Top executives of the largest nuclear companies and organizations from BRICS+ member states, including Russia, China, South Africa, Brazil, Iran, Ethiopia, and Bolivia, held the first meeting within the framework of the Nuclear Energy Platform being created. During the meeting, which took place at the Moscow Atom Museum, the participants discussed the initiative and outlined further plans.
The Platform is aimed at promoting best practices and advanced nuclear energy and other nuclear technologies in the BRICS and BRICS+ markets, providing incentives and models for nuclear projects in the BRICS member countries. Russian experts claim that by 2050 the BRICS countries will account for half of the global energy generation and consumption, with nuclear power playing an important role in meeting the growing energy demand.
“Practically all the states of the association are implementing projects in the field of nuclear energy. Today, many BRICS members are the technological drivers of the international nuclear market. The common experience can and should be used and replicated throughout the BRICS space and on the planet as a whole. Therefore, we propose to join forces within the framework of the BRICS nuclear platform, a voluntary alliance of companies, professional nuclear communities and NGOs supporting the development and implementation of nuclear technologies,” said Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM.
