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لطاقة النووية تعني الاستقرار
أظهر عام 2022، مرّةً أخرى، أهمية الطاقة النووية في مزيج الطاقة العالمي. وبينما كان التركيز في البداية على الطبيعة غير الكربونية للطاقة النووية، لكنّه تحول بمرور الوقت إلى الخاصية المهمة…
الذرات من أجل أمن الطاقة
كتبنا في الشهر نفسه من العام الفائت، أن سوق الطاقة كان قريبًا إلى حدّ كبيرٍ من الوضع الذي واجهه العالم قبل خمسين عامًا خلال أزمة النفط في العام 1973 عندما…
أقوال بلا أفعال
نشرت الرابطة العالمية للطاقة النووية تقرير الأداء النووي العالمي للعام 2022، والذي تستعرض فيه التغييرات والتطورات التي استجدت في مجال الصناعة النووية العالمية خلال العام 2021. الشيء الأكثر إثارة للاهتمام…
عودة البقرات السمان
لأكثر من عام، ظلّت أسعار اليورانيوم الفوري وعقوده أعلى من 40 دولارًا أمريكيًا للرطل، ولأول مرة منذ مايو/ أيار 2013 ويونيو/ حزيران 2016، على التوالي. وفقًا للتقارير، زادت معظم شركات…
الطاقة النووية تحصل على الضوء الأخضر
اعترف الاتحاد الأوروبي، أخيرًا، أن الطاقة النووية تستوفي معايير الاستدامة. فالطاقة النووية، في سياق أزمة الطاقة اليوم وأجندة المناخ التي ما تزال وثيقة الصلة بالموضوع، لا تبدو أقل جاذبيةً مما…
قد يساعدكم الفحم
أصبحت أزمة الطاقة في العالم "الغربي" حديث البلاد في صناعة الطاقة على مدار الشهرين الماضيين. تتحدث أوروبا، المدافع الأكثر ثباتًا عن الطاقة المتجددة، عن الحاجة إلى العودة إلى الفحم، وهو…
الطاقة تصبح أكثر تكلفة
مع العقوبات المفروضة على قطاع الطاقة الروسي وارتفاع أسعار الطاقة في أوروبا، فإن أحد الأسئلة الرئيسة التي يواجهها صناع القرار هو كيفية تقليل الاعتماد على الهيدروكربونات. يبدو أن الإجابة تكمن…
الخطط الكبرى للأدوية النووية
يحظى الطب النووي باهتمام روساتوم باعتباره تطبيقًا للتكنولوجيا النووية المنقذة للأرواح والتي لا تعتمد على الطاقة. يشرف قسم الرعاية الصحية Rusatom Healthcare على هذا الجزء من الأعمال في روساتوم، وينقسم…
الإمداد العالمي بالوقود النووي في أوائل عام 2022
يتمّ، عادةً، نشر التقارير السنوية للشركات في أواخر مارس/ آذار وحتى نهاية أبريل/ نيسان. خطّطنا لمراجعة أداء سوق اليورانيوم خلال العام 2021، لكن القلق العالمي جعل مقالًا حول إمدادات الوقود…
استعراض أخبار الطاقة في 2021
كان عام 2021 بمثابة صدمة لصناعة الطاقة، لا سيما لقطاع الوقود الأحفوري. فيما يلي تحليلنا للأسباب الكامنة وراء أزمة العام الماضي واستعراض موجز العام 2021.
