Kremlin.ru The Trump administration is helping Vladimir Putin achieve a goal that’s eluded him for almost two decades — getting Russia’s billionaires to start repatriating some of their assets. Relatively muted sanctions imposed during the Obama era over the conflict in Ukraine have only widened in scope and severity since Trump took office last year.…
DetailsTVEL JSC and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have signed an Agreement on R&D in the framework of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) Study. The document is an addendum to the existing framework agreement on industrial partnership between the parties, which is aimed at cooperation in the field of superconducting materials (SCM). According…
DetailsSingapore, 19 September, 2018 – ROSATOM, through its subsidiary, Rusatom Healthcare, and Australian Securities Exchange-listed Asian American Medical Group (“AAMG”) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) today to develop a Nuclear Medical Centre in Johor Bahru in Malaysia, bordering Singapore. The MoU was signed at the 9th Session of the High-Level Russia-Singapore Inter-Governmental Commission in…
DetailsOn September 17, 2018 the 62nd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was opened in Vienna. The Conference is held under the aegis of commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and protection of the environment. The event traditionally brings together high-ranking delegates from more than 160 IAEA Member States to discuss…
DetailsOn September 17, on the sidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna, Bangladesh and Russia signed a Protocol to amend the Agreement between the Government of Russia and the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on partnership in the construction of a nuclear power plant on the territory of…
DetailsDuring the 62nd IAEA General Conference that took place on September 17-21, 2018 in Vienna (Austria), TENEX and IAEA concluded a contract on low enriched uranium (LEU) transit necessary for successful implementation of the IAEA LEU Bank international initiative. The document was signed by Oleg Kozin, Deputy Director General for Logistics at TENEX, and Mark…
DetailsJSC Science and Innovations (scientific division of ROSATOM) and the Japanese Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) signed the Implementing Arrangement Concerning Information Exchange on Reactor Physics Experiments for Minor Actinoid Transmutation for Radioactive Waste Processing and Management on September 13, 2018 in Vladivostok at the Eastern Economic Forum. The Arrangement was signed within the framework of…
DetailsRussia and Uzbekistan have signed a cooperation agreement to build a nuclear power plant in the republic. The signing ceremony was held after the negotiations of the prime ministers of Russia and Uzbekistan. The documents were signed by Head of the Cabinet of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and Head of the Government of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov.…
DetailsTVEL Fuel Company of ROSATOM organized the IAEA Technical Meeting on light water reactor fuel enrichment beyond the 5% limit. The international seminar brought together over 40 experts from 12 countries and IAEA. The three-day discussions were attended by nuclear industry experts, including representatives of national regulatory bodies, nuclear power generation companies, nuclear fuel producers…
DetailsOn September 26-27, 2018 Murmansk will host the 11th Regional Public Dialogue Forum “Cooperation for the Arctic Sustainable Development” which is carried out under the auspices of the Public Council of ROSATOM with participation of the V. I. Vernadsky Non-governmental Environmental Foundation, the Russian Green Cross and a number of other public environmental organizations. The…
DetailsPhnom Penh, August 28, 2018. — Rosatom Southeast Asia and Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding today pursuant of the Intergovernmental Agreement on cooperation in nuclear energy use for peaceful purposes, signed between Russia and Cambodia last year. Institute of Technology of Cambodia will provide a basis on which to…
DetailsJSC Atomenergoprom has published its interim abridged consolidated financial report of the Group as per the International Financial Reporting System (IFRS) for six months which ended on June 30, 2018. The consolidated earnings decreased by RUB 6.2 billion (or 25) and constituted RUB 312.9 billion. The drop in earnings of RUB 12.1 billion was predominantly…
DetailsOn August 25, 2018 the first fuel assembly was loaded into the core of Tianwan NPP Unit 4 in China. “Today a significant milestone in the construction of Unit 4 of Tianwan NPP was achieved. Fuel loading is the commencement of the unit’s first criticality procedures. Unit 4 will then enter the start-up stage to…
DetailsAs the result of the scheduled outage at unit 2 of Temelin NPP in Czech Republic, a batch of 48 nuclear fuel assemblies of new modification TVSA-T.mod.2 (produced by TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom), has been loaded into VVER-1000 reactor. In comparison with the TVSA-T fuel assemblies previously supplied to Temelin NPP, the new modification…
DetailsTENEX in a consortium with V.G. Khlopin Radium Institute (KRI), Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (RIAR) and FSUE RosRAO have successfully fulfilled the first phase of works on the research project of the ageing properties of fuel debris. The project is subsidized by the Japanese government; its results will be used in the further works…
DetailsThe installation of the device for catching the molten core material (“core catcher”) has commenced at the construction site of power unit No 1 of Roopur NPP. “This is a unique protection system of the NPP and the first large-size equipment that is being installed in the reactor building. Its weight is about 200 tons.…
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