Nuclear “Newcomers” Come to Russia

Chernobyl and Fukushima seem distant memories as Russia pursues and inks lucrative new reactor deals around the world. Eve Conant visits Obninsk, where experts and students from many countries come to visit, learn and explore the possibilities of Russian-built nuclear power plants. Obninsk, now a well-known “science city” in Russia, was a secret site under the Stalin regime, devoted to the Soviet Union’s effort to match America’s nuclear prowess in the 1940s.