The Russian State Corporation Rosatom announced the beginning of decommissioning of the ADE-2 plutonium production reactor (original Russian report). The reactor, part of the Mining and Chemical Combine in Zheleznogorsk, was shut down in April 2010. Fuel from the reactor has been removed, and the reactor was transferred to 'permanent shutdown' mode.

The plutonium production facilities of the Mining and Chemical Combine in Zheleznogorsk are located underground. After the removal of the equipment, the halls of the ADE-2 reactor will be used for a research molten-salt reactor.