On March 25, the reactor of Power Unit 2 of Belarus NPP (general designer and general contractor is Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division) was brought to minimum controllable power level. At 19:42 (Moscow time), the neutron flux was registered for the first time, and controlled self-sustained nuclear reactor began. Achievement of the minimum controllable power…
March 21, 2023, Moscow, Russia. – National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (NRNU MEPhI) announced enrollment of citizens of the Republic of Türkiye to study in the master’s program in Nuclear Physics and Technology. It is planned to enroll 25 students within the program of training qualified engineers for Akkuyu NPP, which is under construction in…
On March 21, 2023, the first heavy and oversized equipment for the El-Dabaa NPP, the core catcher for Unit 1, arrived to the El-Dabaa NPP construction site in Egypt (the general designer and general contractor is ROSATOM Engineering Division). In the beginning of March 2023, the ship carrying three main components of the core catcher…
The Comprehensive Long-Term Cooperation Program in the area of fast reactors and nuclear fuel cycle closure was signed on March, 21, on the sidelines of the state visit of Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, to Russia. The document was signed by Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, and Zhang Kejian, the…
On March 17, a delegation of the RF State Duma deputies headed by Pavel Zavalny, Chairman of the Energy Committee, has visited during a working trip the largest Union State energy project, i .e. the Belarus NPP (its general designer and general contractor being the Engineering Division of Rosatom State Corporation). The Russian members of…
March 13, 2023 – Algeria (Algeria) – ROSATOM and the Algerian Atomic Energy Commission (COMENA) jointly organized a workshop on nuclear energy solutions for key stakeholders and companies in the Algerian energy market. This is the first event organized by the two parties taking place at the COMENA headquarters. Abdelhamid Mellah, COMENA commissioner, and Boris…
One more batch of equipment for Rooppur NPP that is under construction in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (general designer and general contractor is Rosatom’s Engineering Division) has been delivered from Russia to the sea port of Mongla. About 1 200 tons of industrial equipment has been transported on the MV Aparajitа vessel. The vessel…
Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP), an enterprise of TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom, has been awarded as the winner of the tender by the Brazilian Eletronuclear company for supplies of more than 100 kg of lithium-7 hydroxide. This product will be used in the reactor cooling system of both operating power units of the Admiral…
March 9, 2023, El Alto, Bolivia – A unique for Latin America complex for radiopharmaceuticals production buit by Rosatom by order of the Bolivian Nuclear Energy Agency (ABEN), has started supplies of radiopharmaceuticals to the network of the Bolivian nuclear medicine centers. The ceremony of the beginning of supplies of the radiopharmaceutical fluodeoxyglucose took place…
March 9, 2023, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Türkiye – Roof installation in the turbine hall of Akkuyu NPP Unit 1 of has been completed. The entire process took three months, the first truss was installed on December 10, 2022. The turbine hall roof consists of nine enlarged trusses with a total weight of 1140 tons, including…
At the beginning of March, a vessel with three main components of the corium localization device – the core catcher – left the port of St. Petersburg for the construction site of El-Dabaa NPP Unit 1 (the general designer and the general construction is Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division). The core catcher components have been…
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 outside containment concreting has been completed 45 days ahead of schedule. The total process took 110 days instead of 155. According to the RPS project “Optimization of 10UJA outer containment structures…
ROSATOM delegation took part in the 12th International Symposium on Targeted Alpha Therapy in the Republic of South Africa, ended on March 2, 2023 in Cape Town (South Africa). The symposium brought together more than 300 nuclear medicine professionals from medical and scientific organizations, educational institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and regulatory authorities from around the world.…
Installation of the transport lock has been completed in the Power Unit 1 reactor building at the Rooppur NPP construction site in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (General Designer and General Contractor is Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division). The transport lock is the largest piece of equipment at the NPP site, while its length is…
March 2, 2023, Moscow, Russia. – A working meeting on training specialists for Akkuyu NPP took place at the National Research University Moscow Energy Institute. The Target Training Program for Akkuyu NPP Personnel among citizens of the Republic of Turkey is being implemented on the basis of the Intergovernmental Agreement between the Government of the…
