cover image: The Russian nuclear industry - during wartime, 2022 and early 2023

The Russian nuclear industry - during wartime, 2022 and early 2023

11 Oct 2023

Minatom (the Atomic Ministry), the successor to the gigantic and influential Minsredmash (the Ministry of Medium Machinery) of the USSR, was reduced to the status of a federal agency after restructuring, and held one of the lowest positions in the structure of the Russian government. [...] A survey of the state of Rosatom’s assets in the nuclear fuel cycle – production, conversion, enrichment and fabrication of nuclear fuel, with assessments of existing facilities and production indicators of all elements of supply, technological developments and areas of development of the sector. [...] Primarily, these are structural divisions such as the department of communications, the department for work with regions, the department of nuclear and radiation safety, licensing and permission activity, the department of international cooperation, the department of internal control and auditing, the department of personnel management and a number of others. [...] The corporation is the curator of the federal project “Development of the Northern Sea Route”, part of the Comprehensive plan for modernization and expansion of route infrastructure in the period until 2024, and head of the federal project “Northern Sea Route – 2030” of the Russian state program “Development of the atomic energy industrial complex”. [...] The main enterprises of the nuclear fuel cycle, with the exception of producers, are part of the structure of the fuel division of Rosatom.

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