The purpose of the event is to raise awareness of STEM disciplines and nuclear technologies. ROSATOM and the Ministry of Science and Technology of Myanmar organized a Science Festival that took place in Yangon, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The festival’s scientific and educational events took place concurrently at multiple locations, including Nuclear…
The 5th School of Russia and IAEA on Nuclear Knowledge Management was held in Moscow at the Rosatom Technical Academy. The event brought together 28 representatives from 14 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the CIS. Viktor Mazepov, Director for International Cooperation of the Rosatom Technical Academy, addressed the participants with a welcoming speech:…
The work on this projects is an example of constructive partnership that opens up new prospects for cooperation in the field of peaceful nuclear energy. On August 14 the reactor vessel and steam generator for Unit 4 of Xudapu NPP were shipped from the production site of Atommash (Mechanical Engineering Division of ROSATOM). The nuclear…
The welded metal structure of 396 tons and 6.5 meters high was moved to its regular place by a crawler crane. The fifth tier of the inner containment (IC) has been installed at the Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 (Turkiye). The ring-shaped welded metal structure of 396 tons and 6.5 meters high, assembled at a special…
On the evening of August 9, 2024, a telephone conversation took place between Alexei Likhachev, General Director of the ROSATOM, and Rafael Grossi, IAEA Director General. The conversation was organized at the initiative of the Russian side. The key topic of the consultations was the situation with the Kursk NPP. During the conversation Alexei Likhachev…
Chepetsk Mechanical Plant, Joint-Stock Company (Chepetsk Mechanical Plant, JSC, a company of Rosatom Fuel Division in Glazov, Udmurtia Republic) arranged a pilot floor for commercial production of fuel claddings with chromium coating. This structural material is a possible solution for creating fuel of a new safety generation (ATF – Advanced Technology Fuel). The technology makes…
The first large-sized equipment – the core catcher, which is part of the NPP passive safety system, was delivered to the construction site of Paks NPP (Hungary) new power units on August 1, 2024. The components of the core catcher for Paks NPP Unit 5 were transported from Russia by water, from Volgodonsk to Paks.…
Concreting of the foundaton slab of pump station of Akkuyu NPP Unit No. 3 (which is being built by Rosatom State Corporation in Türkiye). The slab foundaton was divided into 8 blocks. Each of them included 4 to 10 concreting stages, depending on their complexity. The concrete volume was almost 20 000 cubic meters, and…
ROSATOM took part in the World Nuclear University’s Summer Institute, an international educational program aimed at developing the professional skills of nuclear industry workers from different countries. The SI 2024 was hosted by Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The program has been attended by ROSATOM Special Representative for International Projects Lyudmila Zalimskaya, Chief Sustainability Officer Polina…
TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom has started implementation of nuclear fuel supply contract for units 3 and 4 of the Kudankulam NPP. The contract embraces the entire lifetime of the power units from the starting loading of the reactor cores. Units 3 and 4 of the Kudankulam NPP of the Russian design, powered by VVER-1000…
A business meeting between Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, and Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Türkiye, took place in Istanbul. The parties discussed the implementation status of the largest joint Russian and Turkish project for today – Akkuyu NPP, as well as the potential prospects for expansion of cooperation. “As…
The reactor vessel, components of the pressurizer and the pipeline valves will be manufactured from blanks weighing more than 650 tons. Metallurgical plant AEM-Special Steels (Mechanical engineering division of Rosatom) has manufactured and shipped a large lot of blanks for the equipment of El Dabaa NPP Unit 1, which is being built in Egypt by…
128 steel ropes will ensure the safety and maximum strength of the reactor building. Installation of the containment prestressing system (CPS) has been completed in the reactor building of Power Unit No. 1 of the Akkuyu NPP (being built by Rosatom State Corporation in Turkey). This is a part of a sealed structure that creates…
The BN-800 reactor at the Beloyarsk NPP has been loaded with MOX fuel containing americium and neptunium. During the scheduled refueling at the Beloyarsk NPP’s Unit 4, its BN-800 fast neutron reactor has been for the first time loaded with lead-test assemblies of uranium-plutonium MOX fuel also containing the so-called minor actinides, the most radiotoxic…
The State Corporation spoke about its opportunities for cooperation with Turkish companies in a wide range of areas. ROSATOM became a partner of the VI. International Exhibition and the X Summit of Nuclear Power Plants NPPES-2024, which ended in Istanbul (Türkiye) on July 3, 2024. Anton Dedusenko, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of…
