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18.11.2024
Turkey. Workers finished concreting the outer containment dome on the reactor building of Akkuyu Unit 1. This operation was divided into four stages and took more than a hundred days. “The outer containment shell is an essential safety element of the reactor unit. Its reinforced concrete structure will safely protect the reactor from external impacts. With the shell concreting completed, we can now proceed with installing another critical safety component, a passive heat removal system,” Akkuyu Nuclear CEO Sergey Butskikh commented. Rosatom is building a four-unit nuclear power plant with VVER-1200 reactors in Turkey. All the four power units are now simultaneously under construction.
China. Rosatom took part in one of China’s largest exhibitions, China International Import Expo. The exhibition booth of the Russian nuclear corporation featured an interactive City of the Future model that demonstrated Russian-designed technology for large- and small-scale nuclear generation and for closing the nuclear fuel cycle. It also presented solutions from Rosatom’s new businesses, including those for wind power, nuclear medicine, and logistics. A special section of the booth was dedicated to the multi-year history of Russia-China cooperation in nuclear power and other areas. Rosatom is currently involved in the construction of two Chinese nuclear power plants, Tianwan (Units 1-4 already in operation; Units 7 and 8 under construction) and Xudabao (Units 3 and 4 under construction).
Serbia. International students of Rosatom’s backbone universities gave lectures in the Serbian capital Belgrade on the prospects of nuclear technology development, and opportunities for obtaining degrees in nuclear technology and related fields in Russia. In total, the lectures were attended by more than 250 people. In addition to universities, the ambassadors of nuclear education in Russia visited the Russian Embassy School and Belgrade’s leading high schools specializing in mathematics. They talked to the students about the history of civil nuclear technology and advanced nuclear solutions. “Today, young people have become drivers of joint academic initiatives and reliable promoters of international cooperation,” said Vladimir Popovic, Dean of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty of the University of Belgrade.
