Isotope – Regional Alliance, Joint-Stock Company (Isotope JSC, part of Rosatom’s Scientific Division) will supply technetium-99m generator sets to the Kyrgyz Republic on a regular basis. The company will provide radiopharmaceutical products to the National Center of Oncology and Hematology in Bishkek within the framework of the national project of the technical cooperation program of…
The AEM-Special Steels metallurgical plant (Rosatom’s Mechanical Engineering Division enterprise) cast a 205-ton ingot of special alloy steel. It will be used by machine builders to create a flange for the RITM-200N reactor vessel for the low-power nuclear power plant (LPNPP) under construction in Uzbekistan that is designed by Rosatom. Rosatom held a presentation of…
Rosatom and Vietnam have signed an interdepartmental roadmap for the development of nuclear technologies for the period up to 2030. The document was signed by Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom, and Nguyen Manh Hung, Minister of Science and Technology of Vietnam. The roadmap covers the construction of a nuclear science and technology center, the…
Rosatom is the general partner of the 11th Nevsky International Ecological Congress which will be held on May 22-23 in Saint Petersburg, at the Tavrichesky Palace. This year’s event will be held under the motto: Planet Earth: Living in Harmony with Nature. It is organized by the Government of the Russian Federation, the Federation Council…
Rosatom took part in the 16th China International Exhibition on Nuclear Power Industry (CIENPI 2025) held in Beijing (China) on April 27–29, 2025 that brought together more than 100 participating organizations, including the world’s largest energy companies, research institutes and Chinese government agencies. Rosatom presented an interactive exposition of 4th generation Russian nuclear power systems…
April 30, 2025, 15:45 Famil Sadygov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee: “In 2024 , the Gazprom Group demonstrated excellent performance in terms of several key financial indicators, which proved the efficiency and stability of its business model. A significant contribution to this was made in the fourth quarter of 2024, as said period is traditionally the time of strong results for Gazprom due to seasonality. For…
On April 28, 2025, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited Rosatom’s booth at the international industrial exhibition “INNOPROM. Central Asia.” Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev presented technological solutions in nuclear energy and electromobility. The Corporation’s exhibit featured a standard model of a land-based small modular reactor (SMR) based on Russian-designed RITM-200N reactors. This proven…
Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision (hereinafter – Rostechnadzor) has granted a license for installation of reactor plant of Unit 5 with BN-1200M reactor at Beloyarsk NPP, to Electric Power Division of Rosatom. The general designer and general contractor is the Engineering Division of Rosatom. For obtaining the license, a package of documents…
April 24, 2025, 14:05 It was noted that, during the period of the traditionally increased gas demand, Gazprom once again provided reliable energy supplies to Russian and foreign consumers. Special attention was paid to the gas supplies that serve the needs of the population, power generation and public utility enterprises in Russia. New all-time highs were reached in terms of gas supplies. In October and November…
April 22, 2025, 14:55 In 2024, this figure with regard to all groups of Gazprom’s gas consumers, i.e. Russian residents, industrial and public utility enterprises totaled 98.2 per cent. The development of the convenient Personal Account digital service is among the factors positively affecting the payment collection rate. Every third Gazprom’s client is already using the Personal Account service. The Company’s clients…
April 22, 2025, 14:40 The Belogorsk – Khabarovsk gas pipeline will connect the existing Power of Siberia and Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok gas pipelines. This is the primary stage of the “Eastern Gas Supply System (EGSS)” Gas Trunkline System project. The EGSS project provides for a comprehensive development of gas transmission capacities in eastern Russia and their further integration with the gas transmission system…
Rosatom participated in the 10th Carbon Summit, which took place on 14-15 April 2025 in Istanbul. The annual event brings together representatives from Turkish ministries, government bodies, non-profit organizations, banks, green energy industry leaders, and top Turkish experts, serving as a key platform for dialogue on clean energy and environmental issues. This year, the summit,…
Background BOTAS, a Turkish state-owned oil-and-gas company, is one of the biggest players in Türkiye’s natural gas market. For almost 40 years, BOTAS has been Türkiye’s main importer of Russian gas. In addition, the constructive interaction between Gazprom and BOTAS made it possible to successfully implement the Blue Stream project and the TurkStream project. In particular, the parties jointly built the transit gas pipeline across Türkiye stretching…