Isotope JSC (included into Rusatom Healthcare JSC Division) signed new contracts for supply of technetium-99m generators GT-5K to the Republic of Armenia and germanium-68/ gallium-68 generators to the Republic of Kazakhstan. The first lot of technetium-99m generators GT-5K with banks was delivered to Isotope Production Center CJSC in Yerevan at the end of February. This…
The Multipurpose Fast Neutron Research Reactor (MBIR), being constructed by State Corporation Rosatom within the framework of the comprehensive program “Development of Technology, Technologies and Scientific Research in the Field of Atomic Energy Use in the Russian Federation”, became a participant in the GRAIN International Platform (Global Research Advanced Infrastructure Network). BRICS GRAIN platform was…
The training course “Global Nuclear Safety and Security: IAEA Safeguards and Nuclear Security” has been completed at the Rosatom Technical Academy. It was organized by the Institute of Global Nuclear Safety and Security of the Rosatom Technical Academy for experts working at nuclear industry enterprises and dealing with issues of international cooperation with the Agency…
The total volume of dredging and hydraulic engineering operations in the waters of the Northern Sea Route in 2023 is to amount to 13.5 million cubic meters, said Maxim Kulinko, Deputy Head of the NSR Directorate of ROSATOM at the 6th Hydraulic Engineering and Dredging Congress. This amounts to 36.1% of all dredging operations planned…
Iquipment for the power supply systems of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) was shipped from the site of NIIEFA JSC (included into Rosatom) on February, 13-14. Three trailers with the total cargo weight of 33.4 tons set off to the reactor construction site in France. The scope of supply included the final lot of…
On February 9 this year, Director General of ROSATOM Alexey Likhachev had a regular meeting with Director General of IAEA Rafael Grossi in Moscow. From the Russian side, the meeting was also attended by Alexander Trembitsky, Head of Rostekhnadzor (Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service of Russia), Igor Kirillov, Chief of Radiation, Chemical, and…
February 7, 2022, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Türkiye. – Companies involved in Akkuyu NPP construction collected warm clothes and primary commodities for those hurt or displaced by the earthquake. Collection points are located in Silifke, Kum Mahallesi and Taşucu, where most of the Akkuyu NPP site employees live. Project personnel and residents of the region bring…
On February 6, in Yangon (Republic of the Union of Myanmar), ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev and the Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Myo Thein Kyaw signed the Intergovernmental Agreement on cooperation in the field of the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The signing ceremony took place in the presence of…
At the Rooppur NPP construction site in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (the general designer and general contractor being the Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division), welding of the main coolant pipeline (MCP) has been completed successfully in the reactor building of Unit 2. Junction, welding-up and heat treatment of the pearlitic part of 28 weld…
February 4, 2023, Silifke, Türkiye – AKKUYU NUCLEAR, which is building the first nuclear power plant in Türkiye, has signed a contract with the Turkish construction company Özaltın İnşaat for the construction of a residential campus for Akkuyu NPP operating personnel. The residential campus will be formed of single-section blocks with comfortable flats of different…
Installation of reactor plant equipment using the “open top” technique was completed at Power Unit No. 3 of the Kudankulam NPP (Republic of India, the NPP’s General Designer and General Contractor is ROSATOM’s Engineering Division). The “open top” is a technique for installing equipment when the dome is open. It is used by Indian partners…
The Memorandum of Understanding between Rosenergoatom JSC, Rosatom Technical Academy Independent Non-Profit Organization for Continuing Professional Education (INO CPE) and the Agency for Nuclear Power Engineering Development at the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzatom Agency) was signed on July 13. Zhurabek Mirzamakhmudov, Chief Executive Officer of Uzatom Agency, signed the Memorandum…
On July 11, Monday, ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev met with the Chairman of the Myanmar State Administration Council, Prime Minister, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The meeting resulted in the signing of the Memorandums of Understanding between ROSATOM and the Ministry of Science and Technology of Myanmar on cooperation in training and skills development…
LUCH Scientific Production Association (part of Science and Innovations JSC, R & D Unit of ROSATOM) signed an agreement to supply thermocouples for four power units of the Kudankulam NPP in India. New sensors designed for thermal control of NPP process equipment will replace the old ones in the internal reactor control systems of the…
On June 30, 2022, the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (OAH) issued a production license allowing to start production of the two core melt localization devices for the new units of Paks-2 NPP. The Core Melt Localization Device (CMLD, or “core catcher”) is one of the most important elements of the passive safety system of generation…
