RUSSIA: WESTERN RIVALS ARE BEHIND RUSSIA IN NUCLEAR POWER TECHNOLOGIES
The startup of the 6th unit of Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant based on the WWER-1200 project means that Russia has outrun its rivals in nuclear power technologies, says Chief Editor of AtomInfo.ru Alexander Uvarov. RIA Novosti quotes Uvarov as saying that this is the world’s first unit operating a 3+ reactor. Neither Westinghouse nor Areva…