2023

After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Bellona prepared its first report which gave a survey of the nuclear industry in Russia with figures and facts relevant to the period up to mid-2022.1 In preparing the aforementioned report, the authors proceeded from the understanding that the war in Ukraine will lead to large and long-term changes, primarily in the warring countries, and this will undoub. [...] How militarized Rosatom functions – structural and material features In the report, “The Nuclear Industry of Russia on the eve and at the start of the war”, Bellona gave a detailed description of the structure and management system of the Rosatom state corporation in the period up until 24 February 2022.3 In the present report, the authors try to answer the question as to what has changed in this. [...] Bellona has described the events that have taken place at the captured nuclear sites of Ukraine in its work documents9 and digests.10 At the same time, it is notable that information is severely restricted concerning the activity of managers of the concern and individual staff members of the Balakovsky and other Russian nuclear plants involved in the processes taking place at the ZNPP. [...] Directorate of the Nuclear Weapons Complex (NWC) The Directorate of the Nuclear Weapons Complex of Rosatom State Corporation ensures the implementation of the state policy in the field of armaments and the state defense order, and is the most closed structure of the corporation. [...] In the first months of the occupation, until the fall of 2022, despite the deployment of military personnel at the plant, Russian forces did not interfere with the operational management of the NPP.