Rosatom: 2024 in review . In early 2024, the first concrete was poured for Unit 4 of Egypt’s El Dabaa NPP, and construction of its last reactor unit entered an active phase. Concreting of the outer containment shell was completed at Rooppur Unit 2 in Bangladesh. In the spring, full-scale pre-commissioning operations started at Unit 1 of Turkey’s Akkuyu NPP. In the autumn, installation of the molten core catchers began at El Dabaa Unit 3 and Unit 4. Reactor assembly operations were completed at Rooppur Unit 1, and engineers proceeded with the loading of dummy fuel assemblies. Rosatom also moved ahead with its first international wind power project to build a 100 MW wind farm in the Issyk-Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Rosatom: 2024 in review. In May, the first ever international contract was signed to build a 330 MW small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power plant in the Jizzakh region of Uzbekistan. In the autumn, a contract was signed to construct a lithium carbonate plant at Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest lithium-bearing salt flat. Rosatom and Ethiopia signed a contract to conduct a feasibility study for a nuclear research and technology center, which might be built in the country. In the past year, Rosatom also signed memorandums of cooperation with Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and other countries.

Rosatom: 2024 in review. In 2024, cargo traffic on the Northern Sea Route set a new record with almost 37.9 million tonnes of cargo delivered, up 1.6 million tonnes from 2023. Another record was set by transit traffic, with 92 transit voyages made and over 3 million tonnes of cargo transported, up nearly one and a half times from 2023. The 231m-long and 32m-wide NewNewStar, the largest ever container ship to travel the Northern Sea Route, was escorted by an icebreaker of the Russian nuclear fleet operator Rosatomflot. Early last year, a new icebreaker, Leningrad, was laid down to become the fifth multi-purpose nuclear-powered icebreaker in the Project 22220 series. November saw another icebreaker of the same series, Chukotka, floated out, followed by the commissioning of Yakutia icebreaker in late December.