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Barentsobserver.com, 24.01.2012 - Russia’s first Graney-class submarine should have been on duty now, but today the Russian Defence Ministry announces a more than one year delay.

“The deadlines for the contract of the Russian Navy to bring the Yasen class (NATO name Graney class) submarine into service were not fulfilled, the deadline was delayed to 2012, Russia’s Deputy Defence Minister Aleksandr Sukhorukov told Itar-Tass on Tuesday.

Barentsobserver.com, 23.01.2012 - Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller eyes hungry buyers for Barents gas in world’s largest market.

Japan is already the largest buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world. The Fukhusima nuclear disaster last March makes another push away from electricity made by reactors. That is a fact the partners in the Barents Sea Shtokman-field want to benefit from.

The Associated Press, 23.08.2011 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il renewed a push to restart talks on swapping aid for his country's nuclear disarmament during a stop in northeastern China on Friday on his return journey from Russia.

AFP, 21.08.2011 - Russia has put forward "proposals" to build new nuclear power plants in Iran after the completion of the Bushehr project, local media reported Sunday quoting the Islamic republic's atomic chief.

"We have held negotiations with the Russians regarding the construction of new nuclear power plants. They have put forward some proposals," Fereydoon Abbasi Davani was quoted as saying by Resalat newspaper.

Barentsobserver.com, 18.08.2011 - Norway pays three times more than Russia for an upgrade of the reactor control room simulator at Kola nuclear power plant. Operator RosEnergoAtom simultaneously cash in hundreds of millions of Euro in profit.

Experts from Norway’s Institute of Energy Technology have this week visited Kola nuclear power plant and discussed the modernization of the simulator for the two newest of the four reactors, the VVER-440/213 model.

Barentsobserver.com, 16.08.2011 - The shipyard in St. Petersburg that is building Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant to be used in the Arctic appears on the brink of bankruptcy.

The Court of Arbitration seized the half-ready floating nuclear power plant after a request from Rosenergoatom, the state owned company that will operate the plant on the coast of the Russian Arctic, reports Kommersant.

Thenational.ae, 12.08.2011 - France and Russia are among the nations vying for a lucrative 15-year deal to supply nuclear fuel to the UAE.

Emirates Nuclear Energy Cooperation (Enec), the company building Abu Dhabi's first nuclear plant, opened bids last month for a "substantial" contract for the uranium to power the reactors due to be built 300km west of the capital.

Indrus.in, 12.08.2011 - The final preparations are being made before nuclear fuel is loaded into the Kudankulam reactor, a nuclear power plant which Russia is helping to build in India. The first energy unit should installed by the end of the year. However, since a law was passed by Delhi holding the supplier responsible for any incidents, there is now a question mark over how the increased liability costs need to be apportioned. An Indian analyst claims the two countries are yet to come to an agreement.