In a report on the recent ADE-2 reactor incident, Bellona mentions that Rosatom has ordered shutdown of the reactor in the middle of April 2010. According to the U.S.-Russian agreement, the reactor should be shut down by December 2010, although the United States secured Russia's commitment to stop the reactor earlier - in July 2010.
Shutdown schedule for Russia's last plutonium production reactor
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The last operating Russian plutonium production reactor, ADE-2 in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region, will be finally shut down at noon local time on April 15, 2010 (04:00 UTC). The decision to shut down the reactor was reportedly taken in February... Read More
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