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65-405: The Burevestnik is one of the six new Russian strategic weapons unveiled by Russian President Vladimir Putin on 1 March 2018. This effort bears similarity to the discontinued US Project Pluto from 1957, which although functional, was perceived as too provocative, less effective than ICBMs, and presented radiological emissions that made scheduling test flights difficult. A cruise missile has

130-567: A MIM-104 Patriot missile defence system. On 10 May 2023, the Ukrainian politician Vitali Klitschko showed fragments of the alleged downed Kinzhal missile for Bild journalists in Kyiv . In contradiction to Ukrainian claims, Russian media reported that the fragments closely resembled the concrete-piercing BETAB-500 ShP aerial bomb . On 16 May 2023, Ukraine's air command claimed to have intercepted all six Kinzhal missiles that had been launched during

195-515: A nuclear power plant in Kaliningrad started on 25 February 2010, but was suspended for the project to be redesigned. There are also plans to build two more units at Leningrad NPP, two units at Smolensk NPP , two more units at Novovoronezh NPP and two more units at Kursk NPP . In mid-June 2021, Rosatom announced that two 600 MW VVER reactors will be added to Kola NPP with the first coming online in 2034. In early June 2021, construction of

260-574: A turbojet engine and a liquid-fueled booster. According to James Hockenhull , the UK's Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), the Burevestnik is a "sub-sonic nuclear-powered cruise missile system which has global reach and would allow attack from unexpected directions." Per Hockenhull, the missile would have "a near indefinite loiter time". On 9 August 2019, the Russian nuclear energy agency Rosatom confirmed

325-447: A 38% world market share and in 2019 led in global uranium enrichment services (36%) and covers 16% of the global nuclear fuel market. The state corporation is authorized on behalf of the state to fulfill Russia's international obligations in the field of the use of nuclear energy and of non-proliferation of nuclear materials. Rosatom is also involved with large-scale projects such as ITER and FAIR . As of February 2021,

390-517: A Russian attack. This Russian military article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (commonly referred to as Rosatom Russian: Росатом , IPA: [rosˈatəm] ), also known as Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation , (Russian: Государственная корпорация по атомной энергии «Росатом» , romanized : Gosudarstvennaya korporatsiya po atomnoy energii "Rosatom" ), or Rosatom State Corporation ,

455-410: A leak or accident at its nuclear sites and suggested that the plume was caused by a satellite burning upon reentry. A 2019 study ruled out the satellite hypothesis. By analyzing air sample data from multiple monitoring sites, the scientists determined that the most likely cause of the plume was a fire or explosion while attempting to process ruthenium into cerium-144. Rosatom continues to deny that there

520-554: A poor test record of at least 13 known tests, with only two partial successes, since 2016" Russian %27super weapons%27 In March 2018, as part of his Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly , the Russian president Vladimir Putin announced six novel nuclear or dual-use weapons systems, popularly dubbed " super weapons " ( Russian : супероружие , romanized :  superoruzhie ). Putin stated that together

585-481: A release of radioactivity at the State Central Navy Testing Range at Nyonoksa near Severodvinsk in northern Russia and stated it was linked to an accident involving the test of an " isotope power source for a liquid-fuelled rocket engine". Five weapons scientists were killed in the accident. Nonproliferation expert Jeffrey Lewis and Federation of American Scientists fellow Ankit Panda suspect

650-543: A strategy is aimed at eliminating internal competition, deliberately created earlier. This measure can be effective from the economic point of view in view of a large number of domestic and foreign orders. Rosatom is one of the world leaders in the number of simultaneously constructed power units. As of late 2021, Rosatom is building two new power units in Russia at Kursk Nuclear Power Plant II, and there are 35 power units at different stages of implementation abroad. Construction of

715-464: A subsidiary, is engaged in production of carbon fibre and fibre-based items, as well as R&D and engineering support to its partners. The other subsidiaries involved are JSC Khimprominzhiniring, and LLC ALABUGA-FIBRE. The managing company is the Digitalization Unit of Rosatom, which is engaged in solving tasks in three main areas: The participation in the digitalization of Russia, as Rosatom

