News of the nuclear industry and energy

The construction of a special-purpose nuclear submarine Belgorod is at the final stage, said the General director of the Sevmash plant (Severodvinsk) Mikhail Budnichenko.

Russia will face a powerful response if it places nuclear missiles near American territory, said US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

Russia is gradually disabling the nuclear submarines of project 971 "Pike-B". On January 17, the Izvestia newspaper reported that the Bratsk submarine was declared unfit for repair and will be written off, and the Samara submarine of the same type will still "fight for life."

Iran should take into account that the time frame for reaching an agreement to return to compliance with the provisions of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program is limited, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on NPR radio.

Military expert Konstantin Sivkov on the air of "Solovyov live" called three components of deterrence of the threat emanating from the West.

They patented a device for modeling mixed radiation fields on high-energy heavy ion beams

Employees of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) have developed and patented a device that will allow simulating on earth all the conditions of a complex radiation field inside a spacecraft created by particles of Galactic cosmic radiation. The press service of the Institute writes about this.

The dynamics of the supply of new models of communication equipment to the troops allowed the Strategic Missile Forces to fully switch to modern digital information transmission technologies.

The next round of talks on strategic stability between Russia and the United States will be held in Geneva on January 9 and 10. As part of the dialogue, the parties intend to discuss the draft agreement on security guarantees submitted by Moscow in December 2021.

Fulfilling Moscow's demands for the withdrawal of US nuclear forces from Europe is "problematic"

The United States hopes that the upcoming meetings next week with Russian representatives on security guarantees, within the framework of the Russia-NATO Council, as well as with the OSCE will be productive, a representative of the US State Department told reporters.

The United States is aiming for a quick return together with Tehran to compliance with the obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear deal, as there is less and less time for this, White House press Secretary Jen Psaki said.

The restoration of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program is better for Israel than the absence of an agreement, the Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday, citing the head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate, Major General Aaron Khaliv.

China will continue to modernize its nuclear weapons in accordance with security needs

Beijing believes that Russia and the United States, as the owners of the largest nuclear arsenals, should reduce them, Western media reported on Tuesday.

The statement of the five nuclear powers - China, Russia, Britain, the United States, France - on their commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will help replace the rivalry of the great powers with their cooperation, Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said on Monday.

France wants to make a positive contribution to the tenth conference on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and confirm the priority of this treaty, the Elysee Palace said on Monday.

Moscow expects that the joint statement of the leaders of the five nuclear-armed countries will contribute to reducing international tensions, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

Five nuclear powers - China, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, France - have issued a statement of commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and mutual non-targeting of missiles.

The Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) have completely switched to digital information transmission technologies, according to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The "Thunder" exercises of the three strategic nuclear forces of Russia will be held in early 2022

Strategic command and staff exercises "Thunder" with the participation of all three components of the strategic nuclear forces (SNF) of Russia will be held in early 2022. A source close to the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS about this.

Baijiahao analysts said that the range of the Russian Sarmat missile scares the United States

Russia's newest intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat" has a frightening feature for the United States — a firing range of up to 18 thousand kilometers. This was stated by analysts of the Chinese publication Baijiahao, reports "PolitRussia".

The American media have identified five "deadliest" types of Russian weapons.

According to the publication 19Fortyfive, we are talking, in particular, about an unmanned underwater vehicle with a nuclear power plant "Poseidon". The publication describes it as a nuclear torpedo the size of a bus and with a huge range.