On July 1, 2022, during a working meeting in Istanbul, Alexey Likhachev, head of ROSATOM, and Peter Szijjártó, minister of foreign affairs and trade of Hungary, discussed the current status and further steps in the implementation of the Paks-2 project as well as its transition to the stage of direct construction by September this year.…
Concreting of the containment dome of Unit 1 has been completed at Rooppur NPP construction site in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (the general designer and the general contractor is ROSATOM’s Engineering Division). The works were performed by specialists of RosSEM Trust LLC (part of ROSATOM’s Engineering Division). In total, over 3200 cubic meters of…
The students working semester has started at facilities of ROSATOM’s Engineering Division on July 01. For two summer months, 176 senior students of the Engineering Division specialized universities will work at construction sites of Kursk NPP-2 power units and the overseas construction sites – Belarus NPP, Rooppur NPP (the People’s Republic of Bangladesh) and El-Dabaa…
On June 29, 2022, the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) issued a permit for the construction of the El-Dabaa NPP Unit 1. This permit, along with excavation works at site, is a prerequisite for the start of the main stage of construction. “Obtaining construction permit for the Unit 1 is a momentous occasion…
Inner containment dome metal structures were installed in the reactor building of Power Unit 2 at the Rooppur NPP construction site in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (the NPP’s General Designer and General Contractor is the ROSATOM’s Engineering Division). The upper portion of the dome weighing 194 tonnes and being 35.7 m in diameter was…
June 25, 2022, Buyukeceli, Mersin Province, Turkey. – A melt localization device, or core catcher, one of the main elements of Unit 3 supplementary (passive) safety system, was delivered and installed at the Akkuyu NPP construction site. After unloading the vessel which delivered the catcher to the Eastern cargo terminal, the equipment was transported to…
Concrete was poured for the first wind turbine foundation at the Kuzminskaya Wind Farm in the Stavropol Krai (Southern Russia). A total of 64 wind turbines with a capacity of 2.5 MW each will be installed on the site. With an aggregate capacity of 160 MW, the wind farm is estimated to generate 378 million…
June 22, 2022, Büyükeceli, Turkey. – Executives and employees of EUAS International ICC, an international division of EÜAŞ, a Turkish state-owned electricity generation corporation, visited the Akkuyu NPP Construction Site. The delegation headed by Necati Yamac, chief executive officer of EUAS International ICC, examined the construction of four power units and assessed the current work…
Russian nuclear power company ROSATOM’s director general Alexey Likhachev and the head of the Republic of Sakha (also known as Yakutia) Aysen Nicolayev have signed an agreement “on intentions and a procedure for organising cooperation for promoting projects involving a small nuclear power plant based on the SHELF-M reactor”. The agreement will see the two…
At the Rooppur NPP construction site in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (with the ROSATOM’s Engineering Division being the general designer and general contractor), installation of the first of the three tiers of the inner containment dome has just been finished at the reactor building of power unit 2. The large-dimensioned structure being 195 tons…
On June 16, on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, ROSATOM and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) signed an agreement on intentions and a procedure for organizing cooperation for promoting projects involving a small nuclear power plant based on the SHELF-M reactor. The document was signed by ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev and…
On June 16, on the sidelines of the XXV St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Rosatom signed a cooperation agreement. The agreement was signed by the Russian Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Alexey Chekunkov and ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev. The parties agreed…
ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev, First Deputy Director General for Development and International Business Kirill Komarov, Deputy Director General for Human Resources Tatyana Terentyeva, and other ROSATOM executives take part in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2022) on June 15-18. On June 16, Alexey Likhachev will take part in the plenary session Northern Sea…
On June 14, 2022, the rating agency Expert RA confirmed that JSC Atomenergoprom’s (a part of ROSATOM) bonds comply with the “green” bonds issue principles and “green” financial instrument criteria. The agency’s release says: “Following the methodology of the second party opinion on compliance of bonds with the green bond principles, Expert RA confirms that…
On June 15, 2022, NovaWind (ROSATOM’s wind power division) and the Chukotka Government signed a cooperation agreement for the construction of wind farms in the region within the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The document was signed by NovaWind CEO Grigoriy Nazarov and Chukotka Governor Roman Kopin. The agreement is intended to study the possibility…
