Development Projects of Russia: Industry, Energy and Infastructure

Все комплектующие электростанции произведены в России, в частности гетероструктурные солнечные модули произвел завод «Хевел» в Новочебоксарске.

I can hear the gnashing of teeth in Washington from here..

   Why Russia is buying German depleted uranium
   Last week in our country, a wave of protest rallies. Cause of popular discontent was the resumption of German imports to us depleted uranium. People don't agree with the fact that Russia is gradually turning into "radioactive burial ground." In this case, the protesters do not believe the assurances of "Rosatom" that no danger is actually there.

   The week before the pickets "defenders of environment" held in Germany. It is worth Recalling that 10 years ago a similar situation led to the termination of the transaction on the import of the German "nuclear tailings" in Russia.

   But why "Rosatom" resumed "radioactive cooperation"? And so if it really dangerous? For the answer we turn to physics.


   The fact that on its territory, our country imports is not entirely waste. Raw material for the production of nuclear fuel is uranium ore, production of which is conducted in the mines. The latter contains the isotope U-235, which subsequently produced fuel for nuclear power plants.

   However, the content ratio of the isotope in the ore is too low (0,7%). The solution to the problem was the enrichment of uranium, a byproduct of which is depleted uranium considered waste. But despite the "status" of substances, it also contains small amounts of U-235.

   Our country has a technology that is able to extract from depleted uranium quite a lot of valuable isotope. In fact, "waste" this product is only for Europe due to its technological ignorance.

   In the end, it becomes clear that Russia accepts Germany is not waste, but valuable raw material for recycling. At the same time, we send back "doobogascheny" uranium, for which the income received.

   After the above processing, we are left with depleted uranium, to enrich no one can not. At the same time, it does not represent a radiation hazard, but contains fluoride, which can contaminate the environment. This and "under pressure" the activists.

   However, not everyone knows that the substance we are not buried in the ground. It is stored in special metal containers and now in Russia is over 1 million tons of such waste.

   Similarly, depleted uranium stored in other countries with developed nuclear power. And most importantly, that no one, except Russia, does not know what to do with it.

   The main "trump card" of our country is a Breakthrough project, work on which is underway since 2011. It involves the creation of new nuclear technologies based on closed nuclear fuel cycle using fast neutron reactors. The successful implementation of the ambitious project will open up before mankind a new era, as all the accumulated nuclear waste can be used for energy.

   According to preliminary estimates, the aforementioned "reserves" will be enough to provide the whole planet with electricity for the next 3000 years. Thus, the revolutionary technology will be only in Russian. In fact, as a significant part of the accumulated waste.

As for police this or that or whatever you said about following people around - that doesn't happen. That simply is a flat out lie by the BBC.

What's funny is that they are allowed to travel around Russia and say this nonsense and freely move on out too. Which contradicts everything they say.

“I approached an entry checkpoint and introduced myself… said that we wanted to talk,” Siraziev said, noting that neither he nor his cameramen were hiding and that he’d contacted the Defence Ministry’s press service earlier but received no reply.

Siraziev’s actions would normally look like something a typical journalist would do. However, the British military seem, somehow, to have seen it in an entirely different way.