The State Corporation plans to build a wind power plant in the region. On July 8, in Yekaterinburg, as part of the International Industrial Exhibition Innoprom-2024, a ceremony was held to sign a Cooperation Agreement between the Rosatom State Corporation and the Government of the Rostov Region on the construction of a wind power plant…
A meeting was held with the President of the transition period of the Republic of Mali, Assimi Goïta. A delegation from ROSATOM led by the Deputy Director General for International Relations, Nikolay Spassky, visited the Republic of Mali on July 2-3, 2024. The delegation included the Director General of JSC NovaWind, a subsidiary company (wind…
Pre-licensing training of the specialists for the first power unit of the plant subject to licensing by the Atomic Energy Regulation Agency of Bangladesh (BAERA) was completed at the premises of the Training Center of Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh. Training was arranged by ROSATOM Technical Academy. 48 Bengal nuclear specialists (the operating personnel of the…
ROSATOM, together with more than 900 representatives from 100 countries, discussed issues of training personnel for the sustainable development of global power engineering On June 25-26, the 2nd Obninsk NEW International Youth Nuclear Forum 2024 was held in Obninsk as part of events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the launch of the world’s first…
On June 27, 2024, within the framework of the II International Youth Nuclear Forum “Obninsk NEW 2024”, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear power plant, a meeting of international alumni of ROSATOM partner universities “Atom for people, people for Atom” was held. Over 60 graduates and students from 15 countries took…
The updated museum of the First NPP and the international youth nuclear forum opened in Obninsk. On June 26, a series of ceremonial events took place in Obninsk (Kaluga region) on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the world’s First NPP. Among the participants of the events were Alexey Likhachev, ROSATOM Director General, Dmitry…
Arborvitae, mango trees and palms have been planted in Anuvijay township. On June 22, the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow, more than 70 employees of the Kudankulam NPP construction project (its General Designer and General Contractor being the Engineering Division of ROSATOM) took part in the international “Garden of Memory” event. In Anuvijay township, where…
ROSATOM will become a partner of INNOPROM-2024 exhibition ROSATOM will become a partner of the international industrial exhibition INNOPROM-2024 which will take place in Yekaterinburg on July, 8-11. This year the theme of the forum is “Technological Partnership: shaping the future”. At this event ROSATOM will present a wide range of sovereign industrial solutions as…
The interdepartmental memorandum on the schedule for implementation of the project for construction of the Nuclear Science and Technology Center in Viet Nam was signed. Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, visited Viet Nam within the official delegation of the Russian Federation. He had a meeting with Phạm Minh Chính, Prime Minister of Viet Nam,…
This single-stage operation was performed for the second time in the history of the Russian nuclear power industry. On June 18, 2024, the dome was successfully lifted and installed at a single stage on the reactor building of Xudapu NPP power unit No. 4 (China) constructed with involvement of the Rosatom Engineering Division. This single-stage…
Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, outlined three key components of the technological landscape for the next hundred years. On June 7, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2024) featured a plenary session titled “Technological Ecosystem of the Future: For the Benefit of Humanity and the Planet.” Participants included Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM,…
The document was signed during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. On June 7, 2024, during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Mechanical Engineering Division of ROSATOM signed a memorandum of understanding with partners from the Republic of Guinea. This Memorandum of Understanding envisages cooperation on developing floating power units (FPUs) to supply electricity…
The meeting took place on the sidelines of SPIEF-2024. On June 6, 2024, during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, a meeting took place between Director General of ROSATOM Alexey Likhachev and the President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia Luis Arce. They discussed cooperation in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and…
There were plans announced to transport 3 million tons of transit cargo along the Northern Sea Route by the end of the year. Representatives of ROSATOM took part in the session “The Northern Sea Route: Expanding Arctic Horizons”, which was held at the XXVII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2024) on June 6. The event…
The memoranda outline specific steps for building human resources for Burkina Faso’s nuclear sector. On June 5, on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2024), three memoranda of understanding were signed between ROSATOM and the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries of Burkina Faso. The documents were signed by Director General of…
