The Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam ranks 9th on our list of largest hydroelectric dams and power plants in the world. It is also located on the Yenisei River. The construction works were going on from 1963 ...

MOSCOW (AP) - August 18, 2009 "With every hour there is less and less chance left that we will find somebody alive," RusHydro spokesman Yevgeny Druzyaka told The Associated Press. Monday's accident ...

* Putin ordered report into accident that killed 75 * Six officials "created the conditions" for accident-report * Plant not expected to return to full capacity until 2014 MOSCOW, Oct 3 (Reuters) - A ...

Russian authorites are investigating the cause of an explosion at the nation’s largest hydroelectric plant, in southern Siberia. The explosion at a powerplant of the 6,400-MW Sayano-Shushenskaya ...

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Russian authorities were reportedly warned in 1998 that Siberia’s massive Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power plant had fallen into serious neglect and was unsafe, more than a decade before this ...

MOSCOW – An accident during repair work at Russia's largest hydroelectric plant on Monday killed at least 11 workers, while as many as 65 others were missing after an engine room was suddenly flooded, ...

CHERYOMUSHKI, Russia (Reuters) - Ten people were killed on Monday and up to 72 were missing after a turbine room flooded at Russia's largest hydro-power station, forcing steel and Aluminum plants in ...

The catastrophe at the 6,400-MW Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric plant that killed 75 workers in southern Siberia on Aug. 17 had a number of contributing causes, including design, operation, and ...

1 December 2004 – Russia’s largest hydropower project, Sayano-Shushensky, has selected a network of intelligent energy meters to help improve efficiency. It is also expected to reduce costs throughout ...

The head of Russia's industrial safety watchdog says negligence was a major factor in an accident that killed 75 workers at a large hydroelectric plant, and suggests that high-level officials could ...

MOSCOW -- A region in Siberia that had called for the renationalization of Russia's biggest hydroelectric dam agreed to drop its demands, ending a dispute that had dealt a blow to investor confidence ...