Rosatom to build small-scale land-based nuclear plant in northern Yakutia by 2028
Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said Thursday that it has reached another milestone in its plans to build a small-scale
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Floating nuclear power plant near destination in Russian eastern Arctic
Final preparations in Pevek, the remote Arctic town that will host the floating nuclear installation. The Akademik Lomonosov on the
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Floating nuclear power plant leaves Murmansk for Russia’s eastern Arctic
Tugs start towing floating nuclear power plant across the Northern Sea Route from Murmansk to Chukotka in what is just
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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant gathers worldwide attention as it prepares to be towed in Arctic waters
Russia’s controversial nuclear barge is ready to travel through the Arctic seas — and observers across the globe are watching.
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Floating nuclear power plant will be key to Northern Sea Route, Russia’s Rosatom says
The Akademik Lomonosov has been officially handed over to the Russian state nuclear power company. The construction and testing of
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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant gets 10-year operating license, new paint job
The Akademik Lomonosov will be towed from Murmansk to Pevek, in Russia’s eastern Arctic, in August when the sea ice
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Arctic Russia: Floating nuclear plant’s reactors tested at full capacity
Akademik Lomonosov will be towed from Murmansk to Russia’s Arctic port of Pevek this summer and connected to the grid
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Finnish nuclear safety investigator suspected of conflict of interest
The Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) has suspended a detective suspected of official misconduct. He was detained on Monday and
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Finnish gov grants operating license to third Olkiluoto nuclear reactor
Finland’s government has granted a long-awaited operating permit for a third reactor at a plant with two other existing reactors in the
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Nuclear watchdog greenlights Olkiluoto 3 reactor in western Finland
The Finnish Nuclear Safety Authority (Stuk) announced on Monday that the government may issue an operating permit for the Olkiluoto
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Higher demand drove Finland’s electricity prices up in 2018
Last summer’s hot arid weather dried up hydroelectric power generation in the Nordic region, causing wholesale prices to spike by
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Nuclear power plant in northern Finland delayed four years to 2028
A controversial nuclear power plant to be located in Pyhäjoki in northern Ostrobothnia on Finland’s northwest coast will take four
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Floating nuclear power plant bringing economic revival to Arctic Russian town
One of Russia’s remotest spots is seeing hectic construction of new housing, parks and local infrastructure. The town located on
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Russia: Northernmost mine to be powered by nuclear reactors
Rosatom considers to take use of small-scale nuclear reactors for the projected Pavlovsky mine in Novaya Zemlya. The proposal was
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Preparing the ground for Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant
In early October, regional authorities together with nuclear power company Rosatom officially plugged the first pile to become part of
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