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09.09.2024
China. A 331.7-tonne reactor pressure vessel was installed at China’s Tianwan Unit 8, which is being constructed with input from Rosatom. Manufactured in Russia, the reactor pressure vessel was delivered to the construction site in China in late August. “Installation of a reactor vessel requires high precision. Russian engineers assisted their Chinese colleagues in this technically complex process. After the installation of large-size equipment is finished, specialists from Rosatom’s engineering division will supervise the assembly and commissioning of the reactor systems at Unit 8,” said Alexey Bannik, Vice President for Chinese and Advanced Projects at AtomStroyExport. Currently, China is building four Russian-designed power units with VVER-1200 reactors, two at the Tianwan NPP and two at the Xudabao NPP.
Belarus. Rosatom top managers and a Belarusian delegation headed by the country’s Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Sergey Maslyak met to discuss cooperation opportunities for hazardous waste management. Rosatom shared its experience in establishing infrastructure for the safe management of radioactive and hazardous industrial waste. The Belarusian delegation focused its attention on Rosatom’s advanced sites for radioactive waste handling and storage and development of cutting-edge nuclear solutions for the substantial reduction of such waste. The representatives of Belarus visited facilities of Russia’s nuclear legacy management operator RADON in Sergiev Posad, a near-surface repository under construction by the National Radioactive Waste Management Operator, and the Experimental Power Production Facility (ODEK) in Seversk.
Indonesia. The Russian atomic energy corporation presented its nuclear technology and solutions, including small modular reactors, to the Indonesian expert community. Rosatom experts took part in the International Conference on Advances in Nuclear Science and Engineering 2024 organized by the Bandung Institute of Technology. Also on the agenda of Rosatom’s visit to the country was Indonesia Goes Nuclear, a seminar dedicated to the prospects of national nuclear energy development. Representatives from Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources outlined plans to include nuclear power in the National Energy Program from 2032 to achieve zero emission targets by 2060. “Russia has been a very good friend of Indonesia since 1954, when we entered the nuclear era at the initiative of Indonesia’s first president Sukarno. […] Rosatom has the technology and manufacturing capabilities to deliver the project of the first NPP in Indonesia,” said Tri Mumpuni, member of the Board of Governors of Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency and head of the IBEKA Foundation.
