Framework conditions

Press conference in Murmansk

Yesterday the DecomAtom network organized press conferences in St.Petersburg, Chelyabinsk and Murmansk, to protest against the planned transport of spent nuclear fuel from Germany to Russia.

Comments about the legislative status of Rostekhnadzor

One of the main regulatory agencies in the field of nuclear and radiation safety in Russia is the Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service of the Russian Federation (Rostekhnadzor of the Russian Federation).

Comments about the status of Rosatom

In the context of the ongoing administrative reform of governmental authorities in the Russian Federation the powers of atomic agency increase. In 2008, Rosatom State Corporation was established, which incorporated all companies, operating in the nuclear industry both in military and civilian sectors. Moreover, this corporation performs state functions of regulating the whole Russian nuclear complex.

In 2006 DecomAtom cooperation NGOs published a report on the Russian Decommissioning Fund. The report showes that there are in fact no money accumulating for decommissioning of old reactors. Some money is allocated into what is now a reserve, both most is spent on already closed reactors.

by Elena Kruglikova

The process of decommission of nuclear power plants (npp) has a juridical side. This experiment of analyses of legislation concerning the process of decommission of NPPs is made with data of legislative base Consultant+.

We live in a not simple time. The process of change of economical interrelation in the society, restructurization of energetic, change in the tax legislation has started and are going up to now.

By Yuri Ivanov
In order to evaluate the possible scenarios of decommissioning of nuclear power reactors, we refer to the documents of the following organizations: "Rosenergoatom", the Federal Agency for Atomic Energy, and the Russian government.