Category: Business
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ROSATOM and FEDC agree to cooperate in the construction of Russia’s first onshore small nuclear power plant
ROSATOM and the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation (FEDC) have signed a cooperation agreement to build Russia’s first onshore small nuclear power plant (SNPP) in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The document was signed at the Mining Industry: Investment Projects and Support Measures Forum held in Moscow within the framework of the Russian Business…
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Installation of the fourth tier of the containment at Akkuyu NPP Unit 2 is completed
April 17, 2023, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Türkiye. – The fourth tier of the inner containment, which relates to basic components of the nuclear power plant’s safety system, was installed in the reactor building of the second power unit of Akkuyu NPP. The inner containment consists of a steel lining and is made of a special…
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ROSATOM Starts Supplying Petroelectrosbyt with Wind Power
ROSATOM’s wind power division NovaWind has started to supply wind-generated power to the power utility company Petroelectrosbyt (PES), enabling it to provide customers with ‘green’ electricity generated at wind power plants. Earlier, PES signed a contract with VetroSGC-2 (part of NovaWind) for the supply of 1.8 million kWh of electricity from the Berestovskaya Wind Farm.…
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Head of ROSATOM Alexey Likhachev met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Péter Szijjártó
A meeting was held between Alexey Likhachev, Director General of State Atomiс Energy Corporation ROSATOM, and Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary. The parties discussed further steps in the implementation of the Paks-2 NPP construction project, as well as other aspects of multifaceted cooperation in the nuclear sector. At present, general…
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ROSATOM takes part in “Safe Arctic 2023”
At the plenary session “Main Challenges and New Threats to Security in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation”, held as part of the Safe Arctic 2023 exercises in Salekhard, on April 7, Vladimir Panov, ROSATOM Special Representative for the Arctic Development, noted that the Plan for the Northern Sea Route development until 2035 envisages…
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Power start-up stage has begun at Unit 2 of Belarus NPP
The Department for Nuclear and Radiation Safety of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus (Gosatomnadzor of the Republic of Belarus) has issued a permit for opening of the Power Start-up stage at Unit 2 of Belarus NPP (the general designer and general contractor is Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division). The obtained…
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Russian delegation and the IAEA hold consultations on the situation at the Zaporozhskaya NPP
On 5 April, Director General of ROSATOM Mr. Alexey Likhachev had a meeting with IAEA Director General Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi in Kaliningrad. From the Russian side, the meeting was attended by head of Rostechnadzor Mr. Alexander Trembitskiy; Chief of Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Mr.…
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WANO Experts Conducted Training for the Kalinin NPP Employees Using the Peer Review Methodology
From March 28 to 30, 2023, experts from the Moscow Center of the World Association of Organizations Operating Nuclear Power Plants (WANO-MC) held an on-site training seminar on the methodology for conducting peer reviews at the Kalinin NPP (branch of Rosenergoatom). The training course was attended by 25 heads of the chief engineer service and…
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Russian NPPs exceeded the state task of the FAS Russia by more than 4.4% in the first quarter of 2023
Nuclear power plants in Russia (branches of Rosenergoatom, ROSATOM’s Electric Power Division) generated about 53.5 billion kilowatt-hours in three months of 2023, or 104.42% of the balance target* of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia. Therefore, since the beginning of the year, about 2.3 billion kWh have been generated in excess of the FAS…
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In the first quarter of 2023 ROSATOM wind farms generated 650 thousand MWh of electricity
In the first quarter of 2023 wind farms of NovaWind (ROSATOM’s wind power division) generated 650 thousand MWh of electricity, having demonstrated a 1.2-fold increase year-on-year. In Q1 2022, the wind farms produced 550 thousand MWh (excluding power output from the Berestovskaya Wind Farm). The 2023 figure includes electric power generated by seven wind farms…
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License for construction of Unit 3 of El-Dabaa NPP in Egypt has been received
On March 29, 2023, a meeting of Board of Directors of Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) was held, at which the regulatory authority issued a license for construction of El-Dabaa NPP Unit 3 (general designer and general contractor – ROSATOM Engineering Division). From 11 to 17 March 2023, a commission of Egyptian Nuclear…
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NovaWind and Primus Advanced Technologies Ltd. (Myanmar) signed an agreement for cooperation on wind energy projects
NovaWind (ROSATOM’s wind power division) and Primus Advanced Technologies Ltd. signed an agreement on fixing the top-level “roadmap” for cooperation on wind farm construction projects. The document was signed by NovaWind CEO Grigoriy Nazarov and Primus Advanced Technologies CEO Kyaw Hla Win. The agreement envisions a partnership to construct a 172 MW wind farm. “We…
