Buenos Aires, December 1st, 2018 – Russia and Argentina signed a Strategic document on the margins of the G20 summit, confirming their partnership in the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, signed the document on Russia’s behalf; Javier Iguacel, Argentina’s Minister of Energy, signed it on Argentina’s behalf. Both the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, and the President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, attended the official ceremony.
Director General of ROSATOM Alexey Likhachev said: “The signed document will allow us to broaden the existing cooperation with our Argentinian partners. All of us, at ROSATOM, are certain that this step will incentivise our mutually beneficial cooperation in the application of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes”.
One of the fundamental areas of mutual cooperation outlined in the document, is the development of various project execution strategies to be applied to large and small capacity NPP construction projects in Argentina. The agreement also involves working on joint implementation projects in third world countries. This includes constructing research centres and developing staff capacity therein. Finally, the document provides the opportunity for joint cooperation in a plethora of areas, including: joint research and personnel training.
According to the document, the parties will also consider the possibility of a joint operation regarding a fleet of floating NPPs, based on Russian design. Taking into account the completed construction of the world’s first floating NPP “Akademik Lomonosov”.
A cooperation “roadmap” on the implementation of specific Russian-Argentine projects in the peaceful use of nuclear energies was also signed at the ceremony.
Notes to editor:
ROSATOM is the only company in the world to offer integrated clean energy solutions across the nuclear supply chain and beyond, including: the design, build and operation of nuclear power stations; uranium mining; conversion and enrichment; the supply of nuclear fuel; decommissioning; spent fuel storage; transportation; and safe nuclear waste disposal. With seventy years’ continuous experience, the company is the world leader in high-performance solutions for all kinds of nuclear power plants. It is also working in the segments of wind generation, nuclear medicine, energy storage and other. Headquartered in Moscow, the company brings together over 300 enterprises and organisations and over 250,000 employees. Globally, the company has the second biggest uranium reserves, has 40% of the world’s enrichment market, and is the world’s biggest builder of the latest generation nuclear power stations and US$133 billion 10-years export order book.
