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 ...

It explains nuclear fission, focusing on Uranium-235 and how reactors maintain a controlled chain reaction using control rods ...

The second unit of the Leningrad NPP with the RBMK reactor is being prepared for decommissioning. The removal of nuclear fuel from the power unit has been completed. All fuel assemblies (fuel ...

Leningrad NPP has received a licence to operate the RBMK reactor at unit 3 until 2030. The decision to issue a licence was ...

ST. PETERSBURG. Feb 3 (Interfax) - Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant (LNPP), a subsidiary of Rosenergoatom Concern, has received a license from the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological, and ...

Much of the public is afraid of nuclear power. Four or five high-profile disasters over the last century — not to mention the ...

Russia's nuclear regulator Rostakhnadzor has issued a licence for Leningrad nuclear power plant's third unit to operate for a further five years, to 2030. (Image: sikaraha/stock.adobe.com) The ...

Russia’s Government has approved the general layout of electric power facilities until 2042, which includes the first two units ...

Risks to nuclear safety at the Kursk plant underscore ... The two operational RBMK reactors in Kursk were both built before the Chernobyl meltdown, according to the IAEA’s PRIS database.