Russian Press at a Glance, Tuesday, November 13, 2011

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RIA Novosti, PUBLISHED December 14, 2011

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Kalininskaya Nuclear Power Plant in the central Russian Tver Region, which is the closest plant to the Russian capital, and attended an opening ceremony for its fourth power unit

(Kommersant, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Izvestia)

The Russian Investigative Committee said it completed its investigation into the Sayano-Shushenskaya dam accident, which killed 75 people and caused than $1 billion worth of damage. The investigation blamed employees and management of the hydroelectric power plant for the deadly accident but the power plant’s owner RusHydro said construction and maintenance faults were to blame

(Kommersant)

Topics: NPP, Russia, Kalinin NPP

Other news:

Belarus agrees to Russian building of nuclear station

Belarus has already started working on the site, Lukashenko said.

Russia launches fourth unit at Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant

Unit went online on Monday.

Russian specialists embark on construction of Vietnamese nuke plant

Our Vietnamese partners on December 1 issued a document agreeing the beginning of work.

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