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17.01.2022
In 2021, a new record was set for cargo transportation on the Northern Sea Route (NSR): 34.85 million tons (compared to almost 33 million tons in 2020). 86 vessels passed through the NSR, 75 of them were flying foreign flags. The transit volume in 2021 surpassed 2 million tons (compared to 1.3 million tons in 2020).
The revenue of Atomenergomash (Rosatom machine-building division) in 2021 increased by a record 35% compared to 2020 and amounted to about 111.5 billion rubles (1.5 billion USD). Its order book also reached a record volume of 926 billion rubles (12.4 billion USD), having increased by 9% over the year.
The revenue of TVEL (Rosatom fuel division) in 2021 stood at about 235 billion rubles (3.1 billion USD), which is 12.6% higher than in 2020. The ten-year portfolio of export orders for nuclear fuel cycle products amounted to USD 17.4 billion (an increase of 10.8% year-on-year), the portfolio of foreign orders for the entire life cycle reached USD 64.6 billion.
In 2021, Russian nuclear power plants set an absolute record for electricity generation – over 222.436 billion kWh (compared to 215.74 billion kWh last year). This made it possible to save more than 111 million tons of CO2-equivalent emissions (if the same amount of electricity was generated by thermal generation). The share of nuclear power generation in Russia is over 20%.
