, Aug. 20 -- In 2025, Russia's nuclear industry is celebrating its 80th anniversary. On 20 August 1945, Russia established a Special Committee on Atomic Energy. In response to the threat posed by the United States, the country created nuclear weapons within four years (the RDS-1 bomb was successfully tested in 1949).
This led to the USSR becoming a pioneer and leader in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Russian specialists built the first nuclear power plant in Obninsk in 1954, and the first nuclear icebreaker, Lenin, was launched in 1959 to aid in Arctic exploration.
The main theme of the anniversary: pride, inspiration, and dreams. The industry founders' feats have been a source of pride for nuclear scientists, who are inspired by t...
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