The Era of New Dreamers: How Young People Are Entering the Nuclear Industry

Over 81 years, the nuclear industry has traversed a path where the future repeatedly became reality. Its history, from almost the very beginning, has revolved around attempts to make possible what previously did not exist: from the first reactors and nuclear power plants to technologies now applied far beyond energy generation. Today, one can literally cover the journey of the nuclear sector from its earliest projects to future technologies in just a couple of hours. The "ATOM" Museum at VDNKh is designed as a spatial model of this narrative: the route begins on underground levels with the history of the Soviet atomic project and gradually ascends to modern technologies and visions of the future. The museum opened in November 2023. Its seven floors…