Rostov NPP. #Rostov #VVER

Nuclear icebreaker Arktika in Pevek to pick the last two cargo ships, marking the end of navigation season. #Pevek #Icebreaker

We have begun welding the upper semi-vessel of the VVER-1200 reactor for the Chinese Tianwan NPP Unit 7. It is the key milestone in manufacturing of the reactor. The upper semi-vessel has been put together from two shells and a flange- total mass of the construction is 180 tons

Site of Leningrad 2-3 and 2-4. Start of groundworks is planned for this year. #Leningrad #VVER

Andreev Bay. Reservoirs 2A,2B,3A were hastily rebuilt into dry storage and filled with naval spent fuel in 80's. Nowadays fuel from 2A,2B is being removed and sent to Mayak for reprocessing. The video shows testing of equipment to access 3A. Full: youtu.be/TDl-ilTOwwM

Nuclear icebreaker Yamal has escorted a module of LNG plant travelling from China to Murmansk along the Northern Sea Route. Yamal picked Audax vessel in Bering Sea and escorted it to Barents Sea north of Novaya Zemlya. #Icebreaker

Steam generator for Kursk 2-2 with the full set of heat exchange tubes at AtomMash. #AtomMash #VVER

BN-600 goes offline for refueling. #BN

News from GHK's molten salt actinide burner project. First batch of FLiBe salt has been produced at GHK for experiments. Extensive study of neptunium tetrafluoride behavior in molten salt. #GHK #MSR

Nuclear icebreaker Sibir in Dudinka port on Yenisey river. 14% of global nickel production goes through this port. #Icebreaker