Leningrad NPP has received a licence to operate the RBMK reactor at unit 3 until 2030. The decision to issue a licence was ...

The second unit of the Leningrad NPP with the RBMK reactor is being prepared for decommissioning. The removal of nuclear fuel from the power unit has been completed. All fuel assemblies (fuel ...

It explains nuclear fission, focusing on Uranium-235 and how reactors maintain a controlled chain reaction using control rods ...

(Image: sikaraha/stock.adobe.com) The RBMK-1000 unit, which entered commercial service in 1980, has generated more than 290 billion kWh of electricity, and had already had its original 30-year ...

Making matters worse, the two units in operation use the same so-called RBMK technology that melted down during the notorious 1986 accident in Chernobyl. Unlike modern nuclear reactors ...