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Rosatom has received permission to deploy the first low-power ground-based nuclear power plant in the Arctic
It will be the first of its kind in the modern history of Russia and will return the country to the number of leaders in the field of low-power nuclear power plants
Today, Rosenergoatom Concern JSC (the Electric Power Division of Rosatom State Corporation) has received a license from the Federal Service for Environmental Technological and Nuclear Supervision to locate a low-power Yakut nuclear Power plant in Ust-Yansky Ulus of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
The investigation into the explosions in the Baltic: the Scandinavians will not name the "non-Russian" culprits
Bloomberg: Swedish and Danish "detectives" are not going to report who blew up the pipelines
The Danish and Swedish military investigated the explosions on the "Nord Streams" and talked to Bloomberg. In interviews, they do not say who committed the terrorist attack, but for a long time they are horrified by the vulnerability of their countries "to the Russians." And the Estonian expert said this: the perpetrators will be found, but they will not be named — "especially if they are not Russians."
An online discussion of modern directions of targeted personnel training was held at UEC-Klimov
The online studio of the annual conference "Efficient Production 4.0" was held in the interactive museum of the history of aircraft engines of the St. Petersburg enterprise ODK-Klimov (part of the United Engine Corporation Rostec). One of the sections was devoted to cooperation between enterprises and educational institutions in the field of personnel training for industry.
The desire to harm Russia caused an "atomic split" in the European Union
Germany finally abandoned nuclear energy – and immediately, immediately after the closure of its own nuclear power plants, spoke in favor of sanctions against the Russian nuclear industry. Several nuclear reactors of Russian projects are operating in Europe, and "atomic" sanctions threaten a number of countries with problems with electricity. For Russia, the consequences of these possible restrictions will be quite different.
Americans don't like Russian tankers
But a war against merchant ships will cost the United States much more than Russia
The Bloomberg news agency published an article by Admiral James Stavridis, the former commander of NATO forces in Europe, attacking the "shadow fleet" transporting Russian oil.
The Germans have changed their mind about abandoning the peaceful atom
In a few days, the last operating nuclear power plants in Germany will close. A whole era in the country is ending. However, unexpectedly two-thirds of Germans were against it. Because they realized on their wallets that the more energy sources, the safer. However, further German politicians have even more dangerous plans in the energy sector.
The new US bill is aimed at accelerating the deployment of new nuclear technologies and diversifying fuel supplies
The Law on Accelerating the Deployment of Universal Advanced Nuclear Technologies (ADVANCE) of 2023, submitted to the US Senate by a bipartisan group, is aimed at supporting efforts to develop and implement, including diversification of supplies and technologies.
The US is "muddying the waters" in the story of the "North Streams" to hide the facts
NYT: The West is confusing the tracks around the sabotage on the joint venture, so as not to name the obvious culprit
The US authorities are using new theories of a terrorist attack on the Nord Stream and Nord Stream - 2 pipelines in order to hide the facts and divert suspicion from themselves, the New York Times writes. The author refers to high-ranking European investigators who believe that society should not know more about the sabotage.
Belgian research reactor tests fuel from low-enriched uranium
Three fuel assemblies with low enriched uranium (LEU) have been successfully tested at the Belgian research reactor BR2. The Belgian Center for Nuclear Research (SCK-CEN) plans to completely switch the reactor from using highly enriched uranium (HEU) in 2026.
Fuel-free electric generation will become the basis of the energy of the 21st century
Global changes in the world, concerning both politics and lifestyle, are today largely associated with the introduction of new technologies and innovations in various fields of science and technology. Most likely in 10-15 years the world will live in completely different conditions. Many professions will disappear due to the introduction of artificial intelligence and scientific achievements.
Who blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Four versions are named
The Times: another attempt to divert the investigation from the true customers of the terrorist attack
The diversion on the "Northern Streams" turns into one of the greatest geopolitical detectives of the XXI century. Fragments of evidence have given rise to many theories, each of which seems even more strange than the previous one, writes The Times.
Putin considered the UN response to Russia's request to undermine the "northern streams" as Moscow's refusal to participate in the investigation
Russia, after requests to the UN related to the discovery of a beacon at the junction of the Nord Stream pipes, received a response that this item was not dangerous, and Moscow was again denied participation in the investigation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
An American journalist linked the US decision on diversions on the "Northern Streams" with the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front
US President Joe Biden decided to organize sabotage on the Nord Stream and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines due to the deterioration of the situation of Ukrainian troops at the front. This was stated by American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh in an interview with CGTN.
That's who benefits from the version about the undermining of the "Northern Streams" by Ukrainians
Spectator: The West benefits from the involvement of Ukrainian saboteurs in the undermining of the "Northern Streams"
The version about the undermining of the "Northern Streams" by Ukrainian saboteurs is beneficial to the West, writes Spectator. According to the author of the article, it is pointless to wait for information from the official authorities, and independent investigations like Seymour Hersh's publications deserve the most trust.
Retired general believes that MQ-9 could conduct reconnaissance of the Turkish Stream
Major General Lipovoy: the MQ-9 that fell in the Black Sea could conduct reconnaissance of the Turkish Stream
The American MQ-9 Reaper drone that fell in the Black Sea flew over the part of the Black Sea where the Turkish Stream gas pipeline runs, which indirectly indicates possible plans of the States to carry out sabotage on it, according to the chairman of the presidium of the All-Russian organization "Officers of Russia" Hero of Russia Major General Sergei Lipovoy.
The undermining of the "Northern Streams" turned into a terrible political defeat for the United States
AT: the undermining of the "Northern Streams" led to a stunning defeat of the United States in the Middle East
China inflicted a stunning defeat on the United States when it was able to convince Saudi Arabia and Iran to resume diplomatic relations, writes American Thinker. One of the factors of Beijing's triumph was the undermining of the "Northern Streams", which demonstrated Washington's perfidy to Riyadh.
The US Congress knew about the planned explosions on the "Northern Streams"
Intercept: all versions of the explosions on the "Nord Streams" do not exclude Biden's intervention
The assumption that the sabotage on the "Northern Streams" was organized by a "pro-Ukrainian group" resembles an attempt to disguise the narrative with a sensation, Intercept writes. However, according to the author, none of the versions excludes the main thesis: it was the United States that planned and approved the explosions on gas pipelines.
"Pro-Ukrainian group", or How Americans play Cossacks - Opinions of TASS
Denis Dubrovin — about the sabotage on the "Northern Streams" and the information wars around them
The version in The New York Times and Die Zeit about the "pro-Ukrainian group" behind the sabotage on the "Northern Streams" looks like an almost textbook example of a media campaign to control damage.
The Russian astronaut told about the American submarine saboteur
The US Navy has the Jimmy Carter nuclear submarine of the Seawolf project, which is specially built to perform sabotage tasks. Vladimir Ashik, a Russian hydraulic astronaut, tells about this in a column for Izvestia dedicated to the undermining of the Nord Streams gas pipelines.
Footprints on the bottom
Gidronaut Vladimir Ashik — about what deep-water systems could be used to undermine the "Northern Streams"
Today, only a lazy person does not discuss the explosions that severely damaged the Nord Stream–1 and Nord Stream–2 gas pipelines.