The participants noted that barriers to the development of nuclear power generation need to be brought down for the sake of the future of humankind One of the key topics of the 13th ATOMEXPO 2024 International Forum, held at Sirius University of Science and Technology, was the clean energy generation of the future, an essential…
The fuel manufacturing unit is the first facilities to be commissioned at the Pilot Demonstration Energy Complex in Seversk. During the international forum ATOMEXPO-2024 in Sochi, ROSATOM has held a video conference with Seversk in West Siberia (Tomsk region), thus making a ceremony of starting the tests of the unique carbothermal fusion equipment at the…
A major international nuclear industry event, the two-day ATOMEXPO 2024 International Forum opened on March 25, 2024 in the Science and Arts Park Sirius of the Sochi’s Sirius Federal Territory, supported by the Rosatom State Corporation. This is the 13th edition of the Forum, bringing together over 4.5 thousand participants from 75 countries. Its key…
Its participants will address the optimal combination of different types of low-carbon generation. On March 25, 2024, the International Forum ATOMEXPO-2024 will host a round table on the synergy of renewable and nuclear generation. Invited to participate are: Maxim Bystrov, Chairman of the Board, NP Market Council Association; Andrey Maximov, Director of the Department of…
This important production stage precedes the commencement of installation of the main equipment at Unit 8 The lower part of the inner containment dome has been installed in design position at Unit 8 of Tianway NPP, which is under construction in China under the Russian VVER-1200 design. Large metal structures were pre-assembled on the ground…
The key operation for the construction of a new unit was launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin via video conference. First concrete was laid in the foundation of the reactor building of Unit 7 with a VVER-1200 reactor at the construction site of new power units of Leningrad NPP (a branch of Rosenergoatom, Electric Power…
Speakers will present key global trends and opportunities for international cooperation and raw material independence of the Russian industry. Rosatom Mining Division will organize a panel session Production of Rare Earth Metals: Global Demand and National Challenges on March 25 at the International Forum ATOMEXPO-2024. It will be attended by Evgeny Petrov, Head of the…
International market requirements for promising technologies will be analyzed in the discussion. Panel discussion Generation IV: Real Now will be held on March 25, as part of the XIII International Forum ATOMEXPO-2024 in Sochi. The event will be attended by representatives of industry and international organizations, as well as foreign experts from China, Indonesia and…
An important topic area of the forum will be the “Digitalization” track. The ATOMEXPO-2024 International Forum, which will be held on March 25–26 on the Sirius federal territory, includes the “Digitalization” track with a number of events planned within the track. The agenda of the track will be about digital technologies in smart manufacturing, global…
Successful completion of the certification procedure confirmed high level of compliance of the company’s integrated management system with ISO standards. March 13, 2024, Büyükeceli, Türkiye – An official ISO (International Organization for Standardization) certificate handover ceremony was held at the Akkuyu NPP Construction Site. AKKUYU NUCLEAR JSC (a company of ROSATOM State Corporation), which is…
ROSATOM’s Scientific Division will present its competences for the cooperation with airlines. On March 25, 2024, within the framework of the ATOMEXPO-2024 International Forum, the Scientific Division of ROSATOM (the managing company – Science and Innovations JSC) will hold a discussion “Aviation Horizons: Overcoming the Turbulence Zone”, dedicated to trends and challenges in the development…
The discussion will explore the main trends in the development of modern nuclear fuel cycle in the context of current geopolitical challenges. A round table on “Development of Nuclear Fuel Cycle (NTC) in Two-Component Energy: Current Challenges and Sustainable Solutions” will take place on March 25, at the 13th International Forum ATOMEXPO-2024. The event will…
The State Corporation shared its experience in supporting women in nuclear. ROSATOM took part in the forum “For More Women in Nuclear” held by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which ended in Vienna on March 8. The event, dedicated to the celebration of International Women’s Day, brought together about 500 women from different countries…
The parties discussed Implementation of the Paks-2 NPP Project. On March 12, 2024, Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, met in Budapest with Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjártó. After the talks, Alexey Likhachev and Peter Szijjártó noted that work on the construction of new power units at the…
Participants will discuss projects in transport, logistics, energy and infrastructural support for shipping. On March 26, 2024, the session “The Northern Sea Route: The Boundless Potential of the Arctic” will be held at ATOMEXPO-2024. It will be attended by representatives of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, ROSATOM, the Marine Research Center of Lomonosov…
