Tag: Rosatom

• Monday, October 28th 2024 - 21:44 UTC

  Rosatom completes first batch of nuclear fuel for Bolivia

  

  Russia's State Nuclear Energy Corporation Rosatom has completed the first batch of nuclear fuel for the reactor being built in Bolivian city of El Alto for the South American country's Center for Research and Development in Nuclear Technology (CIDTN), it was announced Monday in Moscow. The Russian Government agency also said in a statement that the chemicals manufactured at Rosatom's facilities in Novosibirsk had “passed acceptance inspection.” The fuel is to be delivered in 2025, it was also explained.

• Saturday, August 19th 2023 - 09:52 UTC

  Russia and Bolivia deepen nuclear alliance

  

  Following talks in Moscow involving local, Venezuelan, and Bolivian military chiefs this week, the first Russian nuclear reactor vessel has arrived in La Paz, it was reported. The Aug. 16 gathering took place after Bolivia signed a “preventive and corrective maintenance” agreement with Iran for the use of drones in border control activities.

• Saturday, July 31st 2021 - 06:56 UTC

  Russia plans to dominate Arctic sea routes with the largest fleet of icebreakers

  

  Hoping to develop the Northern Sea Route across the Arctic into an international shipping lane, Russia is building a group of icebreakers to be powered with liquefied natural gas.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  Rosatom resumes construction of nuclear reactor in Bolivia

  

  Russia's atomic agency Rosatom Monday resumed construction of a nuclear reactor for the Center for Research and Development of Nuclear Technology (CIDTN) of Bolivia, a project which had been paralyzed in 2019, it was reported.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 18:35 UTC

  Russia eyeing a controlling stake in lithium project in Chile's Atacama desert

  

  Uranium One Group, a subsidiary of Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom, may buy a controlling stake in a lithium project in Chile’s Atacama salt flat from Wealth Minerals Ltd, the Canada-listed company said on Tuesday.

• Thursday, January 25th 2018 - 06:39 UTC

  Macri and Putin in Moscow reaffirm Argentina/Russia strategic relationship

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, signed on Tuesday a declaration aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation during a press conference at the Kremlin. Macri told Putin that he hoped this marked the first of many visits to the Russian capital and highlighted their countries’ mutual interests.

• Friday, April 24th 2015 - 07:51 UTC

  Russia and Argentina agree on an “all-encompassing strategic partnership”

  

  Russia and Argentina signed agreements which amounted to an “all-encompassing strategic partnership” during Argentine President Cristina Fernandez visit to Moscow, which ended on Thursday with the meeting at the Kremlin with her counterpart Vladimir Putin.

• Monday, July 14th 2014 - 05:24 UTC

  Russia offers to build (and finance) two new nuclear power plants in Argentina

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Saturday a nuclear energy cooperation deal with Argentina on the third stop (Cuba, Nicaragua) of a tour to bolster trade ties and strengthen Russia’s influence in Latin America.