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Russia and Nicaragua sign agreement on cooperation in non-energy use of nuclear technology
March 29, 2023, Moscow – Russia and Nicaragua have signed the Intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of non-energy applications of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. Within the framework of the agreement, the Parties will work together in a wide range of areas, particularly in medicine and agriculture. The document was signed during the…
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Unit 2 of Belarus NPP has reached minimum controllable power level
On March 25, the reactor of Power Unit 2 of Belarus NPP (general designer and general contractor is Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division) was brought to minimum controllable power level. At 19:42 (Moscow time), the neutron flux was registered for the first time, and controlled self-sustained nuclear reactor began. Achievement of the minimum controllable power…
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NRNU MEPhI announced enrollment of citizens of the Republic of Türkiye to study in the master’s program in Nuclear Physics and Technology
March 21, 2023, Moscow, Russia. – National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (NRNU MEPhI) announced enrollment of citizens of the Republic of Türkiye to study in the master’s program in Nuclear Physics and Technology. It is planned to enroll 25 students within the program of training qualified engineers for Akkuyu NPP, which is under construction in…
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Arrival of the first heavy and oversized equipment to the El-Dabaa NPP construction site
On March 21, 2023, the first heavy and oversized equipment for the El-Dabaa NPP, the core catcher for Unit 1, arrived to the El-Dabaa NPP construction site in Egypt (the general designer and general contractor is ROSATOM Engineering Division). In the beginning of March 2023, the ship carrying three main components of the core catcher…
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ROSATOM and the Atomic Energy Agency of China signed the long-term cooperation program in the area of fast reactors and nuclear fuel cycle closure
The Comprehensive Long-Term Cooperation Program in the area of fast reactors and nuclear fuel cycle closure was signed on March, 21, on the sidelines of the state visit of Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, to Russia. The document was signed by Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, and Zhang Kejian, the…
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Deputies of the RF State Duma Visiting Belarus NPP
On March 17, a delegation of the RF State Duma deputies headed by Pavel Zavalny, Chairman of the Energy Committee, has visited during a working trip the largest Union State energy project, i .e. the Belarus NPP (its general designer and general contractor being the Engineering Division of Rosatom State Corporation). The Russian members of…
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ROSATOM and Algerian Atomic Energy Commission discussed nuclear energy solutions in a jointly organized workshop in Algeria
March 13, 2023 – Algeria (Algeria) – ROSATOM and the Algerian Atomic Energy Commission (COMENA) jointly organized a workshop on nuclear energy solutions for key stakeholders and companies in the Algerian energy market. This is the first event organized by the two parties taking place at the COMENA headquarters. Abdelhamid Mellah, COMENA commissioner, and Boris…
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One more batch of Russian equipment for Rooppur NPP has been delivered to Bangladesh
One more batch of equipment for Rooppur NPP that is under construction in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (general designer and general contractor is Rosatom’s Engineering Division) has been delivered from Russia to the sea port of Mongla. About 1 200 tons of industrial equipment has been transported on the MV Aparajitа vessel. The vessel…
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Subsidiary of Rosatom’s TVEL Fuel Company will supply lithium-7 for a nuclear power plant in Brazil
Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP), an enterprise of TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom, has been awarded as the winner of the tender by the Brazilian Eletronuclear company for supplies of more than 100 kg of lithium-7 hydroxide. This product will be used in the reactor cooling system of both operating power units of the Admiral…
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Radiopharmaceuticals Production Complex Built by Rosatom Starts Medical Supplies to Bolivian clinics
March 9, 2023, El Alto, Bolivia – A unique for Latin America complex for radiopharmaceuticals production buit by Rosatom by order of the Bolivian Nuclear Energy Agency (ABEN), has started supplies of radiopharmaceuticals to the network of the Bolivian nuclear medicine centers. The ceremony of the beginning of supplies of the radiopharmaceutical fluodeoxyglucose took place…
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Turbine building roof installation completed at Akkuyu NPP Unit 1
March 9, 2023, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Türkiye – Roof installation in the turbine hall of Akkuyu NPP Unit 1 of has been completed. The entire process took three months, the first truss was installed on December 10, 2022. The turbine hall roof consists of nine enlarged trusses with a total weight of 1140 tons, including…
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Vessel with the first large-size equipment for El-Dabaa NPP has set off for Egypt
At the beginning of March, a vessel with three main components of the corium localization device – the core catcher – left the port of St. Petersburg for the construction site of El-Dabaa NPP Unit 1 (the general designer and the general construction is Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division). The core catcher components have been…
