INSAG stands by the general conclusions of INSAG-1 about the accident’s causes and their implications for the safety of the Chernobyl type light water cooled graphite moderated RBMK reactors. However, ...

The design documentation and materials from engineering surveys has been approved to begin work on the construction and ...

The second unit of the Leningrad NPP with the RBMK reactor is being prepared for decommissioning. The removal of nuclear fuel from the power unit has been completed. All fuel assemblies (fuel ...

It explains nuclear fission, focusing on Uranium-235 and how reactors maintain a controlled chain reaction using control rods ...

US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Lithuania's interim Minister of Energy Dainius Kreivys have signed an ...

Rosenergoatom says it will seek permission from regulator Rostekhnadzor in 2025 for the production of medical isotopes at the ...

Making matters worse, the two units in operation use the same so-called RBMK technology that melted down during the notorious 1986 accident in Chernobyl. Unlike modern nuclear reactors ...