Russia Shuts World's Oldest VVER Nuclear Reactor

GALWAY, IRELAND--January 5, 2017--Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Russia's state-owned Rosatom Corporation (Moscow, Russia) has announced the closure of the world's oldest VVER-440 type nuclear reactor at the Novovoronezh plant in western Russia.

Within this article: Details reactor history, closure and European impact