Was the Chernobyl disaster preventable? If the RBMK reactor had been designed differently, the explosion that shook the world might never have happened. But what were its fatal design flaws ...

First concrete has been poured ahead of schedule for unit 8 of Russia’s Leningrad NPP (also known as Leningrad-II ...

Features of the reactor; 3. The accident; 4. More recent analyses of the fault scenario; 5. Views of INSAG; 6. Conclusions on factors contributory to the accident; Appendix: Measures to improve the ...

A ceremony has been held to mark first concrete being poured on Thursday for the foundation of the reactor building for unit ...

Making matters worse, the two units in operation use the same so-called RBMK technology that melted down during the notorious 1986 accident in Chernobyl. Unlike modern nuclear reactors ...

Russia’s Federal Environmental, Technological & Nuclear Surveillance Service (Rostekhnadzor) has issued a licence to nuclear ...