الاعتراف في أوروبا
اعتمدت المفوضيّةُ الأوروبيَةُ (مع بعض التحفظات) قانونًا يعدّل تصنيف الاتحاد الأوروبي لمصادر الطاقة ليشمل الغاز الطبيعي والطاقة النووية. وتعدّ هذه الخطوة مهمة على اعتبارها خطوة نحو الاعتراف العالمي بالطاقة النووية…
أجندة روساتوم في عام 2021
استثمرت الشركة النووية الروسية الكثير من الجهود في تحقيق الأهداف المحددة لعام 2021 وإرساء الأساس لتنفيذ خططها الاستراتيجية. كان العام الماضي ناجحًا حيث نمت الإيرادات من المشاريع الدولية، وتم توقيع…
أتوم اثنان في واحد: الاستدامة وفعالية
التكلفة هل يمكن القول إن عام 2021 كان محظوظا بالنسبة للطاقة النووية؟ لم يكن الأمر سهلاً بالتأكيد ولكن يبدو أن عودة الطاقة النووية إلى السياسات الكبرى كانت أمرًا محوريًا حدث…
أزمة الطاقة من خلال المنشور 1973
وصل النقص العالمي في الغاز المصحوب بارتفاع الطلب إلى مستويات حرجة في أكتوبر ولا يظهر أي بوادر للتراجع. وشهد عام 1973 أحداثا مماثلة عندما تضاعف سعر النفط ثلاث مرات، وزاد…
التنمية المستدامة تحتاج إلى ذرات
في سبتمبر عقدت أكبر المنظمات النووية العالمية وهما الوكالة الدولية للطاقة الذرية والرابطة النووية العالمية (WNA)، منتديات دولية مكرسة لدور الطاقة النووية في تحول الطاقة والتكنولوجيا الجديدة والتنظيم الحكومي وتعزيز…
الطاقة النووية تدعم الحياد المناخي
يواصل المجتمع العالمي مناقشة أهلية الطاقة النووية لمزيج الطاقة. الحجة الواضحة للصناعة النووية التي عادت إلى الظهور مؤخرًا هي أن الذرة السلمية هي المصدر الوحيد للطاقة الخالية من الكربون باستثناء…
التكنولوجيا النووية تنقذ الأرواح
تمتد التكنولوجيا النووية إلى ما هو أبعد من توليد الطاقة، وتشمل الطب النووي الذي يساعد في تشخيص وعلاج السرطانات المعقدة. تقنيات التصوير بالرنين المغناطيسي والتصوير المقطعي التي تم استخدامها على…
هرمون نمو اليورانيوم
في عالم ما بعد COVID، تنمو أسعار المعادن، وكذلك الاقتصاد العالمي. ويمهد هذا أيضًا مسارًا لنمو أسعار اليورانيوم، ومع ذلك، فإن العوامل الأساسية للعرض والطلب هي محركات ضعيفة. يظهر تحليل…
المعادن: نقص متوقع
نشرت وكالة الطاقة الدولية IEA))  تقريرًا بعنوان “دور المعادن الحرجة في انتقال الطاقة النظيفة”. وأشار التقرير إلى أن الانتشار السريع لتقنيات الطاقة النظيفة قد يتسبب في حدوث اضطرابات في إمدادات…
تصنيف الاتحاد الأوروبي يفتقر إلى الطاقة النووية
تقرر المفوضية الأوروبية ما إذا كانت الطاقة النووية ستدرج في تصنيف الاتحاد الأوروبي للأنشطة المستدامة. إذا تم تضمينه، فسيكون النشاط النووي موصى به للمستثمرين. على الرغم من استنتاج مركز الأبحاث…
السلامة في عصر ما بعد فوكوشيما
أعادت السنوات العشر التي مرت بعد كارثة فوكوشيما تشكيل صناعة الطاقة النووية لجعلها أكثر أمانًا وموثوقية وتقدمًا من الناحية التكنولوجية. كانت التغييرات في الصناعة متعددة الأوجه، بدءًا من توصيات الوكالة…
الطلب الناشئ عن فصل الشتاء للموثوقية
أثبت انقطاع التيار الكهربائي هذا الشتاء في أوروبا والولايات المتحدة أنه على توليد الكهرباء ألا يكون نظيفًا فحسب، بل وأن يكون قابلا للاعتماد عليه. في كانون الثاني (يناير) 2021 ،…
اليورانيوم في طي النسيان
يشهد الإصدار الأخير من الكتاب الأحمر الذي نشرته وكالة الطاقة النووية التابعة لمنظمة التعاون الاقتصادي والتنمية والوكالة الدولية للطاقة الذرية على أزمة إنتاج اليورانيوم مع توقف المناجم وخفض الإنتاج وتراجع…
التوقعات النووية الحرارية
يعتقد مصرف (ساكسو بنك) أن المستقبل لا يخص مصادر الطاقة المتجددة، ولكن مصادر الطاقة النووية الحرارية، وهي صديقة للبيئة ورخيصة ويمكن إنتاجها بكميات كبيرة. تعمل روساتوم بالفعل على إنشاء المستقبل…
بوتيرة مستدامة نحو المستقبل
بعد انضمامها إلى الاتفاق العالمي للأمم المتحدة في أكتوبر/ تشرين الأول، أثبتت شركة روساتوم للمجتمع الدولي التزامها بالتنمية المستدامة . وشارك ممثلو روساتوم وجهات نظرهم حول المستقبل في منتديين عقدا…
