On December 24, the concreting of the fifth tier of the inner containment of Unit 2 reactor building of Rooppur NPP (Bangladesh) was completed (General Designer and General Contractor – ROSATOM Engineering Division). It took the specialists of Trest RossSEM LLC 23 hours of uninterrupted work to lay 850 m3 of self-compacting concrete mix. The…
December 23, 2021 Speech by Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom Management Committee, at conference call on occasion of New Year’s Eve. Esteemed colleagues, dear friends, As per tradition, we take stock of our work at the end of every year, and 2021 has once again turned out to be a record-breaking year for us. New records in production, new records in gas supplies, new records in financial performance. Together, we confidently reaffirmed our…
Rusatom Overseas JSC (part of ROSATOM) and PJSC LUKOIL signed a memorandum of intent on the development of cooperation regarding production and supply of green hydrogen for PETROTEL-LUKOIL S.A. refinery located in the city of Ploesti, Romania. The parties plan to study opportunities for construction of a green hydrogen production unit at the refinery, thus…
December 22, 2021, 17:40 A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Vagit Alekperov, President of LUKOIL, took place today in St. Petersburg. The parties discussed relevant issues pertaining to their cooperation. Particular attention was paid to the progress and prospects of development operations at the Vaneyvisskoye and Layavozhskoye fields in the Nenets Autonomous Area. In order to implement the project, a joint…
On 22 December, on Power Engineers’ Day – the professional holiday, loading of fresh fuel started at Belarus NPP Unit 2 (general designer and general contractor is ROSATOM Engineering Division). At 10:11 а.m. the first fuel assembly (FA) with nuclear fuel was loaded into the reactor core. Totally 163 fuel assemblies will be consequentially loaded…
December 21, 2021, 19:20 The Gazprom Board of Directors commended the Company’s efforts with regard to investor and shareholder relations. It was noted that the Company continues to effectively develop and strengthen its engagement with the investment community. This facilitates stable capitalization growth at Gazprom in the long term and helps reduce the cost of debt financing. In 2021, as before, Gazprom maintained an open and constructive dialogue with shareholders…
Background As per the list of instructions of Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, dated May 31, 2020, gas infrastructure expansion in Russia is to be completed in a stepwise manner by 2024 and 2030, and residential consumers must not bear any expenses for the connections to gas distribution networks. In June 2021, a number of important amendments were introduced into Federal Law No. 69-FZ on Gas Supplies in the Russian Federation.…
December 21, 2021, 19:10 The Gazprom Board of Directors took note of the information about gas supplies to the Khabarovsk Territory from 2025. It was highlighted that work is continuing at Gazprom to provide reliable gas supplies to the consumers of the region. In December 2021, the Company completed the construction and installation works on the expansion of the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok gas trunkline at the section between Komsomolsk-on-Amur and Khabarovsk. The…
On December 20, 2021, the main construction period of the Kudankulam NPP Unit 6 (in the Republic of India) was officially launched through the first concreting in the foundation slab of the reactor building. “The first two NPP power units are demonstrating the sustainable operation at the nominal power level. The power units of the…
Six fuel assemblies with uranium-plutonium REMIX fuel rods have been loaded into the VVER-1000 core during the scheduled outage at unit 1 of the Balakovo NPP. Each REMIX fuel assembly of the standard TVS-2M model contains only fuel rods with a mixture of uranium and plutonium recovered from spent nuclear fuel (312 fuel rods in…
On December 14, the annual seminar for partners and suppliers of the Hanhikivi 1 NPP project was held in Oulu, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. The Hanhikivi 1 Business Day 2021 was organized by the Finnish Nuclear Industry Association FinNuclear, ROSATOM traditionally supported the event as official partner. This year’s edition of the event took place in…
On December 16-17, 2021, the Director General of ROSATOM Alexey Likhachev, during his working visit, held negotiations with Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary, and visited the construction site of the Paks-2 NPP, accompanied by Janos Süli, Minister responsible for the Paks-2 NPP project, Alexander Lokshin, President ASE JSC, and Alexander Merten, Vice President of…
ARMZ Mining Machinery, LLC (part of mining division of ROSATOM) has shipped the first load-haul-dumper (LHD) powered by lithium-iron-phosphate battery to an external customer in Latin America. The LHD under the domestic Argo brand name will widen the international market of self-propelled mining vehicles. The Argo LHD 140 B that they’ve shipped was assembled by…
“BIM – Management”, the international educational and hands-on project of ROSATOM’s Engineering Division has been awarded with a special certificate of the GPM Awards Russia 2021 national competition for professional project management in the area of sustainable development. The project has been implemented since 2020, the training module makes it possible to improve professional competencies…
December 14, 2021 Dmitry Goroshkov, Director of Sales and Business Development, Energy at Severstal shared the Company’s energy market outlook for 2022 and provided an overview of key achievements in 2021 at an on online media briefing on December 9. In 2021, Izhora Pipe Mill’s share of exports in the order book increased by 11…
The Egyptian-Russian Nuclear Energy Forum, organised by Rosatom and the Egyptian Nuclear Power Plant Authority (NPPA), took place in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. The forum welcomed the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Arab Republic of Egypt Mostafa Madbouly and the country’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker, as well…
International students from NRNU MEPhI and other Consortium universities of ROSATOM took part in the International Career Day of ROSATOM on December 10, where they received the necessary information about the development of nuclear projects and nuclear infrastructure organizations in their countries, as well as established contact with potential employers. The event was organized by…