The booth of the State Corporation at the Forum shows how technologies serve for development of the humankind. ROSATOM takes part in the XVII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2024) which has opened today. ROSATOM acts as the titular partner of the Forum. The booth of the State Corporation at the event shows how technologies…
It featured with a special presentation on its latest developments on small-modular reactors (SMRs). ROSATOM, a global leader in nuclear technologies, held a presentation of small land-based and floating nuclear power plants (FNPP) during Africa Nuclear Business Platform 2024 that took place from 28th to 31st of May in Accra. As Ghana aims to establish…
Reactor hall equipment weighing 500 tons shipped to the Tianwan and Xudapu nuclear power plants. Izhora Plants (part of Rosatom’s Mechanical Engineering Division) have shipped five units of equipment manufactured for two NPPs of Russian design currently under construction in China. The large cargo with a total weight of about 500 tons is to be…
From June, Russian companies will be able to offset their carbon footprint with energy produced at the Leningrad NPP. Rosenergoatom (Electric Energy Division of ROSATOM) has passed certification for inclusion in the register of low-carbon generating facilities and received the right to sell “green” attributes of electricity – atomic certificates. The first nuclear power plant…
The event discussed the opportunities of youth cooperation on the eve of the international UN Climate Change Conference COP29. ROSATOM became a partner of the IV Forum of Youth Initiatives of Russia and Azerbaijan, which was held on May 29-30 in Stavropol. Within the framework of the forum, ROSATOM organized the Clean Energy track for…
Mersin Province (Türkiye) Regional Healthcare Department representatives visited the region to adopt the best practices of Russian healthcare system at industrial facilities. 31 May 2024, Novovoronezh, Voronezh region, Russia. A delegation of state healthcare organization of Mersin Province of the Republic of Türkiye and specialists of AKKUYU NUCLEAR JSC visited Novovoronezh, a satellite city of…
ROSATOM Director General Mr. Alexey Likhachev and IAEA Director General Mr. Rafael Grossi head Delegations. On 28 May, another round of Interdepartmental consultations of the Russian side with the IAEA delegation led by Director General Mr. Rafael Grossi took place in Kaliningrad. The Russian delegation headed by Director General of ROSATOM Mr. Alexey Likhachev comprised…
The agreement was signed during the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Uzbekistan. Tashkent, Uzbekistan – During the state visit of the President of Russia to Uzbekistan, a protocol was signed between the two countries in the presence of the heads of state of Russia and Uzbekistan. The protocol amended the Intergovernmental Agreement on…
The conference gathered over 2000 ministers, high-ranking officials, experts, and delegates. Vienna, Austria –ROSATOM participated in the International Conference on Nuclear Security ICONS 2024, organised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The conference gathered over 2000 ministers, high-ranking officials, experts, and delegates from around the world to discuss strengthening global nuclear security and addressing…
The meeting was held in Seversk, Tomsk region. On May 23, 2024 a regular meeting was held between Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, and Ajit Kumar Mohanty, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. Leaders of Russia and India nuclear…
Board Chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority of Egypt and First Deputy Director General for Nuclear Energy of ROSATOM checked the progress of the project work. On Thursday, May 16, 2024, the senior management of the El-Dabaa NPP construction project led by Dr. Amged El-Wakeel, Board Chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority of…
Board Chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority of Egypt and First Deputy Director General for Nuclear Energy of ROSATOM checked the progress of the project work. On Thursday, May 16, 2024, the senior management of the El-Dabaa NPP construction project led by Dr. Amged El-Wakeel, Board Chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority of…
Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, reported to the President of Russia and the Vice Premier of China on the corporation’s major achievements in nuclear technology and the prospects for expanding the strategic partnership between Russia and China. On the opening day of the 8th Russia-China Expo, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Vice Premier…
Closure of the thermal control layer made it possible to proceed with the installation of the turbine-generator set. Turbine building roof installation was completed at Akkuyu NPP Unit 2 (Türkiye, being built by Rosatom). The operation lasted a little over three months. The turbine building roof consists of nine prefabricated truss blocks with a total…
The equipment of the new, improved design is installed in the turbine hall of the Power Unit. May 6, 2024, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Türkiye. The installation of horizontal moisture separator reheaters (MSR) has been completed in the turbine hall of Akkuyu NPP Unit 1. The equipment is a part of the NPP steam turbine plant…
