News of the nuclear industry and energy

On November 22, 2022, in St. Petersburg, the Baltic Shipyard JSC (as part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC - USC) held the ceremony of raising the National Flag on the third built universal nuclear icebreaker of project 22220 (LK-60YA) "Ural" (construction number 05708) and launching the fourth nuclear icebreaker under construction project 22220 "Yakutia" (construction number 05709). The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin took part in both ceremonies in a videoconference format.

The lull that has been established since September at the Zaporozhye NPP was interrupted by dozens of new "arrivals" from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Rosatom stated that this led to the risk of a nuclear accident at the Zaporozhye NPP. Why has Kiev resumed shelling of the NPP and is trying to provoke a nuclear incident, will the creation of a safety zone at the plant help change the situation and under what conditions it may appear?

The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) sees the need to contract the construction of four more icebreakers to work on the Northern Sea Route, USC head Alexey Rakhmanov told reporters on Tuesday.

Despite the fact that the current energy crisis in the EU is still in full swing, Western media are already predicting a new one for Europe.

Russia has sent the first Internet satellite "Skif-D" into orbit as part of the federal project "Sphere". This event can be considered an important achievement in the practical use of outer space.

The power units and one of the special corps of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant came under fire from the VFU

Armed formations of Ukraine on November 19 and 20 actively shelled the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP. Ammunition exploded near the power units of the station, and one of them hit the roof of the special corps No. 2, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on November 20.

Baijiahao: Washington's defense will not stop the Russian "Borey" strike

Russia has found a way to keep America from reckless actions, writes user Baijiahao. The secret is the new submarines of the Borey project. They are able to lie low and strike an unexpected blow anywhere in the world. These "authentic sea gods" really scare the USA, the author believes.

In particular, the President of Russia is very familiar with the structure of the station itself, Rafael Grossi noted

Russian President Vladimir Putin knows perfectly well all the details of what is happening at the Zaporozhye NPP (ZAES). This was announced by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi in an interview with CBS, broadcast on Sunday.

Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Karakayev reported on the successful tests of the Sarmat complex

The Sarmat complex, an intercontinental ballistic missile that can carry a nuclear charge of 8 megatons for 18 thousand kilometers, has successfully passed flight tests. This means that he is actually ready to be sent to the troops and combat duty. "Newspaper.Ru" recalls the panic caused by the Western media against the background of the launches of the latest Russian missile.

What is the goal of the collective West in the confrontation between Kiev and Moscow

The Armed Forces of Ukraine will not be able to dislodge Russian troops from Ukraine in the near future - this opinion was expressed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, on November 16 after a meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine, which is better known as the "Ramstein format". Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok explains why the American commander made such conclusions.

Vladimir Putin will take part in the CSTO summit in Yerevan next week, where, among other things, the improvement of the Organization's crisis response system will be discussed. The reforms of the CSTO are overdue: the work of the Organization has recently been criticized by both politicians and experts. What should be done to make the CSTO a full-fledged alternative to NATO, and what difficulties may arise during the reform of the Organization?

The heads of the CIA and SVR have not found a better place to meet than Turkey

Sergei Naryshkin, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), and William Burns, head of the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), spoke face-to-face. To do this, they urgently needed the help of aviation – both flew on their planes to hospitable Ankara. The conversation of the scouts was not announced in advance, all confirmations and comments were received after its completion.

The Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, the European Union, Iran, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as Chinese and Russian diplomats. Lausanne, April 2, 2015

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that another regiment of Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) The Orenburg Region is being equipped with a new Avangard complex.

When about a month ago representatives of the Russian authorities at various levels, including at the UN, began to raise the topic that Kiev was going to stage a provocation with radioactive contamination (using a "dirty bomb"), at first these warnings were met with hostility in the West. But thanks to Moscow's political insistence and by direct order from Washington, the IAEA sent a group of inspectors to Ukraine, who spent several days checking at three nuclear facilities.

Severstal has started shipping the first bimetallic sheets for the construction of the outer skin of the bow of the hull of the main linear nuclear icebreaker Rossiya (project 10510 LK-120 I, cipher "Leader"). The ice protection of the nuclear icebreaker, the so-called ice belt of the vessel, will be made of bimetal. This is the reinforced lower part of the hull, which directly resists the ice.

Deputy Foreign Minister Vershinin said that Moscow is discussing with the IAEA a security zone around the NPP

It is necessary to agree on the creation of a security zone around the Zaporozhye NPP as soon as possible, Moscow is in contact with the IAEA on this issue, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The signing of the acceptance certificate will take place on November 29

The second serial nuclear icebreaker of Project 22220 Ural, which is being built at the Baltic Plant by order of FSUE Atomflot, will be available to the enterprise at the end of November. This was announced on Wednesday by Leonid Irlitsa, Acting Director General of Atomflot, during the strategic session "Implementation of infrastructure projects of the NSR under sanctions pressure", which is taking place in Murmansk.

The idea to ban the supply of nuclear fuel from Russia, along with a ban on coal, oil and petroleum products, led to the formation of two camps in the EU. Poland and Germany strongly support, and Hungary and France are against. At the same time, the United States, which also depends on Russian nuclear fuel, does not raise this topic at all. Why is Europe running ahead of the locomotive and what does it threaten?

The magazine of the Russian Defense Ministry "Military Thought" reports that the Pentagon is developing fundamentally new weapons that will allow attacking strategic enemy targets with impunity. They will bet on non-nuclear forces. About the conclusions of analysts — in the material of RIA Novosti.