At the construction site of the Kursk NPP-2 in the reactor building of the 2nd power unit, one of the key events was completed – welding of the main circulation pipeline (MCP), which connects the main equipment of the reactor plant into a single technological system, forming the 1st circuit. The main purpose of the…
Research in the field of plasma physics and thermonuclear fusion is aimed at solving global problem of providing humankind with clean and safe energy in the future. On March 26, 2024, within the framework of the ATOMEXPO-2024 International Forum, the Scientific Division of the Rosatom (managing company – Science and Innovations JSC) will hold a…
The first tier of inner containment will be installed in four stages. On March 8, specialists from Rosatom Engineering Division (ASE) started to install the first tier of inner containment of the reactor building at Unit 1 of El-Dabaa NPP in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The first tier of inner containment consists of 12…
Representatives from eight countries became the selection winners. Within the framework of the World Youth Festival (WYF) program ROSATOM selected 15 participants to join the scientific and educational expedition to the North Pole. The selection started on February, 28 – the Arctic Day – and was arranged in several stages. In total more than 2,000…
ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev and IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi head the Delegations. On 6 March, another round of interdepartmental consultations of the Russian delegation with the IAEA delegation led by Director General Mr. Rafael Grossi took place in Sochi. The Russian delegation was headed by Director General of ROSATOM Mr. Alexey Likhachev. The…
Experts and young eco-leaders decided to create an international ecological club following the session. On March 3, a session titled “International Eco-Community – Creating the Future Together” was held within the framework of the World Youth Festival with the support of ROSATOM. During the session, participants discussed which areas of international cooperation in the field…
The total installed wind power capacity of Rosatom exceeded 1 GW. The second stage of Rosatom’s Trunovskaya wind power plant in Stavropolsky Krai, with an installed capacity of 35 MW, began supplying energy to the Unified All-Russian Power Grid. In total, the Trunovskaya WPP has an installed capacity of 95 MW and consists of 38…
His lecture “Nuclear Technologies for Sustainable Development” opened the marathon of the Russian Knowledge Society. The lecture by Alexey Likhachev, the Director General of ROSATOM, “Nuclear Technologies for Sustainable Development” opened the program of the first day of the educational marathon of the Russian Knowledge Society. The event is taking place within the World Youth…
Students from the backbone higher educational institutions and representatives from the partner countries of ROSATOM will visit the festival. In 2024 ROSATOM will be the general partner of the World Youth Festival which will take place on March, 1-7, 2024 at Sirius Federal Territory (Sochi, the Krasnodar Territory). ROSATOM has also obtained the status of…
JSC ASE Hungarian Branch (part of the Engineering Division of ROSATOM) organised a seminar for potential suppliers of the Paks II. NPP project. The event, which was attended by more than 350 representatives of 180 companies was held on 23 February in Paks (Hungary). Vitaly Polyanin, Vice President of ASE JSC and Director of the…
As part of the participation at the 13th International Conference on Nuclear Sciences and Applications, Rosatom showcased technologies in medicine, healthcare, and agriculture. ROSATOM, a global technological leader, participated in the 13th International Conference on Nuclear Sciences and Applications organized by the Egyptian Society of Nuclear Sciences and Applications (ESNSA) and Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority…
It means completion of general construction works in Unit 1 containment and transition to the equipment start-up-and-adjustment phase. February 08, 2024, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Türkiye. – A “clean area” has been arranged in the reactor compartment of Akkuyu NPP Unit No. 1. This term means a prepared working space for controlled assembly of a reactor,…
Commissioning of the first land-based small plant is planned for 2028. Rosenergoatom (electric power division of ROSATOM) has officially become the operating organization of a small (SNPP) in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, signed a relevant order. The SNPP design is based on the latest Russian development – the…
The “Multi-D Digital Products for the Construction of a Complex Engineering Facility” project launched by Atomstroyexport JSC (which is part of the Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division), has become the winner of the “KulibIT-2023 ”National Digitalization Award” in two categories, to take a special prize from the competition organizers. The final competition was held in…
Works on installation of inner and outer parts of steel structures of the passive heat removal system (PHRS) deflector in the design position were performed in two days at the Rooppur NPP construction site in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (the general designer and general contractor being the Rosatom Engineering Division). The complexity of this…
