On October 14, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the nuclear industry of Russia was put into postal circulation

The nuclear industry of Russia dates back to 1945. After the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the USSR State Defense Committee instituted a Special Committee. The new agency launched an extensive effort to create an atomic arsenal. The RDS-1 bomb was the first action point on the path to nuclear parity. In 1946, the first controlled uranium fission reaction in Europe and Asia was held, and I. Kurchatov launched the first nuclear reactor. The F-1 uranium-graphite research facility was built in Moscow at Laboratory No. 2 of the USSR Academy of Sciences (presently, the Kurchatov Institute). F-1 was used by scientists to create and refine technologies for producing weapons-grade plutonium. In 1949, the RDS-1 nuclear bomb was successfully tested.

In 1954, the world's first nuclear power plant was launched in Obninsk. For the first time, industrial electric current was obtained from the energy of a nuclear reactor. In the same year, the Council of Ministers approved a program for the construction of nuclear power plants. The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant produced electricity and served as a testing ground for nuclear technologies. In 1959, the world's first nuclear icebreaker was commissioned. Lenin became the flagship of the nuclear icebreaker fleet, which had been ensuring safe navigation in the Arctic Ocean for over 60 years. In 1964, the Beloyarsk and Novovoronezh nuclear power plants were launched. In 1966, the Reinsberg Nuclear Power Plant with a VVER-70 reactor began operating in the GDR, marking the beginning of exports of the Soviet reactor technology. Today, Russia is the world leader in the construction of nuclear power plants abroad. In 1967, the world's largest proton accelerator was built and launched.

In 2007, the Rosatom State Corporation was established. This marked the beginning of the modern history of the nuclear energy industry in Russia.

In 2020, the Federal Program for Nuclear Science and Technology was developed. Since 2021, Russia has been implementing a comprehensive program entitled Development of Equipment, Technologies, and Scientific Research in the Field of Atomic Energy Use, coordinated by the Rosatom and scientifically supervised by RRC Kurchatov Institute. It has now been extended until 2030. The program is divided into five federal projects, namely: new nuclear power industry, experimental test bench facilities, thermonuclear and plasma technologies, new materials and technologies, and reference power units for nuclear power plants. As of January 2024, Russia has 11 operating nuclear power plants with 37 nuclear units in operation, with a total installed capacity of 30 GW.

The souvenir sheet features the Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear power plant.

In addition to the issue of the souvenir sheet, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk.


Design Artist: S. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 200 rubles.
Souvenir sheet size: 105×75 mm; stamp size in the souvenir sheet: 65×32.5 mm.
Quantity: 19 thousand souvenir sheets.

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