Director General, Rosatom
Appears in 3 stories
Leading the build
Uzbekistan has never run a nuclear reactor. On June 4, 2026, by video link from an economic forum in St. Petersburg, the presidents of Russia and Uzbekistan started construction of the country's first one.
Updated Jun 4
Attended Rooppur fuel-loading ceremony in person
Bangladesh first considered building a nuclear plant in 1961, when the site at Rooppur was still part of East Pakistan. Sixty-five years later, on April 28, 2026, technicians began lowering 163 uranium fuel assemblies into the core of Unit 1—the step that turns a construction project into a nuclear power station.
Updated May 31
Overseeing final evacuation of Russian staff from Bushehr
A projectile struck 350 meters from Iran's only operating nuclear reactor on April 4, killing a security guard and damaging an auxiliary building. It was the fourth time ordnance has landed on or near the Bushehr nuclear power plant since the United States and Israel began striking Iran on February 28.
Updated May 30
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