On November 29, 2021 Deputy Director General of ROSATOM for International Activity Nikolai Spasskiy in Moscow had a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil Carlos Alberto França. The parties discussed thoroughly prospects of broadening the cooperation between Brazil and Russia in peaceful uses of atomic energy. The role of…
November 30, 2021 Severstal, one of the world’s largest vertically integrated steel and mining companies, has taken a strategic decision to increase the share of renewable energy in its energy portfolio, in part by increasing heat generation from biofuels at the operating boiler houses of Karelsky Okatysh, the leading iron ore mining and processing company…
November 30, 2021 Severstal, one of the world’s largest vertically integrated steel and mining companies, has engaged the services of EY to conduct an audit of compliance with ethical norms and standards. This is part of Severstal’s comprehensive programme to improve corporate processes in order to comply with global best ESG practices. Documentation and on-site…
ROSATOM, a global technological leader, will attend the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE) being held in Paris, France, between 30 November and 2 December 2021. WNE, the world’s largest exhibition dedicated to the civil nuclear sector, will bring together global leaders from across the nuclear industry. Following on from the COP26 summit, the theme of this…
Installation of the circular (polar) crane bridge has been completed in the power unit 2 reactor building at the site of the Rooppur NPP under construction (in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh). The “Energospecmontazh” JSC specialists have performed works on lifting and installing the polar crane bridge beams on the rail tracks at +38.50m elevation…
On November 29th, Uranium One Holding N.V. (a ROSATOM company) entered into an agreement with Alpha Lithium Corporation to establish a joint venture to develop the Tolillar lithium deposit in Argentina. The 27,500 hectares deposit is located in the Argentine province of Salta within the world famous “lithium triangle”. This region is rich with hydromineral…
On November 23-25, 2021, the annual conference of the design and engineering complex of nuclear industry was held in Moscow. It was organized by Atomenergoproekt JSC (part of Engineering Division of ROSATOM), which is the largest design organization of industry. The event, held in a hybrid format, was attended by more than 2,500 people, and…
The Rosatom Technical Academy under the support of JSC Rusatom Service has organized a two-week training course for specialists from the People’s Republic of Bangladesh “Technological Aspects of AES-2006 (VVER-1200). Development of Nuclear Curricula on VVER Technology”. The course was held online in support of the ROSATOM activities on the Rooppur NPP construction. More than…
ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev will take part in the Global Impact Conference “Bridging the Gaps”, an international case-based conference, which will take place on December 1, 2021. The event will be held online with the support of ROSATOM, UN Global Compact, Euronews news channel, and VK.com as digital partner. Best practices in the field…
November 23, 2021, Moscow, Russia – Akkuyu NPP project management system was ranked first in the annual Russian contest of professional project management Project Olympus 2021, organized by the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation. Apart from the main prize in State Corporations, Government-Owned Companies, Commercial and Public Organizations, and Development Institutions…
The reactor pit liner structure, with the weight of 120 t and height of 9 m, was installed in the design position at power unit No.3 of Xudapu NPP being constructed under VVER-1200 Russian design in China. The reactor pit liner acts as a permanent formwork during concreting for the further installation of the core…
Another milestone achieved in construction of the innovative BREST-OD-300 fast neutron reactor at the site of the Siberian Chemical Combine, a subsidiary of Rosatom’s TVEL Fuel Company, as the pouring of the nuclear island’s foundation slab has been completed. The BREST-OD-300 foundation slab, 90 x 82 meters and 2.5 meters thick, consists of nine separate…
All four steam generators have been installed at the design position at power unit No. 1 of the Rooppur NPP being constructed in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (by ROSATOM Engineering Division ASE JSC which is the general contractor for the NPP construction) . The Energospecmontazh JSC subcontracting organization’s specialists have carried out assembly operations…
Following the success of Phase 1 of Rhisotope Project the next exciting aspect, the community outreach initiative, is underway. On the 16th of November a largescale aquaponics unit, situated in Paterson was launched. Scientifically, Phase 1 of the Rhisotope Project demonstrated that radioisotopes deposited into the horn of the rhino, remain in the horn and…
On 16 November, Alexey Likhachev, ROSATOM Director General, visited the Armenian NPP on the occasion of Unit 2 modernization and life extension completion. Alexey Likhachev made a tour of the site, turbine hall and control room. After that he took part in the award ceremony held to honor the NPP best employees and the ceremony…
The Uranium Enrichment Center (UEC; a joint venture of ROSATOM’s TVEL Fuel company and Kazatomprom) has carried out the first supply of enriched uranium product to Kazakhstan for the Ulba Fuel Assembly Plant, a joint Kazakh-Chinese enterprise in Ust-Kamenogorsk, established for fabrication of nuclear fuel for NPPs in China. Commercial supplies of low-enriched uranium, produced…
Nizhny Novgorod, one of the largest nuclear industry centers in Russia, hosted the International Science for Peace and Development Dialogue Forum, sponsored by the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO. The dialogue forum took place on November 10 (World Science Day for Peace and Development) at the Mayak Academy. This event was part of…
12 November 2021 – ROSATOM took part in the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), held in Glasgow; the event ended on 12 November 2021. The large international conference brought together about 25,000 people, including heads of state and heads of government from more than 120 countries. Nuclear power occupied an important…
ROSATOM is going to be a global partner of the 25th World Energy Congress (WEC 2022) which will be held in Saint-Petersburg on October 24-27, 2022 (EXPOFORUM). The event Organizer is ROSCONGRESS. The World Energy Congress is the major event of the World Energy Council. The Congress is held once in three years and brings together…
The first batch of uranium-plutonium REMIX nuclear fuel for VVER 1000 reactor has been manufactured and successfully passed acceptance at Siberian Chemical Combine, an enterprise of Rosatom’s TVEL Fuel company in Seversk, Tomsk region. Each of the six fuel bundles of the standard TVS-2M model fully consists of REMIX fuel rods with uranium-plutonium pellets instead…
Uranium One has entered into an agreement with the American company Uranium Energy Corp. for the sale of all of the shares of its subsidiary, Uranium One Americas, Inc. (Uranium One Americas). The assets of Uranium One Americas are situated in Wyoming, and include seven uranium projects in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and…
8 November 2021, Glasgow, UK – “Clean Nuclear Energy Day” took place on November 8 as part of the twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26), held in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The special “Clean Nuclear Energy Day” programme was made possible with ROSATOM’s support. Taking place at…
Global Atomic Quiz is ROSATOM’s annual one-day international initiative scheduled for November 10, the World Science Day. The quiz will be available for 24 hours on November 10 at quiz.atomforyou.com. Anyone wishing to participate will have the entire day to complete the test of 15 original questions divided in two main categories: for Young Enthusiasts (age…
The French company Électricité de France (EDF) selected ROSATOM-subsidiary TENEX as one of the winners of an international tender for converting and enriching EDF’s reprocessed uranium (RepU) and the technical maintenance of EDF’s RepU containers in 2018. TENEX’s application met EDF’s technical, environmental, and commercial requirements. The parties signed contracts on the provision of corresponding…
ROSATOM, a global technological leader, will attend the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) being held in Glasgow, United Kingdom, between 31 October and 12 November 2021. COP26 will bring together political and business leaders from around the world to discuss how to accelerate progress towards achieving the Paris Agreement goals. Securing global net zero…