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780-530: A target, to take a circuitous route that avoids defenses, and to loiter for an extended period. The United States developed a SLAM nuclear-powered cruise missile during the 1950s, achieving successful full power testing of Tory II-A and -C but abandoned the project, in part due to the radioactive pollution that would result from deployment. The Russian defense industry began developing an intercontinental-range nuclear-powered cruise missile capable of penetrating any interceptor-based missile defense system. It

845-474: Is JSC ASE EC , which has extensive capabilities for managing the construction of complex engineering facilities. The main business areas of the division include the design and construction of large NPPs in Russia and abroad, and developing digital technologies for managing complex engineering facilities based on the Multi-D platform. Key companies include JSC Atomenergoproekt, and JSC ATOMPROEKT. The managing company

910-480: Is JSC Atomenergomash . It is one of Russia's largest groups of mechanical engineering enterprises offering a full range of solutions for the design, manufacture, and supply of equipment for the nuclear power industry. The division comprises more than 10 production sites, including production enterprises, engineering centers, and research organizations in Russia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. According to

975-481: Is JSC Rosenergoatom . It is the only NPP operator in Russia and a key player in the Russian electricity market . Its main business areas include power and heat generation at NPPs and acting as the operator of nuclear facilities (nuclear power plants), radiation sources, and facilities storing nuclear materials and radioactive substances. Key companies include all Russian NPPs, JSC AtomEnergoRemont, JSC AtomEnergoSbyt, and TITAN-2 construction holding. The managing company

1040-465: Is JSC Federal Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety. It is dedicated to a centralized system for management of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste , as well as decommissioning of hazardous nuclear and radiological facilities. Key companies include FSUE Mining and Chemical Combine , FSUE Radon, NO RWM. The managing company is JSC Science and Innovations. Key companies include Russian Scientific Center (RSC) – A.I. Leipunskiy IPPE, NII NPO Luch, and

1105-459: Is JSC NovaWind. This Rosatom's division concentrates its efforts in advanced areas of wind energy generation technology. Key companies include WindSGC, WindSGC-2, and Atompowerindustry Trade. The managing company is JSC Rusatom Healthcare. It has been historically developed at various enterprises of the Russian nuclear industry. In 2017, Rosatom established the division to bring together assets and expertise in healthcare. The nuclear medicine division

1170-415: Is JSC Rusatom Automated Control Systems. It builds comprehensive solutions for automation of production processes, manufactures and supplies electrical equipment , designs and constructs electricity supply facilities. The managing company is FSUE Federal Environmental Operator. The management company Rosenergoatom operates all of Russia's nuclear power plants and represents the electric power division of

1235-593: Is Rusatom Additive Technologies. It connects together the scientific and production companies of Rosatom in order to develop the area of additive production in Russia. It controls design and production of 3D-printers, additive powders, complete sets, software, and 3D-printing services. The managing company is LLC RENERA, which is engaged in the development of lithium-ion traction batteries for electric transport and fixed systems for energy accumulation, as well as products for emergency and uninterruptible power supply and storage systems for renewable energy. The managing company

1300-520: Is a Russian state corporation headquartered in Moscow that specializes in nuclear energy , nuclear non-energy goods and high-tech products. It was established in 2007 and comprises more than 350 enterprises, including scientific research organizations, a nuclear weapons complex , and the world's only nuclear icebreaker fleet. The organization is the largest electricity generating company in Russia, producing 215.746 TWh of electricity, 20.28% of

1365-436: Is a leading organization on the global nuclear fuel cycle front-end market and the only supplier of nuclear fuel for Russian NPPs and the nuclear-powered icebreaker fleet. Key daughter companies include Bochvar National Research Institute for Inorganic Materials, Siberian Chemical Combine , and Chepetskiy Mechanical Plant . The division's tasks include the fabrication of nuclear fuel, conversion and enrichment of uranium, and

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1430-535: Is carried out at the Mayak Production Association at the RT-1 plant. The plant is currently processing the spent nuclear fuel (of various compositions) from power reactors ( BN-350 , VVER-440 , BN-600 , RBMK-1000 , VVER-1000 ; BN-MOX), from the research reactors of Russian and foreign scientific centers, and from the reactors of submarine and surface naval fleet transport power plants. The managing company