The Art of Combining Fuels
Responding to the market demand for maximum safety, cost efficiency and eco-friendliness in nuclear, Rosatom is working to develop new types of nuclear fuel, such as accident tolerant and CNFC…
Emissions Fifty Years Later
In its Energy Technology Perspectives 2020 report published in September, the International Energy Agency (IEA) lists clean energy technologies that will decarbonize the global economy by the second half of…
Nuclear Flexibility
In late August 2020, the World Nuclear Association published its World Nuclear Performance Report reviewing the global nuclear industry progress in 2019 and analyzing key events and processes in 2020.…
Environmentalists Stand Up for Nuclear
Public organizations and activists from different countries join the ranks of the nuclear energy advocates. Certain anti-nuclear activists even become pro-nuclear activists.
Era of Hydrogen
Hydrogen economy is a new energy trend, much like the renewables were twenty years ago. Hydrogen programs have been developed by the European Union and individual European countries. Germany has…
FNPP in Operation
In May, the world’s only floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov was put into operation. Despite growing interest towards small modular reactors (SMRs), Akademik Lomonosov is the only example of…
Nuclear Power Generation During COVID 19
Economic slowdown during the coronavirus quarantine led to decline in electricity consumption. Rosatom Newsletter looks into the depth of this decline and its influence over the nuclear industry. Our analysis…
Nuclear Responds to Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has affected the nuclear power and uranium industries. Systemic quarantine measures cause electricity consumption to decline, while shutdown of uranium mines has driven up the price of…
SMR in the Making
Many nations believe small modular reactors (SMRs) to be a tool capable of ensuring reliable access to electricity, heat and fresh water without greenhouse gas emissions or a necessary connection…
Going Green
Europe is discussing criteria of sustainability for various industries. Providing funding for the development of nuclear depends on whether it is considered sustainable.
Rosatom Tames Digital
Digitalization is a major driver for the Russian state nuclear corporation. Rosatom digitalizes its internal processes, develops digital products for sale and assists the Russian government in creating high technology…
Nuclear Alive is Nuclear Supported
S&P Global published a report on the current status of the nuclear energy industry. Provocatively entitled The Energy Transition: Nuclear Dead and Alive, the report makes it clear from the…
Rosatom: Bringing Better Education To Africa
Africa is the most promising market for utility companies. While population on the continent is growing rapidly, less than 50% of households in about a half of the African countries…
On the Verge of Imbalance
The situation in Germany and other developed countries is the perfect example of problems arising out of the shortage of baseload power generation. Unreliable power supply, rolling blackouts, volatile energy…
Consumers Demand Energy Autonomy
The US power generation trends impact the entire global energy market. Knowing these trends gives better insight into the processes that shape the future of power industry.