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The works on the outside containment concreting are completed ahead of schedule at Rooppur NPP Unit 1
At the Rooppur NPP construction site in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (the general designer and general contractor being the Rosatom Engineering Division), the outside containment concreting has been completed 45 days ahead of schedule. The total process took 110 days instead of 155. According to the RPS project “Optimization of 10UJA outer containment structures…
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ROSATOM delegation took part in the 12th International Symposium on Targeted Alpha Therapy in the RSA
ROSATOM delegation took part in the 12th International Symposium on Targeted Alpha Therapy in the Republic of South Africa, ended on March 2, 2023 in Cape Town (South Africa). The symposium brought together more than 300 nuclear medicine professionals from medical and scientific organizations, educational institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and regulatory authorities from around the world.…
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Transport Lock Has Been Installed at Rooppur NPP Power Unit 1
Installation of the transport lock has been completed in the Power Unit 1 reactor building at the Rooppur NPP construction site in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (General Designer and General Contractor is Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division). The transport lock is the largest piece of equipment at the NPP site, while its length is…
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Representatives of National Research University Moscow Energy Institute and AKKUYU NUCLEAR JSC discuss the training program for Akkuyu NPP
March 2, 2023, Moscow, Russia. – A working meeting on training specialists for Akkuyu NPP took place at the National Research University Moscow Energy Institute. The Target Training Program for Akkuyu NPP Personnel among citizens of the Republic of Turkey is being implemented on the basis of the Intergovernmental Agreement between the Government of the…
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ROSATOM signed the contracts for supply of medical isotopes to Armenia and Kazakhstan
Isotope JSC (included into Rusatom Healthcare JSC Division) signed new contracts for supply of technetium-99m generators GT-5K to the Republic of Armenia and germanium-68/ gallium-68 generators to the Republic of Kazakhstan. The first lot of technetium-99m generators GT-5K with banks was delivered to Isotope Production Center CJSC in Yerevan at the end of February. This…
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MBIR became a participant of the BRICS GRAIN International Platform
The Multipurpose Fast Neutron Research Reactor (MBIR), being constructed by State Corporation Rosatom within the framework of the comprehensive program “Development of Technology, Technologies and Scientific Research in the Field of Atomic Energy Use in the Russian Federation”, became a participant in the GRAIN International Platform (Global Research Advanced Infrastructure Network). BRICS GRAIN platform was…
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The training course on IAEA Safeguards and Nuclear Security has been completed at the Technical Academy
The training course “Global Nuclear Safety and Security: IAEA Safeguards and Nuclear Security” has been completed at the Rosatom Technical Academy. It was organized by the Institute of Global Nuclear Safety and Security of the Rosatom Technical Academy for experts working at nuclear industry enterprises and dealing with issues of international cooperation with the Agency…
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In 2023, ROSATOM plans to implement nearly a third of the total amount of Russia’s dredging operations at 6 sites in the NSR water area
The total volume of dredging and hydraulic engineering operations in the waters of the Northern Sea Route in 2023 is to amount to 13.5 million cubic meters, said Maxim Kulinko, Deputy Head of the NSR Directorate of ROSATOM at the 6th Hydraulic Engineering and Dredging Congress. This amounts to 36.1% of all dredging operations planned…
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ROSATOM shipped the first lot of equipment for the ITER project in 2023 to France
Iquipment for the power supply systems of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) was shipped from the site of NIIEFA JSC (included into Rosatom) on February, 13-14. Three trailers with the total cargo weight of 33.4 tons set off to the reactor construction site in France. The scope of supply included the final lot of…
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Consultations held between the Russian delegation and the IAEA delegation
On February 9 this year, Director General of ROSATOM Alexey Likhachev had a regular meeting with Director General of IAEA Rafael Grossi in Moscow. From the Russian side, the meeting was also attended by Alexander Trembitsky, Head of Rostekhnadzor (Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service of Russia), Igor Kirillov, Chief of Radiation, Chemical, and…
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Akkuyu NPP project employees collect help for earthquake victims
February 7, 2022, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Türkiye. – Companies involved in Akkuyu NPP construction collected warm clothes and primary commodities for those hurt or displaced by the earthquake. Collection points are located in Silifke, Kum Mahallesi and Taşucu, where most of the Akkuyu NPP site employees live. Project personnel and residents of the region bring…
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Russia and Myanmar sign Intergovernmental Agreement on nuclear energy cooperation
On February 6, in Yangon (Republic of the Union of Myanmar), ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev and the Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Myo Thein Kyaw signed the Intergovernmental Agreement on cooperation in the field of the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The signing ceremony took place in the presence of…
