Mutual Trust
Rosatom CEO Sergey Kirienko discussed with Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey Taner Yildyz the issues of implementation of the project aimed at building Turkey’s first nuclear power plant Akkuyu.
S. Kirienko said: “More than US$ 1.5 Billion have been already invested in implementation of the Akkuyu NPP project and this is just the beginning. We proceed from the fact that local companies will get orders for construction and installation works worth more than US$ 5 Billion. During the plant construction period, tax payments will amount to billions of dollars as well. The project develops successfully; our nearest move is to submit the refined environmental impact assessment (EIA) to the Ministry of Environment [and Urban Planning] of Turkey, which will happen before March 27.” T. Yildyz said: “We have mutual trust. Normally, EIA is 500-page thick. We have somewhat more, over 3,500 pages, but it has to be understood that we are building the first NPP in Turkey; therefore, the wish of our experts to ask questions is understandable. On the whole, we do our best to commission the first reactor in 2019.”
Rolls for ArcelorMittal
Energomashspetsal (EMSS, Rosatom’s Ukrainian machine-building enterprise) will produce a big batch of rolls for ArcelorMittal metallurgical complexes in four countries of Europe. Those four plants are included into the Falt Carbon Europe group: ArcelorMittal Poland, ArcelorMittal Fos-sur-Mer (France), ArcelorMittal Bremen (Germany) and ArcelorMittal Gent (Belgium). EMSS will produce the bulk of 376 tons of backup rolls for hot rolling mills. The product delivery is planned for the second half of 2014. EMSS is also to produce about 20 rolls for ArcelorMittal by the end of the year.
IAEA visited the Baltic NPP
The IAEA representatives visited the Baltic NPP construction site. The group of experts, invited by Rosatom’s top management, arrived in Kalinigrad for studying the materials concerning environmental impact assessment of the plant’s construction and operation stages. All documentation is already submitted to the IAEA by Rosenergoatom. “Our main goal is to make sure that the documents, submitted by the Russian party, meet all IAEA requirements and correspond with the best international practices, – said Gerhard Proehl, the leader of expert group, the head of the group for Assessment and Management of Environmental Releases Unit. – We have received a detailed report from Rosenergoatom, a 800 pages document. Besides working with documents we asked the concern representatives some clarifying questions. Visiting the site, speaking to employees – all this helps form a personal impression”.
