Rosatom

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Headquarters in Moscow

Rosatom Nuclear Energy State Corporation (Rosatom) (Russian: Росатом), is a state corporation in Russia, the regulatory body of the Russian nuclear complex. It is headquartered in Moscow.

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History [edit]

The Ministry for Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство по атомной энергии Российской Федерации), or MinAtom (МинАтом), was established on January 29, 1992 as a successor of the Ministry of Nuclear Engineering and Industry of the USSR. It was reorganized as the Federal Agency on Atomic Energy on March 9, 2004. According to the law adopted by the Russian parliament in November 2007 and signed by the President Putin in early December, the agency was transformed to a state corporation.[1]

Activities [edit]

Rosatom controls nuclear power holding Atomenergoprom, nuclear weapons companies, research institutes and nuclear and radiation safety agencies. It also represents Russia in the world in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy and protection of the non-proliferation regime.[1] Rosatom manages the Russian fleet of nuclear icebreakers through Atomflot.

OKB Gidropress, which develops the current Russian nuclear power station range VVER, is a subsidiary of Rosatom.[2]

Management [edit]

Rosatom was directed by Yevgeny Adamov until he was ousted by President Vladimir Putin in 2001. He was replaced by Alexander Rumyantsev (2001–2005). The current head of Rosatom is Sergei Kiriyenko.

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b "Rosatom State Corporation registered". Rosatom. 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-01-05. 
  2. ^ "Our company". OKB Gidropress. Retrieved 20 September 2011. 

External links [edit]

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