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Main Coolant Pipeline Welding Completed at Rooppur NPP Unit 2
At the Rooppur NPP construction site in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (the general designer and general contractor being the Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division), welding of the main coolant pipeline (MCP) has been completed successfully in the reactor building of Unit 2. Junction, welding-up and heat treatment of the pearlitic part of 28 weld…
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A residential campus will be built for Akkuyu NPP employees
February 4, 2023, Silifke, Türkiye – AKKUYU NUCLEAR, which is building the first nuclear power plant in Türkiye, has signed a contract with the Turkish construction company Özaltın İnşaat for the construction of a residential campus for Akkuyu NPP operating personnel. The residential campus will be formed of single-section blocks with comfortable flats of different…
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Power Unit No. 3 of the Kudankulam NPP sees the installation of reactor plant equipment
Installation of reactor plant equipment using the “open top” technique was completed at Power Unit No. 3 of the Kudankulam NPP (Republic of India, the NPP’s General Designer and General Contractor is ROSATOM’s Engineering Division). The “open top” is a technique for installing equipment when the dome is open. It is used by Indian partners…
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Rosatom Technical Academy, Rosenergoatom and Uzatom Agency signed the Memorandum of Understanding in the area of nuclear infrastructure development
The Memorandum of Understanding between Rosenergoatom JSC, Rosatom Technical Academy Independent Non-Profit Organization for Continuing Professional Education (INO CPE) and the Agency for Nuclear Power Engineering Development at the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzatom Agency) was signed on July 13. Zhurabek Mirzamakhmudov, Chief Executive Officer of Uzatom Agency, signed the Memorandum…
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ROSATOM and Myanmar Discuss Cooperation in Nuclear Energy in Myanmar
On July 11, Monday, ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev met with the Chairman of the Myanmar State Administration Council, Prime Minister, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The meeting resulted in the signing of the Memorandums of Understanding between ROSATOM and the Ministry of Science and Technology of Myanmar on cooperation in training and skills development…
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The Podolsk-based enterprise of ROSATOM to manufacture and supply thermocouples for Kudankulam NPP
LUCH Scientific Production Association (part of Science and Innovations JSC, R & D Unit of ROSATOM) signed an agreement to supply thermocouples for four power units of the Kudankulam NPP in India. New sensors designed for thermal control of NPP process equipment will replace the old ones in the internal reactor control systems of the…
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The Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority issued a license for production of core catchers for the units of Paks-2 NPP
On June 30, 2022, the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (OAH) issued a production license allowing to start production of the two core melt localization devices for the new units of Paks-2 NPP. The Core Melt Localization Device (CMLD, or “core catcher”) is one of the most important elements of the passive safety system of generation…
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Alexey Likhachev and Peter Szijjártó discussed the status of the Paks-2 NPP project (Hungary)
On July 1, 2022, during a working meeting in Istanbul, Alexey Likhachev, head of ROSATOM, and Peter Szijjártó, minister of foreign affairs and trade of Hungary, discussed the current status and further steps in the implementation of the Paks-2 project as well as its transition to the stage of direct construction by September this year.…
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Concreting of the inner containment dome is completed at Rooppur NPP Unit 1
Concreting of the containment dome of Unit 1 has been completed at Rooppur NPP construction site in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (the general designer and the general contractor is ROSATOM’s Engineering Division). The works were performed by specialists of RosSEM Trust LLC (part of ROSATOM’s Engineering Division). In total, over 3200 cubic meters of…
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Students’ working semester has started at ROSATOM Engineering Division facilities under construction
The students working semester has started at facilities of ROSATOM’s Engineering Division on July 01. For two summer months, 176 senior students of the Engineering Division specialized universities will work at construction sites of Kursk NPP-2 power units and the overseas construction sites – Belarus NPP, Rooppur NPP (the People’s Republic of Bangladesh) and El-Dabaa…
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ROSATOM received construction permit for the El-Dabaa NPP Unit 1
On June 29, 2022, the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) issued a permit for the construction of the El-Dabaa NPP Unit 1. This permit, along with excavation works at site, is a prerequisite for the start of the main stage of construction. “Obtaining construction permit for the Unit 1 is a momentous occasion…
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Power Unit 2 of the Rooppur NPP witnesses the inner containment dome installation completed
Inner containment dome metal structures were installed in the reactor building of Power Unit 2 at the Rooppur NPP construction site in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (the NPP’s General Designer and General Contractor is the ROSATOM’s Engineering Division). The upper portion of the dome weighing 194 tonnes and being 35.7 m in diameter was…
