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17.07.2026 Statement by Rostechnadzor Chairman on Unprecedented Terrorist Attack at Zaporozhskaya NPP
As a result of yet another act of aggression by Ukraine against the Zaporozhskaya NPP, the plant’s chief engineer, Alexander Yakovlev, and his driver, Dmitry Filippov, tragically lost their lives. Read more →

19.06.2026 Rostechnadzor takes part in 26th meeting of MDEP Working Group on Pressurized Water Reactor Technology
On June 16 and 17, 2026, representatives of Rostechnadzor, together with representatives of regulatory authorities from China, Hungary, Türkiye, scientific and technical support organizations, and nuclear industry, took part in the 26th meeting of the VVER Working Group of the Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) in St. Petersburg. Read more →

17.06.2026 Rostechnadzor takes part in second meeting of Joint Russian-Chinese Commission’s working group on flood control cooperation
Evgeny Bibin, deputy head of the Rostechnadzor state energy supervision department, participated in the second meeting of the Joint Russian-Chinese Commission on the Rational Use and Protection of Transboundary Waters’ working group on flood control in Changchun, China. Read more →

11.06.2026 Rostechnadzor participates in meetings of nuclear regulatory bodies of CIS countries
On June 9 and 10, Alexey Ferapontov, Deputy Chairman of Rostechnadzor, participated in the sixth meeting of the Council of Senior Representatives of Nuclear Safety Regulatory Bodies of the CIS Member States and the twenty-seventh meeting of the Commission of the CIS Member States on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy (ATOM-CIS Commission), both held in Almaty. Members of the Commission and Council, as well as specially invited experts from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan participated in the meetings. Read more →

22.05.2026 Head of Rostechnadzor’s Special Security Department participates in IAEA workshop in Mongolia
From May 18 to 21, 2026, Dmitry Bokov, head of the Special Security Department of Rostechnadzor, participated in a national training workshop on threat assessment and attacker modeling, organized by the IAEA jointly with the Atomic Energy Commission of Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar for representatives of government agencies and organizations. Read more →

21.05.2026 Rostechnadzor takes part in 111th session of International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee
The Russian initiative to develop international approaches to regulating the safety of floating nuclear power units has received substantive discussion at the International Maritime Organization. Read more →

20.05.2026 Russia and IAEA agree on key parameters of IRRS mission
On May 19 and 20, 2026, Rostechnadzor held a preparatory meeting for the IAEA Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) mission. The full-scale mission is scheduled for October 26 to November 6, 2026, in Moscow. Read more →

28.04.2026 Rostechnadzor Deputy Chairman takes part in ceremony to start up Rooppur Unit 1 in Bangladesh
Alexey Ferapontov, Deputy Chairman of Rostechnadzor, along with State Corporation Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev and Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Alexander Khozin, participated in the ceremonial physical start-up of Unit 1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna District, Bangladesh. Read more →

14.04.2026 Rostechnadzor takes part in Tenth Review Meeting of Contracting Parties to Convention on Nuclear Safety
As part of the Russian Federation delegation, representatives of Rostechnadzor led by Deputy Chairman Alexey Ferapontov are taking part in the Tenth Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS), which is being held from April 13 to 24, 2026, in Vienna, Austria. Read more →

10.04.2026 Rostechnadzor takes part in IAEA International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group meeting
Alexey Ferapontov, Deputy Chairman of the Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service, participated in a meeting of the IAEA International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (INSAG) on April 8 and 9, 2025, in Vienna. Read more →