News of the nuclear industry and energy

NASA and the Idaho National Laboratory on Friday, November 19, announced a collection of ideas for the construction of a nuclear power plant on the Moon, which could become an energy source independent of the Sun for a permanent habitable station, the Associated Press reports.

The circular probable deviation of the B61 family bombs of previous generations, which had a parachute system, was 400 meters, Konstantin Sivkov, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences (RARAN) for information Policy, Doctor of Military Sciences, told Zvezda.

The United States is ready to consider alternative ways to solve the Iranian nuclear problem if the diplomatic path does not work. This was announced on November 20 by Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin during the Manama Dialogue international conference on regional security in Bahrain.

Washington still wants to resolve Iran's nuclear issue through dialogue, but if Tehran does not demonstrate seriousness of intentions, the United States will study all ways to ensure its security, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said at the Manama Security Dialogue.

The implementation of the measures planned for 2021 to rearm the Strategic Missile Forces group (RVSN) has allowed to increase the share of modern strategic missile systems and increase the group's capabilities to perform nuclear deterrence tasks, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

The initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin on reciprocal moratoriums on the deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles (INF) has become even more relevant in the current conditions. This was announced on Friday, November 19, by Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko.

In Russia, a mobile multipurpose robotic complex of the MRK-RKHBZ defense forces is being developed as part of two ground-based robotic vehicles and two UAVs based on Orlan-10 with sets of replaceable attachments.

The Russian S-550 missile defense system probably works on the principle of kinetic interception of targets, which will eliminate the formation of "nuclear ash" over the heads of Russian residents when intercepting enemy missiles, for example, the United States. This is what TASS military columnist Dmitry Litovkin writes about.

Researchers from Lancaster University have developed a new version of Wi-Fi data transmission technology, where the radioactive isotope californium-252 is used as a signal source. It generates radiation in the form of fast neutrons, which can be sent from the transmitter to the receiver instead of radio waves. Scientists managed to influence this radiation by encoding and transmitting useful information with its help.

The Deputy chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General John Hyten, spoke about the tests of a hypersonic missile in China. In an interview with CBS, he noted the accuracy of the Chinese missile, Interfax reports.

The indignation on the part of the United States about the tests of the anti-satellite system by Russia is quite cynical, since they themselves shot down their satellite back in 2008, and then the Pentagon itself did not respond to objections from the Russian Federation and China. This was told by military historian Boris Yulin on Wednesday, November 17.

On November 16, the first serial nuclear icebreaker of the project 22220 "Siberia" left the completed embankment of the Baltic Plant (part of the USC) and headed for the Gulf of Finland, where the program of factory sea trials will begin.

In the coming years, the units of the RCB protection troops will receive the latest model of special equipment – the RCB reconnaissance vehicle RHM-9 based on the Typhoon-K car.

The new Russian universal nuclear icebreaker Siberia went on sea trials in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, the press service of the Baltic Plant reported.

The parties called the lifting of US sanctions a priority goal of the talks in Vienna

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bakeri-Kani on Monday held a virtual meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Ryabkov and Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister, the parties discussed negotiations on the restoration of the JCPOA on the nuclear deal, Bloomberg reports. "Iran, Russia and China have discussed nuclear talks," the agency informs.

Among them is the RCB reconnaissance vehicle RHM-9 based on the Typhoon-K car, said the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov

The promising radiation, chemical and biological (RHB) reconnaissance vehicle RHM-9 will enter service with the Russian army in the coming years. This was announced in an interview with the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda" by the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.

Taking into account deliveries in 2021, the share of modern samples will be 75.6%

The share of modern samples of military equipment in the radiation, chemical, biological protection (RCBZ) troops will amount to 75.6% this year. In the near future, military units will receive more than 200 units of special equipment, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The units of radiation, chemical and biological protection of the Rosgvardiya will adopt a new armored vehicle, which in an automated mode will measure environmental indicators without people entering the infected atmosphere, Sergei Bogdanov, head of the Rosgvardiya RCBZ department, told RIA Novosti in an interview.

The most dangerous Russian unmanned vehicle will be the Poseidon autonomous underwater nuclear torpedo, which will be put into service in 2027. The scenario of armageddon, which Russia is preparing for the United States, reveals the American edition of 19FortyFive.

The Soviet strategic cruise missile "Meteorite" was a powerful and unusual weapon of the Cold War, ultimately "doomed to failure," reports The Drive.