S&P Confirms AtomEnergoProm’s Global Competitive Advantage
In a report published in June, S&P Global, one of the largest financial analytic companies in the world, revised its credit rating for AtomEnergoProm (AEP) upwards. The agency recognized AEP…
Nuclear Power as a Foundation of Clean Energy
Clean energy transition is impossible without investments in nuclear power. This was the key message of the research presented by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in May 2019 and the…
Atom in the Spotlight: World News Headlines
Nuclear is discussed in leading global media on the back of growing public interest to the environmental issues increasingly more often. Here is our review of nuclear reports published in…
Nuclear as a Driver of European Economy
In its study of the EU nuclear industry, Deloitte, a global network of consulting and audit service providers, makes a forecast of the industry’s contribution to the European economy until…
Global Energy: Expert Analysis and Forecasts
At the beginning of this year, major international companies and agencies (the IAEA, McKinsey, BP, the World Nuclear Association, etc.) laid out the current trends and main statistics of the…
SMR race
Small modular reactors (SMRs) are one of the most promising areas of nuclear energy development and reactor technology. They are designed to be smaller, both physically and in the building…
Performance in Focus
A long-awaited recovery has finally begun as the uranium market shows certain signs of improvement, according to Kazatomprom, a major global producer of natural uranium. The company has published its…
Rosatom: A Year in Review
2018 is coming to a close, which means it’s time look back and asses the results of our work. We have analyzed Rosatom’s core activities and identified the year’s key…
Composite Materials: A Russian Perspective
Alexander Tyunin, CEO of UMATEX GROUP (Composite Materials Division of Rosatom)
Radiation Technologies in Agriculture and Food Industry
Food loss is not just a waste of food itself, but also a major squandering of resources, including water, land, energy, labor and capital, and, last but not least, it…
Russian Nuclear at a Glance
Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General Excerpts from the speech at the 62nd IAEA General Conference
World Nuclear Performance in 2017
Nuclear power plants performed well in 2017. They produced a total of 2506 TWh of electricity, up from 2477 TWh in 2016. Compared to 2012, nuclear generation rose by 160…
Looking to the Future
There is no sustainable energy future without nuclear energy. To meet the growing demand for reliable, affordable and clean electricity, we will need all low-carbon energy sources to work together.…
“Floating NPPs will turn into a real business”
Anton Moskvin, Vice President for Marketing and Business Development, Rusatom Overseas
Trained manpower biggest challenge for RNPP: M Ali Zulqarnain
Bangladesh’s eminent nuclear scientist and former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission M Ali Zulquarnain talks about the hurdles in realizing the country’s dream of harnessing the power of atom…
Economy Gains Weight in Public Acceptance
Current trends show a certain shift in the nuclear energy public acceptance agenda. Though safety remains one of the cornerstone issues, local communities and governments begin to focus on the…
Erasing Borders
The 10th International Forum ATOMEXPO 2018, which was held under the motto ‘Global Partnership for Joint Success’, came to an end. The same name theme was central to the main…
EU reforms its emissions trading system
The European Council formally approved the reform of the EU emissions trading system (ETS) for the period after 2020. The revised ETS directive is a significant step towards the EU…
Foundation of the Future
Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom sees international energy projects as a priority. Africa’s energy market, which has been neglected by Russian companies since the collapse of the Soviet Union, seems now…
Creating clean energy economies means being open to technology
How do we create clean energy economies? Different nations have different assets, challenges, opportunities and limitations. The right path will depend on both physical attributes of geography, geology, topography and…
Power Storage: Focus on Trends
In December 2017, news went viral about another record-setting energy storage project as Tesla installed and switched on the world’s largest battery in South Australia.
