AO SOSNY
Research and Development Company
(AO SOSNY R&D Company)
News
02
October
2023
Recertification audit revealed no instances of non-compliance
In the period 25-29 September 2023, the Sosny R&D Company successfully passed a Quality Management System (QMS) recertification audit for...
30
August
2023
Award to Recognize Achievements in Constructing the Nuclear Facilities
Valerii Smirnov, D. Sc. (Engineering), Professor, was awarded the Order of Merit in Construction for outstanding contribution to the development of the...
07
June
2023
National Award
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin issued an Executive Order awarding Valerii Smirnov, D. Sc. (Engineering), Professor, the Order of Honour for outstanding...
14
April
2023
Rostechnadzor inspection gave out no comments
April 10-14, 2023 the Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service (Rostechnadzor) conducted a scheduled inspection at AO Sosny R&D...
23
March
2023
Sergey V. Pavlov, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, awarded the title of Honored Scientist and Engineer of Ulyanovsk region
On March 22, 2023, Aleksey Yu. Russkikh, the Governor of the Ulyanovsk region, awarded Sergey V. Pavlov, Deputy Director for...
28
February
2023
Representatives of ROSATOM State Corporation visit Sosny R&D Company
On February 2023, the Sosny R&D Company hosted heads of Rosatom State Corporation – Alexander Lokshin, First Deputy Director General...
30
December
2021
ROSATOM Letters of Appreciation for the contribution to the successful completion of the Lepse Project
In 2014–2021 the Sosny R&D Company participated the project on decommissioning of the Lepse Floating Maintenance Base (FMB). The Company's...
01
December
2021
Sosny will develop a railroad shrub cutter
On 23 November 2021, a meeting was held to discuss innovative development and long-term growth plans till 2025. The meeting...
19
November
2021
License terms confirmed
During the period 15–18 November 2021, the Sosny &D Company underwent a scheduled audit of compliance with the Federal Environmental,...
10
Septeber
2021
Recertification audit completed at Sosny R&D Company
On 7-9 September 2021, the Sosny R&D Company successfully passed a recertification audit of the quality management system for conformance...
10
June
2021
Sosny R&D Company Has Become ANS Member
In May 2021, Sosny R&D Company joined the American Nuclear Society (ANS) as an Organization Member.
ANS is an international scientific...
28
August
2020
SFA Inspection and Repair Stand Commissioned at Belarusian NPP-1
In early August 2020, Sosny completed mounting and adjustment of the equipment for the I&C unit of the VVER-1200 FA...
25
July
2020
Last Batch of Spent Fuel Removed from Lepse Service Ship
On 19 July 2020, the Nerpa shipyard engaged in decommissioning of the Lepse service ship completed the removal of the...
01
June
2020
Preparation for Retrieval of Non-Conforming Spent Fuel Assemblies from Lotta Storage Tanks
Under contract with FSUE Atomflot, the Sosny R&D Company has successfully completed design and fabrication of equipment for handling non-conforming...
06
December
2019
Results of «Engineer of the Year» Competition Announced
On 5 December 2019, Ulyanovsk held an opening ceremony of XI Business Forum "Business Environment in Russia 2019". The event...
30
Septeber
2019
First batch of Lepse spent nuclear fuel assemblies delivered to Atomflot
On 25 September 2019, the first batch of spent nuclear fuel assemblies from Lepse Floating Maintenance Base (Lepse FMB) was...
01
October
2018
Shelter for defuelling of the nuclear service ship Lepse opened
On the 26th of September 2018 the shelter for the defuelling of the nuclear service ship Lepse located at the...
18
June
2018
Forward with Government Contract!
In 2016, Sosny R&D Company and the State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM signed a government contract for fabrication of canisters...
09
February
2018
Festival of Science in Ulyanovsk Region
February 8 is the Day of Russian Science. The Festival of Science in Ulyanovsk region that has been held for...
19
December
2017
Sosny R&D Company has become a laureate of a TekhUspekh-2017 national rating of fast growing companies
On December 12, 2017, the winners of the 6th annual TekhUspekh-2017 rating - the national rating of fast growing hi-tech...
20
Septeber
2017
The Last Batch of HEU of VVR-K Reactor is Returned to Russia
On September 19, 2017 Aircraft AN-124-100 with the last batch of HEU SFA from Kazakhstan was landed in Koltzovo Airport....
01
Septeber
2017
HEU fuel shipment from GHARR-1 reactor, Ghana complete
Late August witnessed completion of the first project in the MNSR Conversion and Removal Program.
The GHARR-1 reactor is operated by...
21
August
2017
Ulyanovsk Region Governor Sergey Morozov Visits Sosny
On August 17, 2017, Sergey Morozov, the Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region, explored the Pilot Production Facility of the Sosny...
17
August
2017
Another SNF Removal from IPPE
On August 9, 2017, another (the fifth) removal of SNF of the IPPE research reactors was completed at IPPE with...
29
June
2017
Sosny R&D Company participated in the IAEA International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles
On June 29, the International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles was closed in Yekaterinburg. The conference became...
23
May
2017
Tests of Unique Facility for Carbothermal Synthesis of Mixed U-Pu Nitride Fuel
On May 19, 2017 the preliminary FAT of the facility of the carbothermal synthesis of nitrides was successfully completed on...
01
November
2016
Acceptance tests of railway transporters TK-E-140 and TK-U-141
On October 26, 2016, two TK-E-140 railway transporters and three TK-U-141 railway transporters were successfully tested and accepted at AO...
14
July
2016
Management skills training
Some specialists of Sosny R&D Company entered the Academy of Economics and Management (afw Wirtschaftsakademie Bad Harzburg GmbH) in Bad...
23
March
2016
Sosny R&D Company is awarded the status of "Reliable Suplier-2015"
After the survey made by a portal Fabricant.ru, Sosny Research and Development Company was awarded the status of "Reliable Suplier-2015"...
12
November
2015
Summary of the results of rating "TechUspeh-2015"
On October 28, 2015 on the site of Forum "Open Innovations" in Moscow the results of annual national rating of...
12
November
2015
VIII International Conference "AtomEco-2015" in Moscow
VIII International exhibition and conference "AtomEco-2015" took place in the World Trade Center in Moscow on November 9-11. The main...
12
October
2015
X International Nuclear Forum "ATOMTRANS-2015"
In the period of October 5–9 in St. Petersburg X International Nuclear Forum "Safety of Nuclear Technologies: Transport of Radioactive...
28
Septeber
2015
The First Shipment of Liquid Spent Nuclear Fuel for Reprocessing was Completed
On September 24, 2015 after long-term preparatory work HEU liquid SNF of IIN-3M research reactor was successfully removed. IIN-3M solution...
16
February
2015
Technical Seminar on the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials
In the period 11-12 February in Fontenay-aux-Roses (France) the Technical Seminar on the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials took place...
29
August
2014
Damaged Spent Nuclear Fuel of the Paks NPP is Delivered to Mayak PA
In August, 2014 thirty damaged VVER-440 spent fuel assemblies were removed from Hungary to Mayak PA, Russia for reprocessing. Thus,...
26
June
2014
The workshop on Russian Research Reactor Fuel Return Lesson Learned
An international Technical Meeting on Lessons Learned from the Russian Research Reactor Fuel Return (RRRFR) Programme arranged by IAEA in...
