The event was held on 9–10 November in Buenos Aires by Rusatom International Network (RIN) in cooperation with the Ministry of Energy and Mining.
Mr. Gadano spoke about the national nuclear development plan, and the speakers from the National Atomic Energy Commission reported on Argentina’s nuclear fuel cycle, radiation technologies and nuclear medicine solutions. “We should be open to the world and learn more from other countries. Such events help us tap to the experience of Rosatom, a global nuclear industry leader that can offer Argentina nuclear solutions to be used in the future,” Mr. Gadano is quoted as saying in RIN’s press release.
Evgeny Pakermanov, CEO of Rusatom Overseas Inc.
– Joint projects are not many between our countries. This seminar is meant as an opportunity for the both parties to see each other’s potential and areas of mutual interest. It should open new horizons for mutually beneficial cooperation on the local, regional and global scale.
According to Sergei Derkach, Russia’s Trade Representative in Argentina, the two countries have a long track record of cooperation, with energy sector being its backbone. Seminars like this are very useful as they lay a foundation for future political decisions, he said. The event featured the presentation of Rosatom’s key strengths and competitive advantages on the global market, particularly its end-to-end offering for the construction of nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities, such as research and technology centers. Speakers also presented effective financial solutions used in foreign nuclear construction projects.
Attendees were shown Rosatom’s state-of-the-art solutions covering the entire life cycle of a nuclear facility. They also had a chance to view the company’s latest practices in the design and construction of nuclear plants, back-end management (including spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste handling systems), nuclear decommissioning services, radiation technologies and nuclear medicine, staff training, raising public awareness, etc. Much interest was paid to the report on the world’s only Generation 3+ reactor at Russia’s Novovoronezh Unit 6, which was brought online in late August. Reports were also made by top managers of Argentinean companies. In particular, Julian Gadano spoke about the national nuclear program, and representatives of the National Atomic Energy Commission shared information on Argentina’s nuclear fuel cycle, radiation technologies and nuclear medicine solutions.
On 23 April 2015, Russia and Argentina signed a memorandum of understanding that laid the ground for construction of Argentina’s Atucha Unit 6 based on a Russian-designed VVER reactor with a rated capacity of 1,200 MW. Rosatom’s TVEL fuel company signed two memorandums of understanding with the National Atomic Energy Commission of Argentina and INVAP, a public corporation of Argentina’s Rio Negro province. The documents provide for interaction and concerted efforts in a wide range of issues pertaining to nuclear power cooperation, including supplies of low-enriched nuclear fuel from Russia for Argentina’s research and power reactors, delivery of TVEL-manufactured zirconium components of the nuclear fuel cycle, as well as joint research and development programs.