Rosatom’s Highlights 2017
Rosatom keeps its character and closes the year with impressive results. December was a very hectic time for the Russian nuclear corporation as two new reactors were started up in…
Global Leader in 10 Years
Rosatom celebrated its 10th anniversary on 18 December. For no less than a decade on the nuclear market, it has become a recognized global technology leader, with no other market…
Akkuyu Construction Kicked Off
Another landmark event took place on the construction site of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant as the official groundbreaking ceremony was staged to mark the beginning of construction after the…
First Concrete Poured for Rooppur
Bangladesh has made another step towards its first nuclear power plant. A new milestone passed in late November as the first concrete was poured for the basement of Unit 1…
Focusing on Environmental Aspects of Nuclear Power
With Rosatom paying much attention to environmental safety, it is no coincidence that AtomEco, one of the nuclear industry’s major environmental forums, is organized in Russia. Over 1,000 delegates from…
Rosatom Suppliers Make Russia Nuclear Market Leader
The 9th nuclear industry suppliers’ forum Atomex 2017 came to an end in Moscow. It showed that the number of Rosatom’s suppliers was growing to make the Russian nuclear corporation…
Belarus NPP Meets Highest Standards
Belarus provided the European Commission with a report on stress tests carried out at the nuclear plant under construction. The national report on nuclear safety stress tests at the nuclear…
Nuclear Should Gain Pace
The global nuclear industry has totally overcome the post-Fukushima syndrome, Rosatom is convinced. Increasingly more countries are turning to the development of nuclear power but, according to the IAEA, the…
Composites for Nuclear Plants and Wind Turbines
Rosatom is examining opportunities of using composite materials in nuclear power plants and wind turbines.
New Points of Growth
In-house production facilities and vast experience in power generation and construction make Rosatom capable of handling large-scale wind generation projects. This was announced at the renewable power round-table discussion held…
Rosatom Goes Africa
Last week was rich in new international agreements for Rosatom. Russia’s state owned nuclear corporation signed a memorandum of cooperation in building irradiation centers in Morocco. Rosatom will also help…
Rosatom Keeps Setting Records
Rosatom has set a new construction speed record. China’s Tianwan Unit 3 built with Russia’s input was brought online in less than five years after the construction started.
World’s Most Powerful Icebreaker Floated Out
A remarkable event took place last week as the hull of the first Project 22220 nuclear icebreaker Sibir (Siberia) was put afloat at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg. The…
Alexei Likhachev: Russia Leads in Fast Reactor Technology
The future of nuclear energy cannot be separated from fast neutron reactors and closed nuclear fuel cycle. This was underlined in the speech made by Rosatom’s CEO Alexei Likhachev at…
Irradiation Centers for the Philippines
Rosatom expands its international footprint with new products as its subsidiary Rusatom Healthcare signed a framework agreement with A Brown Company, Inc. to create a network of irradiation centers in…
Rosatom to Build Cyclotron in Thailand
Rosatom and Kinetics Corporation Ltd. (Thailand) signed a contract to construct a cyclotron facility that will be used to fabricate radiopharmaceuticals for the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT). The…
Sibir Icebreaker to Float Out Soon
A historic event will take place in late September as the Sibir (Siberia) nuclear icebreaker will be put afloat in St. Petersburg. The float-out ceremony is scheduled for 22 September.…
Fuel Loading Ahead of Schedule at Tianwan 3
Important news has come from the Tianwan NPP construction site. Unit 3 of the Chinese nuclear plant entered the reactor startup phase as the first TVS-2M fuel assembly was loaded…
Second to None Competencies
Rosatom supplied unique isotopes for an international scientific experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta decay. The search for neutrinoless double beta decay remains the most intriguing area of present-day fundamental…
Nuclear Power Role Was Discussed at EXPO-2017
Nuclear power will play a major role in the future energy mix. This was a central talking point at the Carbon Free Energy as the Energy of the Future panel…
Rosatom Helped Students in South Africa
Rosatom pays much attention to social projects in its countries of operation. It is the second year in a row that the Russian company has made a contribution to the…
Rosatom 2016: New Records
Russia’s nuclear corporation demonstrated excellent performance across all lines of business, says Rosatom’s Annual Report 2016, confirming continued growth of the revenue and international contract portfolio. You will find more…
Fast Reactors Are the Future
Late last month, Yekaterinburg hosted FR17, an IAEA conference on fast reactors. More information about the event can be found in our previous issues. This time we are going to…
Kudankulam Grows Bigger
In late June, a historic event took place at one of Rosatom’s construction sites abroad as Russia started the second phase of the Kudankulam NPP construction project in India.
