| Abstract: | The results of investigations performed by specialists at Research and Design Institute of Electrical Technology together
with other enterprises, institutes, and organizations concerning the formulation of a strategy for the development of nuclear
power in Russia in the first half of the 21st century are presented. The individual stages of the work, key assumptions, ideas,
and recommendations, on which the strategy is based, the initiatives which the President of the Russian Federation advanced
at the millennium summit held at the United Nations, and the international INPRO project initiated by Russia are examined.
It is concluded that innovative development and a transition to building as quickly as possible nuclear power objects that
meet the requirements and demands of the new century are necessary.
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Translated from Atomnaya énergiya,Vol. 103, No. 1, pp. 5–15, July, 2007. |
