News of the nuclear industry and energy

After the refusal of the United States to purchase Russian oil, there is more and more speculation that the West may refuse to supply another type of fuel from Russia – nuclear. We are talking about uranium and special fuel assemblies for nuclear power plants. Ukraine has already announced its rejection of them. But what will happen if these plans are implemented? Nothing good for the West.

Russia's special operation to protect the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics will certainly take its place in the world history of military art. The editorial board of IVi plans to publish materials related to the current events and reflecting the views and opinions of foreign military experts about them. In this publication, we offer readers an article by Dr. Jacob STOYLE, an employee of the Institute of Modern War (Modern War Institute ) at West Point (USA), "Seven strategic lessons from the first days of the war in Ukraine" (Seven strategic lesson from the firsr days oft he war in Ukraine ).

Bloomberg News Agency in the article published on March 8, 2022 by Chris Strohm, Anthony Capaccio "U.S. Spies See Grim Global Outlook With Russia, China Top Foes" ("The global outlook is presented to American intelligence in a gloomy light with the main enemies in the person of Russia and China"), which, as follows from the annual assessment According to the threat published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, China is creating one of the greatest nuclear forces in history, while Russia will use every opportunity to counteract the United States and its allies.

The American Conservative (USA): Are hawks or doves in a bad mood?

Russia was able to create a strategic weapon that in many ways surpasses the American arsenal, writes TAC. How did the US come to this? - the author of the article is perplexed. He calls the fact of lagging behind Russia and China a "catastrophic failure" of the country's leadership, which thoughtlessly spends money on foreign adventures and neglects the "true sources" of America's national power.

A high-ranking US state official, Victoria Nuland, acknowledged the existence of secret biological laboratories in Ukraine. Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry published information about the development of biological weapons components by Kiev, and also found traces of the hasty elimination of dangerous biological samples after the start of the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Why did the Pentagon conduct biological research in Ukraine and why are they dangerous for Russia?

Below is a speech by the head of the radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, on March 7, as presented by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Experts explained why Russian nuclear weapons caused concern among US intelligence

Russia is expanding and improving its nuclear arsenal and increasing the capabilities of strategic and non-strategic weapons, which is the "main danger" for Washington. This is stated in the published report of the office of the Director of National Intelligence of the United States, Evril Haines. "Newspaper.Ru" analyzed the document.

Experts named the reason why Washington refused to test Minuteman III missiles

The United States was supposed to test-launch the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), but postponed it to show that they were not increasing the readiness of their nuclear forces. "Newspaper.Ru" was looking into why the United States took such a step and whether it could be called friendly towards Russia.

The institutes are still cautiously optimistic, but no one knows what will happen in two or three months, a year. So far, their directors have been instructed to conduct an audit of the existing capacity, pointing out weaknesses. Since there is no combined data on all Russian institutes, the MK correspondent himself called a number of leading scientific organizations.

The Russian authorities have decided to provide additional funding for research in the field of nuclear energy applications. The Russian government allocates 5 billion rubles for developments in the field of thermonuclear energy and plasma technologies.

The Sarmat missile system has a number of characteristics not previously seen in any intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Ukrainian specialists were working in the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to produce a "dirty" bomb and to release plutonium, an informed source in one of the competent departments of the Russian Federation told Interfax.

Kiev wanted to accuse the Russian Federation of creating a radiation source of destruction at the NPP, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Thursday.

"This is Russia's propaganda game": an expert on the intimidation of the Third World War (Gazeta, Poland)

Moscow warns the West: "Do not interfere in the affairs in Ukraine," writes Gazeta. Putin's order to put the nuclear deterrent forces on alert is designed to provoke an emotional reaction. There is no threat of a nuclear conflict, Moscow is just playing its game.

iDnes (Czech Republic): the situation is worse than during the Caribbean crisis, says an expert in the field of disarmament

The iDnes publication quotes the opinion of nuclear weapons development specialist Peter Sukha about Putin's order to bring the Russian nuclear deterrent forces into full readiness. This is a way of putting pressure on the United States, the EU and NATO, the expert believes, and he assesses the current situation as very dangerous — worse than during the Caribbean crisis.

Gazeta Polska (Poland): Poland needs a nuclear shield

Poland needs its own nuclear weapons, writes Gazeta Polska. Only it will give the country a "security guarantee". Warsaw needs to start with participation in the European program for the joint use of nuclear weapons, the author of the article believes. This will bring her closer to owning her own, in which she is very interested, because otherwise the decision on the scale of the response to "aggression" remains in the hands of the United States.

US President Joe Biden assured that the residents of the country should not worry about the threat of nuclear war.

Swiss Airline plans to start using synthetic jet fuel created with the help of concentrated solar energy for the first time in the world. It creates exactly as much carbon dioxide as it takes to produce it. This is reported by the manufacturer of solar fuel Synhelion.

At the end of last week, Western experts on radiation safety were seriously alarmed – the automated control system at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant issued online data on a sharp increase in the radiation background. It is still much higher than the average for these observation points, although it is in a safe range. The culprits of the incident were found instantly, but it was necessary to tinker with determining the cause.

Iran believes that efforts to resume the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program can be crowned with success if the United States makes a political decision to meet the remaining demands of Tehran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Majid Khatibzadeh said.