Future Belongs to Fast Reactors
This week, Yekaterinburg hosted the International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Next Generation Nuclear Systems for Sustainable Development (FR17). You will find more details on the event…
ATOMEXPO 2017 Sets Records
Moscow-hosted Atomexpo 2017, the largest international nuclear forum, came to an end. The forum set a new record with over 50 intergovernmental and commercial agreements signed within three days. The…
Offer That Conquers the World
Rosatom is an undoubted leader in global nuclear construction. Its 10-year international contract portfolio grew 21% last year to 133.4 billion US dollars. The secret of success is its unparalleled…
There Is No Alternative to Nuclear Energy
In early June Moscow hosted the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum. A special session of the Forum was devoted to the role of nuclear technology in green energy development. The…
“We have big plans for Kazakhstan”
In his exclusive interview to the Khabar Agency, Alexander Merten, President of Rusatom International Network (RIN), spoke about the prospects for Kazakhstan and Russia in the civil nuclear industry and…
Rosatom Walks the World
For Rosatom, this May is packed with international forums and conferences. The company took part in three events hosted by Shanghai, Berlin and Cape Town. You will find more details…
Turkish Investors Interested in Akkuyu
Turkish investors demonstrate interest in a 49% share in the Akkuyu nuclear power plant to be built by Rosatom in Turkey.
Russia, South Africa to Continue Cooperation
Rosatom will continue its joint projects with South Africa despite the court’s ruling to cancel the agreement made between the South African Ministry of Energy and the Russian company in…
Efficient Maintenance
Maintenance is one of Rosatom’s fastest growing businesses at the moment. Rusatom Service is active in 10 countries, providing maintenance services at 22 operating VVER-based power units and eight reactors…
Safety As a Matter of the Highest Priority
Energy & Power, a Bangladeshi industry magazine, published an article by Alexander Bychkov, former IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of IAEA Department of Nuclear Energy, and Yanko Yanev, Head…
Russia-Japan Partnership Gathers Momentum
Rosatom discussed Fukushima Daiichi cleanup projects in Japan. Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation offered its disaster cleanup know-how to Japanese colleagues. Specifically, the parties discussed the possibility of joint efforts to…
Rosatom in the Arctic
The rich and yet untapped potential of the Arctic region helps Rosatom develop its non-nuclear businesses. Rosatom Group companies are active in every sector of the Arctic economy, from mining…
Products and Technologies of the Future
Last week Moscow played host to NDExpo 2017, the 4th international forum entitled ‘High Technologies for Sustainable Development’. Rosatom and its partners presented their latest technology and innovations to forum…
Heading for New Horizons
Along with its conventional lines of business, Rosatom seeks opportunities on new markets. By 2030, new businesses are expected to make at least 30% of the company's consolidated revenue. NDExpo…
EC Investigation into Paks II Deal Finished
This means the European Commission has given a green light to Hungary’s most important energy project. Two nuclear reactors to be constructed at Paks will replace 4 existing units that…
World’s Number One
The global nuclear power industry witnessed a historic event in late February as the world’s first Generation 3+ reactor was commissioned at the Novovoronezh II nuclear power plant. Russia is…
Belarus NPP: All Safety Threats Adressed
Belarusian authorities factored in all possible external hazards to the local nuclear plant constructed by Russia. This was announced by Grzegorz Rzentkowski from the IAEA Department of Nuclear Safety and…
Rosatom To Build Nuclear Center in Zambia
Russia and Zambia are breaking new ground by signing a framework cooperation agreement on the construction of the Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technology in Zambia. The document was signed…
Rosatom Takes Interest in Constructing Czech NPP
Russia’s state-run nuclear corporation Rosatom has confirmed its interest in the construction of nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic. Last November, Rosatom submitted a set of documents presenting its potential…
Rosatom to Build Three Wind Parks in Russia
In late January, Rosatom’s subsidiary Integrated Thermal Power Company (OTEK) and Dutch wind turbine manufacturer Lagerwey signed a partnership agreement to build wind parks in Russia.
Russia and Japan Strengthen Cooperation on Nuclear Safety
Rosatom, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology signed a memorandum on cooperation with a key focus on post-disaster recovery at…
Rosatom to Supply Small Hydros to Georgia
With assistance from Rosatom Eastern Europe, Ganz EEM, a Hungarian subsidiary of Rosatom's nuclear engineering division Atomenergomash, signed its first contract for the supply of containerized small hydro power plants.
