On March 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the base of Atomflot FSUE in Murmansk, including the Headquarters of Marine Operations of the Northern Sea Route General Administration, Federal State Budgetary Institution (NSR General Administration FSBI). The meeting was attended by Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom; Yakov Antonov, Acting Director General of Atomflot FSUE;…
Rosatom’s top managers took part in the VI International Arctic Forum “The Arctic -the Territory of Dialogue”. In particular, at the key session of the Forum on “Long-Term Development Model for the Northern Sea Route (the NSR)”, Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom, spoke about the conditions needed to increase cargo traffic along the northern…
March 26, 2025, 17:35 The parties discussed the current state of and the outlook for Türkiye’s natural gas market. It was noted that constructive cooperation between Gazprom and private importers of natural gas to Türkiye in general, and Bosphorus Gaz Corporation A.S. in particular, has been ongoing for as many as 15 years already. Information Directorate, Gazprom Investment Community Gazprom on social media Related news
The finishing welding to connect the parts of the VVER-1200 vessel for unit 1 of the El Dabaa NPP has been finished at the Izhora Plant in St. Petersburg (the NPP is being constructed by Rosatom’s Engineering division in Egypt). The welding to connect the vessel’s parts took 10 days, with the weld area being…
On March 20, 2025, the first concrete was poured for the foundation of the reactor building at Unit 4 of Leningrad NPP-2. The construction is part of the capacity replacement program at the plant, a subsidiary of Rosenergoatom, Rosatom’s Electric Power Division. Representatives from the Belarusian NPP, El Dabaa NPP (Egypt), and Rooppur NPP (Bangladesh)…
Sherali Kabir, Minister of Industry and New Technologies of Tajikistan and Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom, exchanged folders with the signed G-to-G agreement as part of a meeting between President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 17. The agreement outlines the…
Hydraulic 24.5 MPa tests have been successfully completed in terms of density and strength at the primary circuit systems and equipment of the Rooppur NPP power unit No. 1 which is being built in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh by the Rosatom Engineering Division. The process included several stages, such as preliminary preparation, filling the…
From September 26 to September 30, 2025, the World Atomic Week international forum dedicated to the nuclear industry and related fields will take place at the Exhibition of National Economy Achievements (VDNH) in Moscow. The event will bring together the leaders of the countries developing their national nuclear programs, as well as government officials, representatives…
Rosatom will co-host the “The Arctic – A Territory of Dialogue” international Arctic forum in Murmansk on March 26-27. Two sessions hosted by Rosatom are scheduled to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the first reference to the Northern Sea Route (NSR). These include “The Long-Term NSR Development Model”, the key session of the Forum,…
On March 11, 2025, ZiO-Podolsk JSC (a company of Rosatom’s Mechanical Engineering Division) along with the start of the flange machining operations started assembling the RITM-200 unit intended for the new-generation universal nuclear icebreaker Leningrad (the keel-laying ceremony was held in 2024 with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin). Maxim Tyukavkin, Deputy Head of…
On March 5, the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (MEPhI) held an opening ceremony for the Laboratory for Regenerative Technologies and Tissue Engineering. The Laboratory, set up with the support of Rosatom, will grow biocompatible equivalents of blood vessels using patients’ cells. The biofabricator developed by Rosatom scientists will simulate tissue growth at the micro…
On 4 March, an intergovernmental agreement on principles of cooperation in the construction of a SMR (small modular reactor) in Myanmar was signed during the state visit of Myanmar’s leadership to Russia. The document was signed in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Administration…
The ROSATOM representatives took part in the International Youth Forum for Sustainable Nuclear Technologies has ended in Egypt. This event was organized by the Egyptian Nuclear Power Plant Authority (NPPA) in partnership with ROSATOM. The Forum united more than 350 people from 25 countries – representatives of government and public organizations, universities, including experts, young…
March 4, 2025, 11:25 The volume of gas supplied by Gazprom exceeded the contractual amount. This is the third record set since December 1, 2024, when the exports via the Power of Siberia gas pipeline had been brought to the maximum contractual level. Russian gas supplies are performed under the long-term Sales and purchase agreement between Gazprom and CNPC. Information Directorate, Gazprom…
March 3, 2025, 18:55 According to Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), gas reserves remaining in Europe’s UGS facilities amount to 39.2 billion cubic meters as of February 28, the last day of the calendar winter. Said gas reserves account for 38.5 per cent of the total storage facilities’ volume, with this amount being 24.3 billion cubic meters lower than a year ago. The average gas…
On 27 February, the crew of the Arktika, Atomflot’s lead universal nuclear icebreaker, assisted the Nikifor Begichev in mooring at the ice platform in Slobodskaya Bay. The unloading of construction materials from the ship onto the ice berth has begun. “For the first time, a nuclear icebreaker assisted a ship in mooring in Slobodskaya Bay,”…