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Zheleznogorsk reactor shutdown schedule

By Pavel Podvig on July 14, 2008 8:14 PM | 0 Comments | 4 TrackBacks

According to the original plan, the last remaining Russian plutonium production reactor, ADE-2, was scheduled to shut down in 2010. However, NNSA believes that the reactor could be shut down earlier - in the fall of 2009.

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Last Russian plutonium production reactor to shut down in 2009 from Nuclear power and proliferation on September 9, 2008 5:19 AM

The last Russia's plutonium production reactor, ADE-2 in Zheleznogorsk, will indeed be shut down earlier than it was originally planned (in 2010). Construction of the replacement heat-generating plant in Zheleznogorsk is expected to be completed in the... Read More

The last Russian plutonium production reactor to shut down from Fuel cycle on May 4, 2009 11:24 AM

The date for the shutdown of the last Russian Pu production reactor, ADE-2 in Zheleznogorsk, is set to May 31, 2009. It is not clear, however, if the power plant that is supposed to replace ADE-2 in providing heat for... Read More

Plutonium production reactor in Zheleznogorsk shut down from Fuel cycle on June 1, 2009 8:26 AM

Russia's last plutonium production reactor, ADE-2 at Zheleznogorsk, was shut down at midnight on May 31, 2009 (at 24:00 MSK according to one report, which was 04:00, June 1st in Zheleznogorsk). The shutdown is not permanent yet - officially, the... Read More

Last plutonium production reactor shut down from Russian strategic nuclear forces on June 1, 2009 8:49 AM

Russia's last plutonium production reactor, ADE-2 at Zheleznogorsk, was shut down at midnight on May 31, 2009 (at 24:00 MSK according to one report, which was 04:00, June 1st in Zheleznogorsk). The shutdown is not permanent yet - officially, the... Read More

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