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The 'Federal Atomic Energy Agency' (FAEA) (), abbreviated as 'RosAtom' (РосАтом), is a federal agency of Russia, the regulatory body of the Russian nuclear complex. It is comparable in function to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It is headquartered in Moscow.
The 'Ministry for Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation' (), or 'MinAtom' (МинАтом), was established on January 29, 1992 as a successor of the Ministry of Nuclear Engineering and Industry of the USSR. It was reorganized as the Federal Agency on Atomic Energy on March 9, 2004.
It was directed by Yevgeny Adamov until he was ousted by President Vladimir Putin in 2001. He was replaced by Alexander Rumyantsev (2001–2005). Now the Agency is directed by Sergei Kiriyenko.

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★ Nuclear power in Russia

★ Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics

★ Institute for High Energy Physics

★ Atomenergoprom

★ Tekhsnabexport

★ Non-Proliferation Trust

★ Energy policy of Russia

External links

★ Official website of the Federal Agency for Atomic Energy

★ Old official website of Ministry for Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation