OREANDA-NEWS. December 17, 2007. Federal Registration Department has registered Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation. The Corporation has been established by means reorganization of the Federal Agency for Nuclear Energy (Rosatom). The Corporation controls Atomenergoprom OJSC, nuclear weapons companies, research institutes and nuclear and radiation safety agencies.

The Corporation is supposed to ensure the unity and stability of the nuclear industry of Russia, to guarantee nuclear and radiation safety and to create conditions for the stable and efficient work of the defense sector. The Corporation will also represent Russia in the world in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy and protection of the nonproliferation regime.