It is designed for reactor maintenance, as well as loading and unloading of nuclear fuel. May 2, 2024, Büyükeceli, Türkiye – A transportation airlock has been installed into the design position at Akkuyu NPP Unit No. 1. This new process component will ensure insulation of inner rooms from the ambient environment, and safe transportation of…
Rosatom State Atomiс Energy Corporation ROSATOM global leader in nuclear technologies nuclear energy ROSATOM demonstrated energy storage systems, metal-composite cylinders and developments in diagnostics and treatment of various diseases ROSATOM took part in the International Industrial Exhibition INNOPROM. CENTRAL ASIA which was held on April, 22-24, in Tashkent. This year ROSATOM presented integrated solutions…
The event was dedicated to the development of nuclear power industry in Kazakhstan ROSATOM took part in the international conference World Nuclear Spotlight Kazakhstan in Almaty, organized by the World Nuclear Association and the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The event brought together authorities involved in the development of the nuclear power…
ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev inspected the works at the NPP under construction. 9 April 2024, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Türkiye. Start-up and commissioning works, another key stage has begun at Unit 1 of Akkuyu NPP under construction in Türkiye. Director General of ROSATOM Alexey Likhachev examined the work progress during his working visit to…
The Parties discussed the progress of start-up and adjustment works at Rooppur NPP, the first nuclear power plant in the country. Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, was on a working visit in Bangladesh on April 02, 2024. Within the framework of the visit, Rosatom Director General had a working meeting with Sheikh Hasina, Prime…
ROSATOM initiated a dialogue on strengthening interuniversity and international cooperation in the field of education In the framework of the ATOMEXPO International Forum much attention was focused at the development of interaction with the international Alumni of the Russian universities who received education in the field of nuclear and related technologies. The session with the…
On March 25, 2024, an important event of the educational track at the International Forum ATOMEXPO-2024 was the round table “International industrial and educational projects: from theory to practice.” It brought together representatives of the nuclear industry, as well as universities, relevant ministries and authorities of the partner countries. During the event, speakers were the…
On March 26, at the International Forum ATOMEXPO-2024, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU, one of Rosatom Partner Universities) and Rwanda Atomic Energy Board. The document was signed by TPU Rector Dr. Leonid Sukhikh and Director General of the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board Dr. Fidele Ndahayo. Thus, TPU became the…
The document was signed on ATOMEXPO-2024. On 26 March 2024 in Sochi, Russia, Rosatom and the Ministry of Energy and Mining of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria signed a road map on cooperation in the area of peaceful uses of atomic energy. The document was signed on the sidelines of 13th International Forum ATOMEXPO…
IV generation nuclear technologies were one of the core topics of the event. On March 26, 2024, the two-day International Forum ATOMEXPO-2024, one of the largest events in the global nuclear industry, completed its work at the Sirius University of Science and Technology (Sirius Federal Territory, Sochi). The exhibition area of the forum exceeded 25.5…
ROSATOM shared its experience in developing and supporting women with the international community. On March 26, the session Women’s Leadership in the Development of High Technologies and Innovations was held on the sidelines of the ATOMEXPO-2024 International Forum. It brought together representatives of business, universities, and women’s associations from Russia, Egypt, Indonesia, South Africa, Serbia,…
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd (South Africa) and MIREA will become partners of ROSATOM On March 26, at the ATOMEXPO International Forum with the participation of Tatiana Terentyeva, Deputy General Director for Personnel of ROSATOM, documents on cooperation in the field of personnel training were signed. Among them is a roadmap between ROSATOM and Eskom Holdings…
During the session, the expansion of the Youth Council was announced. On March 25, as part of the ATOMEXPO-2024 International Forum, the Obninsk.Tech – Innovations in Nuclear Education session was held, dedicated to the discussion of a project to create a unique international innovation cluster of global nuclear education. The discussion brought together a wide…
The agreement ensures the cooperation on International Research Centre project based on MBIR. On March 25, 2024, within XIII International Forum ATOMEXPO-2024 in Sochi a Cooperation Agreement on the project of the International Research Center based on Multipurpose fast research reactor (IRC MBIR) was signed between the Consortium Leader of IRC MBIR, National Academy of…
An agreement to this effect was signed at the ATOMEXPO 2024 International Forum. A Memorandum of understanding on nuclear medicine cooperation was signed between the Rosatom State Corporation and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia on March 25, 2024 at the ATOMEXPO International Forum. The document was signed by ROSATOM’s Director General…