Federal Agency on Atomic Energy (Russia)

Ministry for Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation and Federal Agency on Atomic Energy (or Rosatom), were a <a href="/facts/Russian_Government/pGg63WgH">Russian federal executive body</a> from 1992–2008 (as Federal Ministry in 1992–2004 and as Federal Agency in 2004–2008).
The Ministry for Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation (<a href="/facts/Russian_language/ETXrTgHV">Russian</a>: Министерство по атомной энергии Российской Федерации), or MinAtom (МинАтом), was established on January 29, 1992 as a successor of the <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Medium_Machine_Building/BrHICFcf">Ministry of Nuclear Engineering and Industry of the USSR</a>.
On March 9, 2004, it was reorganized as the Federal Agency on Atomic Energy.
According to the law adopted by the <a href="/facts/Federal_Assembly_of_Russia/zuJkAF3P">Russian parliament</a> in November 2007, and signed by the <a href="/facts/President_of_Russia/B51rFJbT">President</a> <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Putin/DcQdxqbj">Putin</a> in early December, the agency was transformed to a <a href="/facts/State_corporation_(Russia)/X1E8WCC2">Russian state corporation (non-profit organisation)</a>, the <a href="/facts/Rosatom_Nuclear_Energy_State_Corporation/lknBlYxp">Rosatom Nuclear Energy State Corporation</a>.

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