29 January 2007 year

Martin Shakkum, Chairman of State Duma Committee on Industry, Construction and High-Technologies

— India has never refused to cooperate with Russia in the energy sector despite the desire of US and French companies to enter the Indian market More

26 January 2007 year

Yuri Senturin, Vice Chairman of State Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication

— Russia should intensify its efforts to expand into the Indian energy market More

25 January 2007 year

Nikolay Kuzelev, Director General of All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics and Automation

— The agreement on the construction of 4 more units in India is a big victory More

25 January 2007 year

Viktor Mikhaylov, Ex Atomic Energy Minister

— We will face fierce competition on the Indian market More

25 January 2007 year

Valentin Ivanov, member of State Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication

— India is good partner for Russia More

25 January 2007 year

Viktor Opekunov, Chairman of Sub-Committee on Nuclear Energy of State Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication

— I think that the nuclear construction in India will be carried out under the NPP-2006 project More

25 January 2007 year

Anatoly Gryaznov, Deputy Director for Capital Construction of Kursk NPP

— We have never been so close to the completion of the 5th unit of Kursk NPP More

25 January 2007 year

Valery Yazev, Chairman of State Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication

– We advocate large-scale development of nuclear power industry in the Central-European region of the country More

25 January 2007 year

Gennady Shirokonosov, Vice Chairman for Industry and Energy of Kursk region

– The completion of the 5th unit of Kursk NPP will solve the problem of energy shortfall in the region More

25 January 2007 year

Alexander Tsapin, Vice Governor for Construction and Energy of Voronezh region

– There is enough money but there are not enough specialists for the construction of Novovoronezh-2 More

24 January 2007 year

Leonid Bolshov, Director of Institute for Safe Development of Nuclear Power Engineering

— Safety will be a vital element for Atomenergoprom More

24 January 2007 year

Nikolay Ponomaryov-Stepnoy, Vice President of RRC Kurchatov Institute, academic

— It is impossible to solve the problem of stable energy supply without nuclear power engineering More

24 January 2007 year

Igor Chestin, Director of WWF Russia, member of Public Chamber of Russian Federation

— The decision of the nuclear powers to concentrate the production of enriched nuclear fuel in the territories of a limited number of countries, including Russia, is certainly right in terms of safety More

24 January 2007 year

Valentin Mezhevich, first vice chairman of Federation Council Committee on Natural Monopolies

— Senators will closely follow the course of the nuclear power sector reforms More

24 January 2007 year

Yuri Slepokon, Director of Kursk NPP

— The construction of the 5th unit will bring stability to Kursk More

22 January 2007 year

Sergey Shmatko, President of Atomstroyexport

— On the one hand, the “tunnel law” promotes Russian expansion into foreign energy markets, on the other, it does not weaken state control over nuclear production and fissile materials More

19 January 2007 year

Artyom Butov, Director General of Rosatomstroy ICC

— The adopted law brings the legal and administrative structure of the nuclear power industry into compliance with the general economic conditions in the Russian Federation More

19 January 2007 year

Igor Igoshin, Vice Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes

— The key goal of the law is to create legislative conditions for the formation of a full-value nuclear concern, which will have all necessary instruments for work under market conditions More

19 January 2007 year

Igor Orlov, Chairman of the Council of Energoresource Consortium

— The reformation of the nuclear power sector should solve the problem of energy shortfall More

19 January 2007 year

Dmitry Tsurikov, Director of Institute for the Safe Use of Nuclear Energy of the Russian Research Center Kurchatov Institute

— The restructuring of the nuclear power sector is aimed at raising our competitiveness abroad More

19 January 2007 year

Semyon Dragulsky, Director General of the Union of Energy Efficiency of Russia

— We will recommend the authorities of Yaroslavl region to start building NPP for covering their energy shortfall More

19 January 2007 year

Anton Badenkov, Acting President of TVEL

— With the adoption of the law on nuclear reforms, the Russian nuclear power sector will become competitive on the world market More

19 January 2007 year

Mikhail Kovalchuk, Director of Russian Research Center Kurchatov Institute

— The formation of Atomenergoprom will allow Russia not only to preserve one of the leading positions in the world but will also stimulate the development of nano-technologies in the country’s nuclear fuel production cycle More

19 January 2007 year

Viktor Opekunov, Chairman of State Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication

— The adoption of the law on nuclear reforms will allow us to start forming a big integrated corporation as soon as Feb 2007 More

19 January 2007 year

Valery Menshikov, member of the Board of the Center for Ecological Policy of Russia

— United nuclear power complex is optimal management and economy system More

19 January 2007 year

Yuri Senturin, Vice Chairman of State Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication

— The law “On the Peculiarities of the Management of the Property and Shares of Organizations Using Nuclear Energy” is the basis of the program of the nuclear power sector modernization and development More

19 January 2007 year

Alexander Mikhaylov, governor of Kursk region

— Unless we finish the 5th unit of KNPP, the Center of Russia will face energy crisis More