1495-490: Is considering reducing support for new nuclear under its support contracts, called Dogovor Postavki Moshnosti (DPM), which guarantees developers a return on investment through increased payments from consumers for 20 years. Ruthenium , a byproduct of uranium-235 fission, is used by nuclear monitoring sites as an indicator of a nuclear accident. In October 2017, a plume of ruthenium-106 was detected by multiple laboratories throughout Europe. Rosatom denied that there had been

1560-600: Is converted to an oxide form at the W-ECP unit of Zelenogorsk Electrochemical Plant. Nuclear fuel is produced at Rosatom's Machine-building plant (JSC MSZ) and Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (JSC NCCP). The plants produce UO 2 -based (enriched fresh and reprocessed uranium) nuclear fuel for all models of Russian power and research reactors, as well as for many foreign power and research reactor models and for Russian ship-based power installations. The development of accident-tolerant fuel for VVER and PWR reactors has now entered

1625-417: Is in charge of nuclear medicine, manufacturing and distribution of radioisotope products and radiation sterilization equipment, as well as creation of integrated turnkey solutions for medicine. Key companies include JSC Isotope and NIITFA. In February 2022, Rusatom Healthcare acquired 25,001% of shares of Medscan group, the rest of shares still being hold by its major shareholder, Yevgeny Tugolukov. JSC UMATEX

1690-676: Is said to have unlimited range and can evade missile defenses. A significant stage of trials of the Burevestnik complex's cruise missile, the nuclear power unit tests, was completed in January 2019. The cruise missile received the name Burevestnik (which translates as Storm petrel , a seabird) as a result of an open vote on the Ministry of Defence of Russia's website. According to US researchers Decker Eveleth and Jeffrey Lewis , based on imagery analysis of launch pad construction and storage facilities,

1755-726: Is the center of competences of the Federal Project Digital Technologies within the National Program Digital Economy, the development of digital products for nuclear power and beyond and the internal digitalization of the Russian nuclear industry, making it independent from foreign technologies in critical areas. The managing company is JSC Rusatom Infrastructure Solutions. The company develops, builds, modernizes, maintains water supply, water purification and water treatment facilities for energy, petrochemical, food, and other industries. The managing company

1820-637: The Council of Ministers transformed the First Main Directorate in charge of nuclear weapons program into the Ministry of Medium Machine Building (MinSredMash). The ministry was entrusted with the development of the civic nuclear power program. In 1989, Minsredmash and the Ministry of Atomic Energy merged to form the Ministry of Nuclear Engineering and Industry of the USSR . The Ministry for Atomic Energy of

1885-615: The Research Institute of Atomic Reactors . The development of the Northern Sea Route has become a Rosatom priority after the company was appointed its infrastructure operator in late 2018. Rosatom seeks to organize ship navigation within the NSR, develop the infrastructure of seaports, including energy, create a navigation safety system, as well as navigational and hydrographic support. In addition, several Rosatom entities are involved in

1950-487: The Russian nuclear industry . As part of the celebration, Rosatom launched its rebranding campaign “United Rosatom,” which made subsidiaries in the nuclear industry utilize the Rosatom's Möbius strip logo. In 2020, Rosatom set a goal of tripling its revenue to ₽4 trillion by 2030, 40% of which is set to come from new lines of business, with primarily focus on sustainable tech. In 2020, Rosatom approved an updated strategy with

2015-549: The "August 8th 'Skyfall' incident [...] was the result of a nuclear reaction that occurred during the recovery of a Russian nuclear-powered cruise missile", which "remained on the bed of the White Sea since its failed test early last year". On 26 August 2019, Aleksei Karpov, Russia's envoy to international organizations in Vienna, stated that the accident was linked to the development of weapons which Russia had to begin creating as "one of

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2080-569: The "weapon is to be perfected regardless of anything". On 5 October 2023, Russian president Vladimir Putin claimed that the missile had been successfully flight tested, though Western media sources such as the BBC cast doubt on this claim noting that there was no independent confirmation. According to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), an advocacy group focused on reducing nuclear, biological and emergent technology risks, "The Burevestnik has

2145-454: The Rosatom mining division is JSC Atomredmetzoloto , which consolidates Russian uranium mining assets. Key daughter companies include JSC Khiagda and JSC Dalur. Uranium One is a separate global mining company that operates directly under Rosatom with a diverse portfolio of assets in Kazakhstan, United States, and Tanzania. The managing company of the Rosatom fuel division is JSC TVEL , which