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Core cather for Akkuyu NPP unit 3 installed in the design position on the construction site
June 25, 2022, Buyukeceli, Mersin Province, Turkey. – A melt localization device, or core catcher, one of the main elements of Unit 3 supplementary (passive) safety system, was delivered and installed at the Akkuyu NPP construction site. After unloading the vessel which delivered the catcher to the Eastern cargo terminal, the equipment was transported to…
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NovaWind Starts Concreting Foundations at Kuzminskaya Wind Farm in Stavropol Krai
Concrete was poured for the first wind turbine foundation at the Kuzminskaya Wind Farm in the Stavropol Krai (Southern Russia). A total of 64 wind turbines with a capacity of 2.5 MW each will be installed on the site. With an aggregate capacity of 160 MW, the wind farm is estimated to generate 378 million…
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EUAS International ICC delegation visited Akkuyu NPP construction site
June 22, 2022, Büyükeceli, Turkey. – Executives and employees of EUAS International ICC, an international division of EÜAŞ, a Turkish state-owned electricity generation corporation, visited the Akkuyu NPP Construction Site. The delegation headed by Necati Yamac, chief executive officer of EUAS International ICC, examined the construction of four power units and assessed the current work…
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ROSATOM and Yakutia planning for SHELF-M small nuclear plant
Russian nuclear power company ROSATOM’s director general Alexey Likhachev and the head of the Republic of Sakha (also known as Yakutia) Aysen Nicolayev have signed an agreement “on intentions and a procedure for organising cooperation for promoting projects involving a small nuclear power plant based on the SHELF-M reactor”. The agreement will see the two…
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Rooppur NPP Power Unit 2 Has Started to Install the Dome Part of the Inner Containment
At the Rooppur NPP construction site in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (with the ROSATOM’s Engineering Division being the general designer and general contractor), installation of the first of the three tiers of the inner containment dome has just been finished at the reactor building of power unit 2. The large-dimensioned structure being 195 tons…
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ROSATOM and Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Plan to Build Small NPP with SHELF-M Reactor
On June 16, on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, ROSATOM and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) signed an agreement on intentions and a procedure for organizing cooperation for promoting projects involving a small nuclear power plant based on the SHELF-M reactor. The document was signed by ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev and…
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ROSATOM to Build Small Nuclear Power Plant in Yakutia Under Far Eastern Concession Program
On June 16, on the sidelines of the XXV St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Rosatom signed a cooperation agreement. The agreement was signed by the Russian Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Alexey Chekunkov and ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev. The parties agreed…
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ROSATOM takes part in SPIEF-2022
ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev, First Deputy Director General for Development and International Business Kirill Komarov, Deputy Director General for Human Resources Tatyana Terentyeva, and other ROSATOM executives take part in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2022) on June 15-18. On June 16, Alexey Likhachev will take part in the plenary session Northern Sea…
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Expert RA confirmed compliance of JSC Atomenergoprom’s bonds with “green” bonds issue principles
On June 14, 2022, the rating agency Expert RA confirmed that JSC Atomenergoprom’s (a part of ROSATOM) bonds comply with the “green” bonds issue principles and “green” financial instrument criteria. The agency’s release says: “Following the methodology of the second party opinion on compliance of bonds with the green bond principles, Expert RA confirms that…
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NovaWind and Chukotka Government strike deal to cooperate on wind power projects
On June 15, 2022, NovaWind (ROSATOM’s wind power division) and the Chukotka Government signed a cooperation agreement for the construction of wind farms in the region within the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The document was signed by NovaWind CEO Grigoriy Nazarov and Chukotka Governor Roman Kopin. The agreement is intended to study the possibility…
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RPV installed at Kursk-II as equipment tests begin
The VVER-TOI reactor pressure vessel (RPV) has been installed at unit 1 of the Kursk-II NPP under construction in Russia, three weeks ahead of schedule, said Andrey Osharin, First Deputy Director for the Construction of New Units at Kursk NPP. The RPV was delivered to the site in September 2021. “Since that time, a lot…
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Paks-2 has received permission to start soil stabilisation works and the construction of storage facilities
On 10 June 2022, the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (OAH) issued a licence for the Paks-2 project to start the soil stabilisation of the nuclear power plant construction site. The purpose of this work is to ensure the required bearing capacity of the soils at the base of the future buildings and structures of the…