The construction of a civil and erection base (CEB) has begun as part of the low-power NPP project with RITM-200N reactor, which is being implemented under the Russian design in Jizzakh region of Uzbekistan. The civil and erection base will provide the necessary areas for administrative and production buildings over the entire period of construction…
April 10, 2025, 19:00 The recently reached daily high for gas supplies is already topped: on April 9, as many as 1.217 billion cubic meters of gas were delivered to consumers via the Unified Gas Supply System of Russia. The growth in gas consumption by Russian residents is due to an abnormally cold weather being observed in the Central, Northwestern and Southern Federal Districts of Russia. Background The previous…
April 10, 2025, 18:50 An eco-friendly and cost-efficient energy source was made available to 3,100 households and 16 boiler houses. For instance, a new gas pipeline in the southeastern part of the Vladimir urban territory made it possible, for the first time ever, to deliver gas to consumers in the villages of Abbakumovo, Vilki and Zlobino, as well as to increase gas supplies to the settlements of Seltso and Shirmanikha. In the Kirov Region,…
April 10, 2025, 18:40 It was proposed to set the deadline for the submission of voting ballots as June 26, 2025. The Management Committee approved: the draft agenda of the absentee voting to be held for decision-making by the Shareholders Meeting; the proposal on the procedure for notifying shareholders about the absentee voting for decision-making by the Shareholders Meeting, as well as the draft notice on the holding of said voting; the…
April 9, 2025, 20:05 The record was set on April 8 at 1.188 billion cubic meters of gas. The growth in gas consumption by Russian residents is due to an abnormally cold weather being observed in the Central, Northwestern and Southern Federal Districts of Russia. Gazprom is providing reliable gas supplies in the required volumes. Background The previous daily maximum for April was recorded 13 years ago on April…
On 4 April, the closing ceremony for the tenth anniversary AtomSkills-2025 professional expertise championship took place at the Ekaterinburg-Expo International Exhibition Center. According to the tradition, the championship was held in an international format. This year event brought together over 2,000 participants and experts from Russia, China, Turkey, Egypt, Bangladesh, South Africa, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Indonesia,…
April 4, 2025, 09:30 The works were in progress from March 28 to April 4. At the request of the Chinese party, Gazprom arranged the preventive maintenance at the Power of Siberia’s facilities in such a way as to ensure that the gas supplies continue during the period of such works; the volumes of the gas supplies provided during such period had been specially agreed by the parties. Upon completion of the…
April 3, 2025, 12:15 According to Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), gas reserves contained in Europe’s underground gas storage facilities decreased to 34.3 billion cubic meters as of March 31, accounting for a third of the total storage facilities’ volume and being 25.3 billion cubic meters lower than a year ago. Thus, as much as 62.9 billion cubic meters of gas were already withdrawn from the facilities by the…
The Yekaterinburg Expo hosted the 10th AtomSkills-2025 Professional Skills Championship. The opening ceremony was held on 30 March. This year’s anniversary championship is taking place in an international format with participants from China, Turkey, Egypt, Bangladesh, Belarus and several other countries. This year AtomSkills competitions, both for the professional and student leagues, encompass 44 skills,…
1 April is International Bird Day, established to raise awareness of the need to conserve the diversity and numbers of birds in their natural habitats
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…
Rosneft and its subsidiaries’ employees planted over 10.7 million tree seedlings of various species in 2024, which is almost 30% more year-on-year
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)…
With the support of RN-Purneftegaz and Kharampurneftegaz (part of Rosneft’s oil and gas production complex), the village of Kharampur celebrated Reindeer Herder’s Day, a holiday of the indigenous people of the North
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,”…
Russia celebrates Arctic Day on 28 February to draw attention to the issue of preserving the nature of this unique region
With the support of Bashneft (Rosneft subsidiary), the Tuimazy Arena ice rink has received a modern ice filling machine
The first standby diesel power plant (SDPP) was successfully launched at Akkuyu NPP Unit 1 (the plant is being built by Rosatom in Türkiye). The equipment commissioning specialists started the installation at idle and began preparations for a step-by-step verification of its operation under load. In total, three standby diesel generator sets (DGS) will operate…
Tomsk Polytechnic University hosted the “Train-The-Trainers” course “Research Reactors and Cyclotrons. Applications. Infrastructure, Educational Programs”, developed jointly with Rosatom Technical Academy. The training was attended by university faculty members, scientists and representatives of national nuclear agencies from Indonesia, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, Tunisia, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Nigeria, Turkey, Rwanda, Kazakhstan and Bolivia. The participants studied the design…