The VVER-TOI reactor pressure vessel (RPV) has been installed at unit 1 of the Kursk-II NPP under construction in Russia, three weeks ahead of schedule, said Andrey Osharin, First Deputy Director for the Construction of New Units at Kursk NPP. The RPV was delivered to the site in September 2021. “Since that time, a lot…
On 10 June 2022, the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (OAH) issued a licence for the Paks-2 project to start the soil stabilisation of the nuclear power plant construction site. The purpose of this work is to ensure the required bearing capacity of the soils at the base of the future buildings and structures of the…
TVEL Fuel Company of ROSATOM has supplied the first batches of TVS-2M nuclear fuel to India for the two functioning units-1&2 of Kudankulam NPP, powered by VVER-1000 reactors. After refueling in July 2022, the Unit 1 will start its operation in 18-months fuel cycle from currently used UTVS fuel with 12 month operating cycles. With…
Recently, the experts from “Rusatom Healthcare” JSC and NIIEFA JSC completed one of the most important stages of the cyclotron-radiochemical complex project in the Kingdom of Thailand. The Russian team, headed by “Rusatom Healthcare” JSC project expert Ilya Grigoryev and NIIEFA JSC head of the ion accelerator department Roman Klopenkov organized in-depth training on the…
In the reactor building of Kursk NPP-2 power unit 1 (with the ROSATOM’s Engineering Division being its general designer and general contractor), the last of the four steam generators has been installed in the design position within the established time frames. The installation of steam generators was carried out by Kursk Branch of Energospetsmontazh JSC.…
June 5, 2022, Cairo, Egypt – Rusatom Healthcare Joint Stock Company (integrator in the field of radiation technologies for medicine and other industries of ROSATOM) and the leading Egyptian pharmaceutical company Pharco Pharmaceuticals signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The Memorandum was signed within the framework of the first Pan-African exhibition and conference Africa Health ExCon…
June 1, 2022, Buyukeceli, Turkey. – Another important stage is completed within Akkuyu NPP Unit 1 construction. Main circulation pipeline (MCP) welding, which had started on March 19, 2022, was finished on May 25. Within 68 days, the specialists welded all 28 joints of the pipeline. On the occasion of the MCP welding completion, a…
On May 26, 2022, Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA) issued the license for groundwater cut-off construction for the Paks II NPP project. Groundwater cut-off will protect the construction site as well as operating Paks NPP from groundwater penetration. Following the construction of the groundwater cut-off, excavation works on the Paks II site will commence. Currently,…
On May 25, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia Rogelio Mayta Mayta and Deputy Foreign Minister Benjamin Blanco, accompanied by representatives of the Russian Federation Embassy in Bolivia, ROSATOM and the Bolivian Agency for Nuclear Energy (ABEN), visited the site of the Center for Nuclear Technology Research and Development (CNTRD) under…
May 27, 2022, Buyukeceli, Turkey. – Construction workers started pouring concrete into the foundation slab of the turbine hall building at Akkuyu NPP Unit 4 construction area. To ensure maximum strength, 17,500 cubic meters of concrete and 3,500 tons of reinforcement will be placed in the foundation slab. Concrete foundation height will be 7 meters.…
May 19, 2022. – ROSATOM State Corporation and the Bolivian Agency for Nuclear Energy (ABEN) jointly published a children’s book “Nuclear Science and Technology in El Alto”. The presentation was held at a school in El Alto and brought together more than 400 students from local educational institutions. The main characters of the book are…
The Research Institute of Atomic Reactors in Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Region, has started the fourth irradiation cycle of fuel assemblies with VVER type fuel rods in the MIR research reactor, the reactor tests have been lasting since early 2019. These rods have four various combinations of cladding and fuel matrix materials. The fuel pellets were made…
First concrete ceremony has taken place at Xudapu NPP Unit 4 constructed under the Russian VVER-1200 design. The construction has reached its active phase. “The project for construction of two new units of generation III+ at Xudapu NPP is being implemented according to the schedule, even ahead of schedule. The Russian party performs its obligations…
A meeting on digitalization of NPP construction processes has been held in Moscow office of ASE JSC (a part of ROSATOM’s Engineering Division). Its main topic was import substitution and use of own digital developments for NPP design and construction, as well as for optimization of internal processes in the Engineering Division. The meeting was…
The first RITM-200 reactor for the serial new-generation Yakutia icebreaker has been manufactured and prepared for shipment at the production site of JSC ZiO-Podolsk (a unit of Atomenergomash, ROSATOM’s mechanical engineering division). The reactor weighs 147.5 tons, its height is 7.3 meters, diameter is 3.3 meters. The out-of-gauge cargo will be delivered on a special…