 reactors on which construction started worldwide between 2008-2010. Six of these units were for Gen III+ designs, four AP1000s and two EPRs. Almost all the others used a design imported from France in the 1980s, which in turn had been licensed from Westinghouse in the early 1970s. This design, the CPR1000, is showing its age and there was an expectation, even before Fukushima, that the AP1000 would replace it. This would have been a huge boost to the AP1000, giving it the volume of orders that might have allowed costs to come down and for teething problems to be solved. The EPR, by contrast, appears to have no prospect of further orders in China.
However, there were signs that the strain of the rapid pace of construction was beginning to show. In 2011, no new starts were made, compared with ten in 2010. Fukusima explains this to a degree, but some might have been expected in the first three months of 2011 before disaster struck. The reason behind the slowdown is the high cost of the AP1000. The large Chinese utilities appear to be looking at other options.
There is now talk of pursuing indigenous advanced designs developed from the CPR1000 as well as Small Modular Reactors. China has always been adept at convincing nuclear suppliers that there was a great future for their particular technology in China.
It is unclear whether talk of SMRs and new advanced designs will go any further. Continue reading
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