As of year-end 2023, Isotope JSC (a part of the Health Technologies Division) increased the annual export supplies of isotope products by 15%. This export growth was due to the contracts concluded with customers in the countries of Europe, Asia, the Middle East and CIS, in particular, agreements with enterprises in China and India enabled…
A ceremony dedicated to the “first concrete” pouring into the foundation slab of Power Unit 4 took place in the Arab Republic of Egypt, at El-Dabaa construction site (General Designer and General Contractor is ROSATOM Engineering Division). This historic event signifies the beginning of the main stage of the power unit construction, thus making the…
This is the world’s first new generation lead-cooled fast reactor. ROSATOM has achieved a landmark milestone in construction of a power unit with the innovative fast neutron BREST-OD-300 reactor on the site of the Pilot demonstration energy complex (PDEC) in Seversk, Tomsk Region (West Siberia). The steel reactor baseplate with the total weight of 165…
This is in excess of the plan by more than 250 th. tons. The cargo traffic rate via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 2023 was clarified, it amounted to 36.254 mln. tons. Thus, the target value was exceeded by more than 250 th. tons. “It became possible to achieve record-breaking cargo traffic parameters due…
ATOMEXPO-2024 International Forum, one of the key congress and exhibition events in the global nuclear industry, will take place on March, 25-26, in Sochi (in Sirius Science and Art Park, Sirius Federal Territory). The Forum will unite managers of government agencies, the major vendors and companies of the global nuclear industry, public organizations and international…
The regulatory authorities of Belarus approved application of the unique ROSATOM’s product. TIANOX medical system is an innovative project of the domestic nuclear industry specialists for therapy of adults and children, including newborns, with the use of nitrogen monoxide. It is used in pulmonology, cardiovascular surgery, transplantology, neonatology, rehabilitation and other areas. Nitrogen monoxide is…
Opening the office is a milestone for Rosatom in expanding collaboration with Egypt partners. ROSATOM, a global technological leader and leading company of the global nuclear energy industry working in 60 countries, inaugurates today the office in Cairo, Egypt. This momentous event marks a significant milestone in ROSATOM’s commitment to strengthening its partnership with Egypt,…
A complex of measures to bring the facilities to a safe state is planned to be completed within the next four years. Experts from UNESCO and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources visited the industrial site of the former Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill JSC (BPPM JSC) as part of…
ROSATOM presented its solutions for small NPPs and balanced nuclear fuel cycle to Indian partners. ROSATOM took part in India’s biggest nuclear energy conference INSIC-2023, which ended in Mumbai on December 15. The event was organized jointly by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and the Indian Nuclear Society (INS). The conference brought…
In La Pas, Bolivia, in the presence of President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia Luis Arce, Uranium One Group JSC (an entity of the ROSATOM) and state Bolivian company YLB (Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos) signed an agreement on the construction of a pilot installation for lithium carbonate production in the Uyuni Salt Pan in…
ROSATOM emphasizes the need to develop nuclear energy to achieve carbon neutrality. Representatives of ROSATOM took part in the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) which was held in Dubai this year. Within the framework of the conference, ROSATOM organized a series of events designed to…
The parties agreed to jointly develop logistic integration amongst BRICS members and partner countries. ROSATOM and DP World have signed an agreement on strategic cooperation in the global market aimed at increasing the efficiency of international trade, primarily among the BRICS countries and their partners, and at creating seamless, sustainable global transportation and logistics supply…
ROSATOM’s Mining and Chemical Combine in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region, has manufactured the first three fuel assemblies with uranium-plutonium MOX fuel, which contain in their fuel matrix not only plutonium, but also other transuranic elements — americium-241 and neptunium-237. The fuel bundles have been successfully accepted and will be loaded into the BN-800 fast neutrons reactor…
The Net Zero Nuclear Industry Pledge initiative aims to achieve this result by 2050. At the invitation of World Nuclear Association, ROSATOM has joined the Net Zero Nuclear Industry Pledge, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. The pledge, spearheaded by leaders in the nuclear energy sector, underscores the pivotal role…
The second RITM-200 reactor intended for the nuclear-powered icebreaker Chukotka will be delivered to the shipyard by the end of the year. The manufacturing facility of Rosatom’s Mechanical Engineering Division in Podolsk has completed the manufacturing of the second vessel of the RITM-200 reactor intended for the new generation icebreaker Chukotka. This is the last…
