The best EXPO 2017 pavilions were selected by an international panel of nine experts in architecture and trade fairs. Awards were given in two categories, the Best Design and the Best Interpretation of Theme. With 115 national pavilions and 22 pavilions of international organizations presenting their state-of-the-art renewable energy technologies and competing for recognition this year, the national pavilion of the Russian Federation was awarded gold in the Best Design category.
“We deserve this award. We are glad that after all the work done by our team and contributions made by our partners to the exposition, the Russian pavilion took top honors. I would like to give an honorable mention to our key partners, including our colleagues from Rosatom, who helped us make our Arctic exposition so exciting,” said Georgy Kalamanov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
The pavilion’s design was centered around the Arctic and development of natural resources in Russia’s North with advanced technologies. The Russian pavilion featured the Energy of Arctic, a water installation showing the Northern Sea Route with nuclear icebreaker models, including an innovative Leader nuclear icebreaker and a floating nuclear power plant.
The Leader nuclear icebreaker is a new dawn for the Russian icebreaker fleet. This icebreaker of the future will allow for year-round navigation in the Arctic, regardless of the weather. It is capable of breaking through 4-meter thick ice and traveling through 2-meter Arctic ice at a speed of 10 knots. This will greatly reduce the time in transit along the Northern Sea Route. The floating nuclear power plant can be used to supply power to settlements and production facilities located far away from the distribution grid.
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The Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom is an official partner of Astana EXPO 2017. Rosatom also organized the Nuclear Week, a themed exposition of Russian nuclear technologies. The exposition featured radiation technologies for agriculture, medicine, water desalination, water treatment, space exploration, closed nuclear fuel cycle, and thermonuclear fusion.