2210-588: The Russian Federation [( Russian : Министерство по атомной энергии Российской Федерации, also known as Minatom (Russian: Минaтом)] was established as a successor to the Russian part of the Ministry of Nuclear Engineering and Industry of the USSR on 29 January 1992, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union . The newly created ministry received about 80% of the enterprises of the union department, including 9 nuclear power plants with 28 power units. Under this name,

2275-562: The Russian invasion of Ukraine. In 2017, Rosatom decided to invest in wind power , believing that rapid cost reductions in the renewable industry will become a competitive threat to nuclear power, and started to build wind turbine . Rosatom was also concerned that nuclear export opportunities were becoming exhausted. In October, Rosatom was reported to be considering postponing commissioning new nuclear plants in Russia due to excess generation capacity and that new nuclear electricity prices are higher than for existing plant. The Russian government

2340-594: The Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Rosatom's carbon fibre-producing UMATEX subsidiary group of companies in Russia and the Czech Republic pursuant to Executive Order 14024 , as part of a drive against Russia's suppliers of carbon fibers . The Foundation for Defense of Democracies recommends a blanket ban in the US on Rosatom. It said the total revenue accrued by Rosatom from US and European sources

2405-495: The ZNPP would represent the biggest nuclear theft in history. In an essay written in July 2023 it was written that Rosatom supplied fuel to 78 power reactors in 15 countries, and had more than a third of the global nuclear fuel market. Cameco , Orano and ConverDyn were listed as competitors. As of early 2021, Rosatom included 356 of various organizational and legal forms. Some belong to

2470-411: The advantage over a ballistic missile of being able to fly under and around missile defense radars and interceptors. However, conventional jet -propelled missiles have a limited flight time and range. Power from nuclear fission offers far more energy from a given mass of fuel which, if it could be used for propulsion, would hypothetically allow a missile to be launched far outside the defensive zone of

2535-729: The country's total electricity production. The corporation ranks first in overseas nuclear power plant construction, responsible for 76% of global nuclear technology exports: 35 nuclear power plant units, at different stages of development, in 12 countries, as of December 2020. Rosatom also manufactures equipment, produces isotopes for nuclear medicine, carries out research, and conducts material studies. It also produces supercomputers and software as well as different nuclear and non-nuclear products. Rosatom plans to further develop renewable energy and wind power . Two nuclear power plants are being built in Russia at Kursk-2 NPP with plans announced for 2 more units at Kola NPP. Rosatom has

2600-616: The development of international transit sea freight traffic along the Northern Sea Transit Corridor. Key companies include FSUE Atomflot , Directorate of the Northern Sea Route, Rusatom Cargo. In 2017, Rosatom decided to invest in wind turbine manufacturing, believing that rapid cost reductions in the renewable industry will become a competitive threat to nuclear power. Russia had recently offered subsidies for domestically built renewable technology. The managing company

2665-417: The enterprises of the nuclear power complex, which comprises organizations of nuclear energy, nuclear engineering , and the nuclear fuel cycle , such as enterprises for the exploration and production of natural uranium, conversion and enrichment of uranium, production of nuclear fuel, electricity and equipment, development of new technologies for the nuclear fuel and gas centrifuge platform. Others belong to

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2730-547: The explosion was probably not related to Burevestnik but instead to the testing of another military platform. According to CNBC , the explosion occurred during an attempt to recover a missile from the seabed, which was lost during a previously failed test. On 10 October, Thomas DiNanno , member of the United States delegation to the United Nations General Assembly First Committee , stated that

2795-649: The first batch of the Poseidon nuclear-powered UUVs had been manufactured. Of the six systems, only two are known to have been used in action: the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal , which has been employed in a non-nuclear capacity during the Russian invasion of Ukraine , and 3M22 Zircon launched from the Black Sea onto land target. In 2023, it was claimed that a Kinzhal missile had been shot down by the Ukrainian air defense forces using

2860-607: The first missile regiment armed with the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle officially entered combat duty. As of 2020 , the 9M730 Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile was still under development. The Nyonoksa radiation accident appears to have been caused by an accident while testing a prototype. TASS reported that the first contract for producing the RS-28 Sarmat missiles was signed in August 2022. On 16 January 2023, TASS reported that