February 20, 2025, 16:20 The Agreement of Cooperation was signed by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Olga Lyubimova, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, and Alla Manilova, Director of the State Russian Museum. Preserving the cultural legacy The Russian Museum will be the coordination center for the projects aimed at the development of the national school of restoration. The key projects…
February 20, 2025, 15:05 The transition to natural gas significantly improves the quality of people’s lives. The industrial and agricultural sectors receive a powerful impetus for their development. Since the beginning of 2025, a total of 50 gas pipelines have been built, most of them in rural areas. For instance, this includes inter-settlement gas pipelines to villages and rural settlements in the Voronezh, Rostov, Ryazan, and Kirov…
Specialists from the Department of Radionuclide Sources and Preparations at the Research Institute of Nuclear Reactors, State Scientific Centre (RIAR JSC belongs to Rosatom’s Scientific division) have obtained a patent for the technology of producing an actinium-225-based radioactive preparation. The technology was developed by Dimitrovgrad scientists under an agreement with the Ministry of Industry and…
On February 18 the Eastern Cargo Terminal at the Akkuyu NPP site (the plant is being built by Rosatom in Türkiye), acquired 100th cargo ship since the start of its operation. The vessel was welcomed by Akkuyu Nuclear JSC Chief Executive Officer Sergei Butckikh and Harbor Master Okan Bozkurt. “While precommissioning works are underway at…
A bear cub was born for the first time in the Perm Zoo to a pair of polar bears that are under the care of Rosneft
Rosatom has officially launched the 8th edition of its annual “Atoms Empowering Africa” online video competition. The initiative is designed to inspire African youth to explore the vast potential of nuclear technologies. Participation in the competition is available to professors, young professionals, and students aged 18–35. Participants are encouraged to create videos showcasing how nuclear…
In 2024, Rosatom filed over 280 patents for its inventions in more than 30 countries abroad. Of these, the corporation had more than 140 patents registered. The associated technologies are currently employed and equipment operates effectively. The patents protect the rights to the technologies of nuclear power plants (NPP) with flagship reactor units of Generation…
RN-Purneftegaz (part of Rosneft’s oil and gas production complex) summarised the results of a grant competition for scientific, practical, educational and research projects aimed at solving social issues of the indigenous peoples of the North living in the Purovsky District of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District
February 10, 2025, 15:25 Alexander Shagov has been appointed Head of Department 715. Alexander Shagov has been employed with Gazprom since 2010. In his previous post at the Company, he served as Deputy Head of Department 715 – Head of Directorate. Elena Kasyan, former Head of Department 715, has been relieved of her post due to retirement. Anton Mukhin has been appointed Deputy Head of the Management Committee Administration –…
he scientists at Rosatom have developed a laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator, which exhibits improved thrust performance (at least 6 Newtons) and specific impulse (at least 100 kilometers per second). The project is a part of a comprehensive program aimed at advancing nuclear science, engineering, and…
On 7 February, another round of interdepartmental consultations of the Russian side with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) took place in Moscow. The Russian delegation headed by Director General of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev comprised Head of Rostechnadzor Alexander Trembitskiy, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov as…
Rosneft is recognised as a leader in the rational use of water resources according to the results of the 2024 survey conducted by the RAEX rating agency
February 5, 2025, 10:27 The list of persons entitled to participate in the Shareholders Meeting will be drawn up on the basis of Gazprom’s Register of Shareholders at the end of the business day on June 2, 2025. The Board of Directors included the following items in the Shareholders Meeting agenda: – on the approval of the Company’s Annual Report; – on the approval of the Company’s Annual Accounting (Financial) Statements; –…
February 3, 2025, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Türkiye. – The start-up and adjustment phase has begun on the main equipment of the on-shore pumping station of Akkuyu NPP Unit 1 (the plant is being built by Rosatom State Corporation in Türkiye). Pumping units for the main cooling water and pumps that will operate backup diesel power…
Rosneft is recognised as the best oil and gas company to be included in the calculation base of the MosExchange-RAEX ESG Balanced Index for 2024