December 9, 2021, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Turkey – Construction workers have begun constructing the foundation slab for the pump station of Akkuyu NPP Unit 1. Reinforcement and installation of formwork is underway at the site; around 400 people are involved in the works. Pump stations are a complex of facilities designed to supply seawater to…
Moscow, 9 December 2021: The government of the Republic of Serbia and ROSATOM have signed a General Framework Agreement to construct a Centre for Nuclear Science and Technology (CNST) and an agreement to form a joint venture that will implement the project in Serbia. The agreements were made the day before the Serbian Prime Minister…
ROSATOM has introduced its Supplier Code of Conduct (in Russian). The Code is aimed at setting ROSATOM priorities in the sphere of sustainable development for its suppliers including those in the field of environmental and labor safety, social policy, labor rights, and transparency. Commitment of a supplier to ROSATOM’s Code of Conduct is voluntary and involves…
On December 7th of 2021 in Moscow, Deputy Director General for International Cooperation of ROSATOM Mr. Nikolay Spasskiy had a meeting with Minister of Finance and National Debt of Nicaragua, Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Russian-Nicaraguan Commission on trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation Mr. Ivа?n Acosta, Special Representative of the President of Nicaragua for Relations…
7 December 2021 – Taymyr, the nuclear-powered icebreaker operated by FSUE Atomflot, has successfully escorted a convoy of seven vessels (Kumpula, Vladimir Rusanov, Severniy Project, RZK Constanta, Turukhan, Grigoriy Shelikhov and Mechanic Pustoshny) along the Northern Sea Route (NSR). From the western ice edge of the Kara Sea, the ships independently continued their journey out…
JSC Atomenergoprom won a prize of Cbonds Awards in the “Green Bonds of the Year” category for issue of bond series 001P-01. The award ceremony took place at the 19th Russian Bond Congress on December 3. JSC Atomenergoprom placed the first issue of “green” bonds of series 001P-01 with a nominal volume of RUB 10…
The in-situ part of the dismantling of the first reactor pressure vessel of a commercially operated nuclear power plant in Sweden was successfully completed at the Barsebäck site. In the first phase of the dismantling (in-situ), the reactor pressure vessel was thermally cut into rings with a height between 0.9 and 1.8 m, the so-called…
ROSATOM took part in the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE), which took place from 30 November to 2 December 2021 in Paris, France. The members of ROSATOM’s delegation had an event-filled schedule. Its head, ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev, participated in a panel titled “Will nuclear take on the global challenges?” Likhachev said: “Experts from Russia,…
December 4 was the Russia Day at EXPO 2020. Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, attended the official Russia Day events as a member of the delegation headed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. After the Russian flag-raising ceremony in Al Wasl Plaza, the delegation visited the Russian Pavilion. Alexey Likhachev presented the multimedia ROSATOM…
During the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris, TVEL, ROSATOM’s nuclear fuel manufacturer and the integrator for nuclear decommissioning business, signed two memorandums of understanding with the French companies, ROBATEL Industries and D&S Groupe. Both partnerships are aimed at joint business development in the field of nuclear decommissioning business, such as dismantling of nuclear facilities, radwaste…
On December 1, 2021 ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev, ROSATOM Deputy Director General for HR Tatyana Terentyeva, and other representatives of the state corporation and its organizations took part in the Global Impact Conference 2021. The event was held with the support of ROSATOM, Euronews, Europe’s leading news channel, UN Global Compact, and VK as…
December 1, 2021 – ROSATOM and Framatome recently signed a new Strategic Cooperation Agreement further expanding the companies’ efforts to develop fuel fabrication and instrumentation and control (I&C) technologies. ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev, and Bernard Fontana, CEO of Framatome signed the agreement during the World Nuclear Exposition held in Paris. “Together with Framatome, we…
December 2, 2021 PAO Severstal (“Severstal”, “The Group”), one of the world’s largest vertically integrated steel and mining companies, announces that it has signed a binding agreement with OOO Russkaya Energiya to sell its coking coal assets, AO Vorkutaugol (“Vorkutaugol”). The transaction value is 15 billion roubles. The deal is expected to be closed in…
At the Rooppur NPP, the Teplotech 4.0 project been launched ahead of schedule to ensure the technical upgrading of heat installation works, including the commercial use of two types of automatic orbital welding machines. The use of new automatic welding machines has been promptly agreed with the design organization and supervisory authorities owing to the…
On 1 December 2021, ROSATOM, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), and EDF (France) signed a joint declaration of intent to develop their long-term R&D collaboration in the field of civil nuclear power. The declaration states an experimentation at laboratory scale, involving all the steps required to recycle second-generation plutonium from spent MOX…
The Medvezhenskaya Wind Farm (Stavropol Krai) began supplying electricity to the wholesale electricity and capacity market on December 1, 2021. The wind farm with an installed capacity of 60 MW consists of 24 wind turbine generators. Local content of facility equipment, as confirmed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, amounts…
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…
The developer of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said Wednesday its jab did not cause blood clots, a potential side effect that has disrupted rollouts in several Western countries. The United States has recommended pausing its rollout of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after one person out of nearly 7 million Americans died from a…
Russia said Wednesday that Washington’s plan to pull out troops from Afghanistan by September could lead to an escalation of the long-running conflict and derail peace talks. U.S. President Joe Biden announced earlier this week that all American forces would withdraw from Afghanistan by this year’s 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Russian Foreign…