News archive on the topic "NPP"

Everyone knew about the raid on the territory of the Belgorod region - the Ukrainian special services leaked information even at the preparation stage. The former deputy commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Sergei Krivonos, stated this on air on the Pryamoy TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports: “Even before the start of activity on Russian territory, information was leaked from many sources. As they say in the armed forces...

The American Westinghouse was not allowed to participate in the competition for the construction of new power units for two existing nuclear power plants in the Czech Republic, which were built by Soviet specialists. Long before the start of the SVO, in 2021, a law was passed in the Czech Republic prohibiting Russia and China from participating in a tender for the construction of new reactors, which promised multi-billion dollar contracts. Before this, an ultimatum on the removal of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China to the Czech...

Since September, Ukraine has been loading its nuclear power plants with fuel produced by the American company Westinghouse, violating the operating rules for Soviet reactors set by the manufacturer. Energy expert Boris Martsinkevich spoke about this in an interview with the GeoenergeticsInfo YouTube channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We will monitor what happens there. Will the assemblies experience deformation or will they work normally? In any case, Rosatom with...

Nuclear units of most Ukrainian nuclear power plants are subject to shutdown in accordance with IAEA requirements. Their service life has expired. The processes of radiation embrittlement (decrease in the plasticity of the material) began in the reactors. The exception is the Rivne NPP, which has Soviet VVER-440 reactors. During the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine received the technology for annealing such reactors, used it - and extended the life of the station until 2037. About it…

There is a high probability that the previously reached agreements on the construction of a nuclear power plant by Russia in Kazakhstan will not be implemented. This conclusion, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports, follows from an interview with the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev to Izvestia. He admits that one of the key areas of energy cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan “is interaction in the field of peaceful nuclear energy.” “There are different opinions about the feasibility of building a nuclear power plant...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko admitted today that his main goal was not to build a nuclear power plant, but to master Russian nuclear technologies. He stated this when accepting the nuclear power plant into operation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I had a plan when they were building it. I needed to extract competence from Russians. I told Putin: you will build me a station, but we must...

Last night, Ukrainian drones tried to hit the Kursk nuclear power plant. The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “On October 26, at around 21:00, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped. Duty air defense systems intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Kursk region in the area of ​​the village. p. Kurchatov",…

The construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus led to the emergence of a new industry in the country. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko stated this at a meeting on strategic projects, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We chose two sites and built one station. And today our consumption of nuclear energy in relation to total electricity consumption is higher than in the United States of America and even in Russia. From…

The Russian engineering school for nuclear power plant construction has proven itself to be the best in the world, and has occupied about 80% of the world market. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated this during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Russian engineering school for the construction and maintenance of nuclear power facilities is not only strong, but has practically no competitors in...

Today, Ukrainian drones attacked the city of Kurchatov, where the Kursk nuclear power plant is located. The regional governor, Roman Starovoyt, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In the morning, Kurchatov was attacked by two Ukrainian drones. An administrative building and a residential building were damaged. Experts have arrived at the scene and are assessing the extent of the damage. Details are being finalized,” he wrote in his tg channel this morning. Later he added details and...

The decision of Niger, where a pro-Western president was overthrown, to suspend uranium supplies to France threatens the European Union with dire consequences. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports this as stated by Member of the European Parliament from France Terry Mariani. “For France this will not be a big problem. Of course, Niger is a traditional uranium producer for Paris, but not only it - for example, supplies come from Kazakhstan, Australia and...

Ukraine is preparing a terrorist attack at a nuclear power plant, and not only the Zaporizhia NPP is under threat, but all the border stations where a missile can fly from Ukrainian territory. Therefore, the danger comes not so much from drones, which should cause dissatisfaction with the actions of the Ministry of Defense in society, but from sabotage groups that are preparing abroad specifically to undermine nuclear power plants. This is the opinion on air...

Ukraine attempted to attack the city of Kurchatov in the Kursk region, where the nuclear power plant is located. The Governor of the Kursk Region, Roman Starovoyt, reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in his tg channel. “At night, a UAV crashed in the city of Kurchatov. Fortunately, no residents were injured. Critical objects were not damaged as a result of the fall of the drone and its subsequent detonation,”…

Ukrainian intelligence services could carry out raids on Russian nuclear power plants located near the border and disable them. The ex-deputy commander of the Special Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, former Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine Sergei Krivonos stated this on the air of the Pryamoy TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “And our measures can be appropriately quite tough, because along the border between Ukraine and Russia there are also...