Rosatom State Atomiс Energy Corporation ROSATOM global leader in nuclear technologies nuclear energy The event became an international platform for discussing the advantages of developing small modular reactors. ROSATOM held the Small Modular Reactors Day (SMR Day) on the sidelines of the COP28 Climate Conference, presenting a full range of technological solutions to achieve…
On December 2, 2023, Director General of ROSATOM State Corporation Mr. Alexey Likhachev had a meeting with IAEA Director General Mr. Rafael Grossi on the margins of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-28) in Dubai. Alexey Likhachev confirmed support for the IAEA’s activities to promote the “peaceful atom” as a sustainable energy source and expressed…
ROSATOM has completed a significant milestone of a large-scale environmental program for the elimination of the hazardous nuclear and chemical legacy. The Murmansk Region closes the more than ten-year history of the dismantlement of the Lepse Floating Technical Base (FTB), which supported the operation of the first nuclear-powered icebreakers and the spent nuclear fuel storage…
Key technologies of the Russian nuclear industry aimed at addressing the goals of the climate agenda will be presented at COP28. Rosatom is set to participate in a series of events outlined in the business programme of the 28th International Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, opening on November…
The core catcher is one of the main elements of the power unit passive safety systems, it is part of all the up-to-date nuclear power units with III+ generation VVER-1200 reactors. On November 19, specialists started to install the core catcher body at Unit 2 of El-Dabaa NPP in the Arab Republic of Egypt (the…
Preparatory work is being intensively carried out at the construction site of the Paks-II NPP by both Russian and foreign companies. Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom, met with Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, followed by a visit to the construction site of the Paks-II NPP. During the meeting it…
The simulator is designed to analyze all scenarios of operation of the first nuclear power plant in Turkey and to train the NPP operational personnel. The opening ceremony of the full-scale simulator (FSS) was held in a new building of the training center at the construction site of the first nuclear power plant in Turkey.…
Cargo of weight approximately 350 tons cleared a distance of more than 3000 km by sea. The reactor pressure vessel viz. the most important equipment of the Unit 3 has been delivered to the Akkuyu NPP construction site having cleared a distance of more than 1700 miles (3150 km). The reactor pressure vessel is a…
Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus, and Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General, visited Belarus NPP. The ceremony at the NPP was attended by Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus, and the management of the fuel and energy sector of the country. Alexey Likhachev, ROSATOM Director General, and Viktor Karankevich, Minister of…
The NPP has become the first fully implemented ROSATOM’s foreign project with the latest III+ VVER-1200 reactors. On November 01, 2023, power unit No. 2 of the Belarus NPP (its general designer and general contractor being the ROSATOM Engineering Division) has been put into commercial operation. The acceptance committee signed the acceptance certificate for the…
On October 25, 2023, the Core Catcher for Unit 2 has been successfully delivered to the construction site of the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant in the Arab Republic of Egypt (its General Designer and General Contractor being the Engineering Division of ROSATOM). The Core Catcher is one of the main passive safety systems of the…
Rosenergoatom (Electric Energy Division of ROSATOM) as part of bilateral interaction between ROSATOM and representatives of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (Institute of Atomic Energy and Institute of Radiation Polymer Technologies) on the implementation of a project to modernize the RPP-350 gamma installation intended for radiation processing agricultural products and research work, demonstrated to representatives…
October 19, 2023, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Türkiye – The first 390-ton overhead polar crane has been commissioned at Akkuyu NPP. It will be used at all lifecycle stages of the Unit No. 1 of the first Turkish nuclear power plan. Polar crane or, as it is also known, overhead polar crane is one of the…
Rosatom and the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) approved an Action Plan for Cooperation in the field of the peaceful use of nuclear energy for 2023-2025. Building upon the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Rosatom and AFCONE on September 22, 2020, the Parties have reaffirmed their commitment to promote the use of nuclear…
Rosatom and Gazprom, Russia’s energy companies, organized a joint session at the African Energy Week (Cape Town, South Africa). The session “Powering Africa’s Future: Collaborative Energy Solutions” unveiled a suite of innovative energy solutions, perfectly tailored to meet the diverse needs of the African continent. The session also included representatives from the South African investment…