2925-772: The group's own data, 14% of nuclear power plants in the world and 40% of thermal power stations in the CIS and the Baltic states use the holding equipment. In addition, the division is the largest producer of equipment for the VVER reactor and the world's only producer of the fast-neutron reactor ( BN reactor ). Its enterprises are also responsible for the design and manufacturing of reactors for SMR nuclear power plants, both onshore and offshore, as well as nuclear icebreakers. Key companies include OKB Gidropress , OKBM Afrikantov , JSC Machine-Building Factory of Podolsk, and AEM-technology. The managing company

2990-433: The growing number of new businesses outside of nuclear power, including wind energy, composite materials, additive technologies, and nuclear medicine, among others. The civilian assets of the Russian nuclear industry are concentrated within Rosatom's holding company Atomenergoprom , which unites 204 enterprises as of December 2020. The Rosatom companies are integrated into multiple divisions: The holding company of

3055-585: The incident resulted from a test of the Burevestnik cruise missile. However, other arms control experts disputed the assertions: Ian Williams of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and James Acton of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace expressed skepticism over Moscow's financial and technical capabilities to field the weapon, while Michael Kofman of the Wilson Center concluded that

3120-587: The intent to branch into 100 new business areas, including nuclear medicine, composites, wind energy, hydrogen, waste management, additive technology, and production of hydrogen. Nations supporting Ukraine following the 2022 Russian invasion sanctioned Rosatom and its subsidiaries. On 24 February 2023 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom announced direct sanctions against Rosatom and its executives. The United States Department of

3185-598: The ministry existed until 9 March 2004, when it was transformed into the Federal Agency on Atomic Energy . On 1 December 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law adopted by the Federal Assembly under which the Federal Atomic Energy Agency was to be abolished, and its powers and assets were to be transferred to the newly created "State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom." On 12 December of

3250-450: The missile starts from an inclined launcher using a detachable rocket booster. Pavel Ivanov from VPK-news states that the cruise missile is one and a half to two times the size of the Kh-101, and the wings of the Burevestnik are rooted "on top of the fuselage, rather than below it like on the Kh-101." He also notes that there are "characteristic protrusions where air is most likely heated by

3315-454: The nuclear reactor". According to Ivanov, the mass of the Burevestnik is "several times to order of magnitude" greater than that of the Kh-101, which eliminates Tu-160 and Tu-95 as potential carriers of the missile. According to Nezavisimaya Gazeta , Burevestnik is a nuclear thermal rocket with a solid-fueled booster engine. The length of the missile is 12 m (39 ft) at launch and 9 m (30 ft) in flight. The nose has

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3380-617: The plant's operation. Rosatom spokeswoman said that its employees are present at the ZNPP to ensure the safety of the plant and are not involved in its management or security. On 29 September 2022, the International Atomic Energy Agency was told by a Ukrainian ambassador that Rosatom had sent more officials to the ZNPP to enforce the change in ownership from Ukraine to Russia and to give the plant employees two weeks to apply for work with Rosatom. According to western media outlet Bloomberg, allowing Russia to claim ownership of

3445-415: The plant, threatened the Ukrainian personnel, and demanded the plant's manuals, procedures and other documentation. Since 12 March 2022, once Russian military forces occupied Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), Rosatom employees have gained access and set a base there without permission of the plant's owner Energoatom . Rosatom engineers have demanded documentation and manuals on

3510-543: The probable deployment site for the Burevestnik is Vologda-20 located at Chebsara, around 300 miles north of Moscow. According to Vladimir Putin and the Russian Ministry of Defense, the missile's dimensions are comparable to the Kh-101 cruise missile , but the claimed operational range is orders of magnitude greater than that of the Kh-101. It is equipped with a small-sized nuclear power unit. An official presentation shows that

3575-775: The production of gas centrifuges . Uranium enrichment is carried out at four TVEL Fuel Company plants, including Angarsk Electrochemical Plant in Angarsk , Irkutsk Oblast , Zelenogorsk Electrochemical Plant in Zelenogorsk , Krasnoyarsk Krai , Ural Electrochemical Plant in Novouralsk , Sverdlovsk Oblast , and the Siberian Chemical Plant in Seversk , Tomsk Oblast . Uranium is enriched using an advanced gas centrifuge technology to separate uranium isotopes. Depleted uranium hexafluoride

