Delegation of the Agency also visited some events of ROSATOM.
The delegation from the IAEA Department of Safeguards led by its head Massimo Aparo, Deputy Director General of the Agency, visited Russia on August, 26-29, 2024.
Consultations with Sergey Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and Nikolay Spassky, Deputy Director General – Director of the International Cooperation Unit of ROSATOM, were held within the framework of the visit in order to discuss the relevant aspects of cooperation with the IAEA in the area of safeguards.
Besides, two technical tours were arranged for the delegation – to the sites of Atomflot FSUE (Murmansk) and ZIO Podolsk plant from the Mechanical Engineering Division of ROSATOM. Within the framework of the first tour the IAEA representatives got an opportunity to come on board of Siberia nuclear icebreaker; within the framework of the second one the guests saw the manufacturing process for the domestic small nuclear reactors with their own eyes.
Two events devoted to the topics of mutual interest were also held “on the sidelines” of the visit – a seminar on the issues related to consideration of the IAEA safeguards in designing and construction of plants with the Russian design abroad, and a working session on application of the Agency’s safeguards for floating power units. The parties summed up the results of cooperation in these areas and shaped plans for the future.