17 January 2007 year

Viktor Opekunov, member of State Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication

— No conceptual changes have been made in the bill on nuclear power industry reforms More

17 January 2007 year

Valentin Ivanov, State Duma deputy, member of Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication

— Federal law on the reformation of the nuclear power industry will bring its activities into conformity legal norms More

17 January 2007 year

Yuri Senturin, Vice Chairman of State Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication

— Key amendment to the “tunnel bill” suggests a mechanism of parliamentary control over the structural reforms in the nuclear power sector More

17 January 2007 year

Sergey Kushnaryov, Executive Vice President of Nuclear Association of Russia, member of Public Chamber of Russian Federation

— In order to reform the nuclear power industry, it is necessary to build an effective system of personnel training More

17 January 2007 year

Igor Chestin, Director of Russian Office of WWF

— I don’t think that the enlarged uranium production and the international center in Angarsk will pose a threat to the region’s ecology More

17 January 2007 year

Igor Igoshin, Vice Chairman of State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes

– In 2007 the Russian nuclear power industry is entering a new phase – a phase of long-term growth with brilliant prospects More

16 January 2007 year

Leonid Bolshov, Director of IBRAE, doctor of physical-mathematical sciences, professor

– The formation of the international nuclear center in Angarsk will give a strong impulse to the development of the region More

16 January 2007 year

Visingirey Gagiyev, Director General of Union of Employers of Nuclear Power Industry and Science of Russia

— Nuclear power sector is becoming priority More

16 January 2007 year

Sergey Simaranov, doctor of technical sciences, professor

— The main thing we should to today is to take practical steps More

16 January 2007 year

Leonid Bolshov, Director of IBRAE RAN, doctor of physical-mathematical sciences, professor

— Russian state officials have overcome their fear of nuclear power engineering More

16 January 2007 year

Sergey Komarov, Deputy Director of Institute for Energy Development of Regions

— 1% growth in the efficiency factor of the Russian NPP will give Russia additional 2bln KWh a year More

16 January 2007 year

Igor Linge, Deputy Director General of IBRAE RAN

— The enlargement of the uranium enrichment at AECC under the International Nuclear Center project is a safe project More

15 January 2007 year

Yuri Barmakov, Director of All-Russian Research Institute of Automatics

— We are ready to equip 4 nuclear power units a year More

15 January 2007 year

Yuri Senturin, Vice Chairman of State Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication

— The growing state control over the key nuclear enterprises contributes to the restoration of the necessary technological chain More

15 January 2007 year

Andrey Kislov, Deputy Head of Department for Safety of Nuclear Facilities and Control over Nuclear Materials and Radioactive Matters of Rostekhnadzor

– The enhancement of the capacity of the Angarsk Electrolytic Chemical Combine in the framework of the International Nuclear Center will not result in any serious changes in the radiation situation in the area More

12 January 2007 year

Sergey Kushnaryov, Executive Vice President of Nuclear Association of Russia, member of Public Chamber of Russian Federation

— Real ecologists, professionals, should welcome the construction of nuclear centers similar to the one planned in Angarsk, Irkutsk region More

12 January 2007 year

Yuri Senturin, State Duma deputy

— Russian security technologies guarantee the protection of the environment from the negative impacts of nuclear facilities More

12 January 2007 year

Yuri Barmakov, Director of All-Russian Research Institute of Automatics

— Russian policy for nuclear power sector development should be based on native technologies More

11 January 2007 year

Viktor Mikhaylov, Director of the Institute of Strategic Stability, Ex Nuclear Energy Minister, professor

— The launch of the 1st unit of Tianwan NPP will become a basis for 6–8 more projects in China More

11 January 2007 year

Boris Gabarayev, Director General of Research and Development Institute of Power Energy

— In technical parameters we are not behind our rivals More

11 January 2007 year

Anatoly Nazarov, doctor of biology, academic, Director of Ecological Center of the Institute of History and Natural and Technical Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences

— As an ecologist, I see no reasons for being concerned about the opening of the International Uranium Enrichment Center More

11 January 2007 year

Nikolay Ponomaryov-Stepnoy, academic, Vice President of Kurchatov Institute

— The construction of Russian reactors in China is paving the way for us into foreign markets More

11 January 2007 year

Valery Menshikov, Co-Director of CEPR/ISEU Radiation and Nuclear Security Program

— In the last year Rosatom’s activities have become more transparent More

10 January 2007 year

Alexander Bevz, Executive Director of the EU-Russia Industrialists’ Roundtable

— The full launch of the 1st unit of Tianwan NPP in China is a commercial success of Russia More

10 January 2007 year

Viktor Opekunov, Chairman of Sub-Committee on Nuclear Energy of the State Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication

— The full-capacity launch of the 1st unit of Tianwan NPP in China is a big success of the Russian nuclear power engineering More

10 January 2007 year

Sergey Baranovsky, academic, President of Russian Green Cross

– Security should be the priority of the nuclear power sector development in 2007 More