3640-561: The same year, the agency transformed into a state corporation . In 2015, the company's revenue amounted to 126 billion rubles. Between 2000 and 2015, Rosatom "was the supplier in around half of all international agreements on nuclear power plant construction, reactor, and fuel supply, decommissioning or waste". Russia has various diplomatic ties with different countries via nuclear energy diplomacy. Some form of formalized agreement exists with 54 countries as of 2023, although some plans for Russian-built nuclear power plants were canceled after

3705-501: The shape of an "ellipse 1 m (3.3 ft) × 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in size". Military expert Anton Lavrov, in the Izvestia article, suggested that the design of the Burevestnik uses a ramjet engine, which, unlike the more traditional propulsion systems for nuclear weapons, will have radioactive exhaust throughout its entire operation. Stratfor , an American geopolitical intelligence platform, assumes that Burevestnik utilizes

3770-475: The stage of testing. MOX fuel for fast sodium reactors is produced at the Mining and Chemical Combine, while uranium-plutonium mixed fuel will be produced at the Siberian Chemical Plant, which is currently under construction. A uranium-plutonium fuel REMIX (regenerated mixture) is being tested for VVER reactors; its commercial production is expected to take place at the Mining and Chemical Combine. SNF reprocessing

3835-520: The state corporation Rosatom. As of April 2021, 11 nuclear power plants (38 power units) operated in Russia with a total capacity of 30.5 GW, producing about 20.28% of all electricity produced in Russia. As a result of reforms and reassignments in the period from 2012 to 2014, Rosatom's engineering activities were concentrated within the management company Atomenergoproekt- Atomstroyexport (NIAEP-ASE), based in Nizhny Novgorod . Earlier, Atomstroyexport

3900-601: The tit-for-tat measures in the wake of the United States' withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ". On 21 November 2019, at the ceremony of presentation of posthumous awards to the dead men's families, Vladimir Putin stated that the scientists killed in the explosion on 8 August had been testing an “unparalleled” weapon: “We are talking about the most advanced and unparalleled technical ideas and solutions about weapons design to ensure Russia’s sovereignty and security for decades to come". He also noted that

3965-442: The total portfolio orders of Rosatom reached $ 250 billion. According to the 2020 corporate report, its 10-year foreign order portfolio stood at $ 138.3 billion, while revenue reached $ 7.5 billion. The 10-year order portfolio for new products stood at ₽1,602.1 billion while revenue reached ₽261.1 billion. Several Soviet and Russian government entities with different tasks are among the Rosatom predecessors. On 26 June 1953,

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4030-518: The weapons provided Russia with a strategic capability that was impossible for America to intercept , restoring Russia's nuclear deterrence capability in the face of American technological developments following America's withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty . The "super weapons" named were: The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile started test operations in December 2017 and has been deployed since 2018. On 27 December 2019, TASS reported that

4095-527: Was a leak or explosion. On 28 June 2017, The Financial Times criticized Rosatom for lack of transparency regarding an alleged expansionist agenda through its role as a " Kremlin-controlled company ". On 20 March 2018, this criticism was underlined by the Bellona Foundation , who focused on the scarce data available on Rosatom's progress in Sudan . On 20 August 2020, Rosatom marked the 75th anniversary of

4160-545: Was around $ 2 billion in FY2023 and considered this unacceptable. The European Union dares not sanction Rosatom because of the clout it wields on the continent, although the European Parliament did call for sanctions as lately as 2 February 2023. Within the next two days after Russian military forces occupied Ukraine's Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on 24 February 2022, Rosatom employees had gained unauthorized access to

4225-503: Was engaged in foreign construction, and a number of independent engineering institutes with the name Atomenergoproekt were engaged in the design and construction of facilities in Russia: Moscow , St. Petersburg , and Nizhny Novgorod. Since October 2014 on the basis of NIAEP-ASE, Rosatom forms a unified engineering division, not including design company on nuclear power facilities and technologies Atomproekt. According to Kommersant , such

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