Russia has approved a project to modernise and complete the PIK high-flux research reactor at the BP Konstantinov St Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI), part of the country’s Kurchatov Institute national research centre.
Regulatory body Glavgosexpertiza reviewed project documentation and the results of engineering surveys for the retrofitting and replacement of some components.
Glavgosexpertiza said in a statement that “a positive conclusion was issued as a result of the state examination”.
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