Russian nuclear regulator has licensed AKME-Engineering to build nuclear power plants.

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…and who knows what else. (Image from Wikipedia.)

Hilarity aside, the proposed lead-bismuth cooled SVBR-100 reactor looks quite promising. For one thing, it can use its uranium fuel much more efficiently than current reactor types, and leaves less and by far shorter-lived waste.

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