The ADE-4 plutonium production reactor at the Siberian Chemical Combine (SKhK) in Seversk/Tomsk-7 was shut down at 11:00am on April 20, 2008 (here is a detailed description of the shutdown). The second Seversk reactor, ADE-5, will be shut down on June 5th, 2008.
Plutonium production reactor in Seversk shut down
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On June 5, 2008, Russia shut down the ADE-5 plutonium production reactor at the Siberian Chemical Combine, ending plutonium production in Seversk/Tomsk-7. The other plutonium production reactor in Seversk - ADE-4 - was shut down on April 20, 2008. The... Read More
The last Russian plutonium production reactor, ADE-2 at Zheleznogorsk, was shut down on April 15, 2010 at noon local time (04:00 UTC) as planned. This event marks the end of production of weapon-grade fissile materials in Russia.Plutonium produced... Read More
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