Rosatom to Supply TVS-K Fuel Assemblies to Sweden
TVEL Fuel Company signed its first commercial contract for the supply of nuclear fuel for Western-designed pressurized water reactors. The buyer is Swedish power company Vattenfall that has been testing…
To Benefit of Two Countries
It was not long ago that India connected its Kudankulam Unit 2 to the national power grid and immediately kicked off the second phase of the project to build two…
Kirill Komarov: Nuclear Generates 38% of Green Power
RN publishes an interview with Kirill Komarov, Rosatom's First Deputy CEO for Corporate Development and International Business, to TASS news agency at the 22nd UN Climate Change Conference (COP22) held…
European Commission Approves Paks 2 Project
Hungary's Paks 2 project has received EC approval after a close review. The nuclear station will be built by Russia.
Underway Towards New Power Units
Russia and China will strengthen their strategic partnership in the civil nuclear industry. At a meeting held in early November, Russia's Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev and Premier of the China's…
Reference Project for Rosatom
In late October, Russian nuclear experts completed a feasibility study for the service life extension of Kozloduy Unit 5.
Moscow Hosted ATOMEX Forum
The international nuclear supplier forum ATOMEX 2016 brought together over 1000 delegates from 14 countries. At the forum, Rosatom announced ambitious plans to expand its contract portfolio up to 40…
Kudankulam Second Phase Got Underway
Construction of the nuclear station in Kudankulam – the largest Russian-Indian energy industry project – is gaining steam. On 15 October, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra…
New Rosatom CEO Takes Office
Rosatom's new Chief Executive Officer Alexei Likhachov gives top priority to maintaining the fast pace of Russia's civil nuclear development and improving safety practices in the industry.
Rosatom Took Part in IAEA’s Anniversary General Conference
In Vienna, the Rosatom representatives reported on efforts in developing safe and efficient nuclear power technologies (including fast reactors), signed a number of important agreements and made three valuable gifts…
Rosatom at WNA Symposium
In mid-September, Rosatom took part in the World Nuclear Association (WNA) Symposium that brought together nuclear energy experts to discuss the present and the future of the industry. All the…
Rosatom Enters IT Market
Next spring Rosatom will bring online Europe's largest data center near the city of Tver (Russia).
Bushehr II: Construction Started
The Bushehr II construction project in Iran was officially kicked off in a groundbreaking ceremony held on 10 September. Russia will build two nuclear power units with a total capacity…
India Received New Power Source
Kudankulam Unit 2 built by Russian engineers was connected to the Indian national power grid. Kudankulam Unit 2 featuring a VVER-1000 reactor with an installed capacity of 1,000 MWe was…
Kudankulam-1 Handed Over to India
The ceremonial handover of Kudankulam-1 to the people of India took place in mid-August, marking yet another milestone in the nuclear cooperation between Russia and India. The parties continue working…
Diplomatic Visit to Rosatom Companies
Permanent representatives to international organizations in Vienna made their fourth visit to Russia. Somewhat game-changing, it was the first time ever that ambassadors from 16 countries and representatives of the…
New from Breakthrough Project
Rosatom's Breakthrough Project is making progress towards a closed fuel cycle and a new power generation platform based on fast breeder reactors. Equipment installation is about to kick off at…
Rosatom to Help Expand NPP in Slovakia
Rusatom Service (a service integrator of Rosatom Group companies) will support Škoda JS and Slovenske elektrarne in the Mochovce NPP expansion project.
Rosatom and India: Together for the Long Haul
India's Kudankulam Unit 2 constructed with Russia's involvement finally went critical. Experts say that the two units are laying the ground for a long-term nuclear cooperation between Russia and India,…
Bangladesh: In the Run-Up to Nuclear Construction
The preliminary construction phase is starting off at Rooppur as BAERA, the Bangladeshi nuclear regulator, has issued a construction license.
Latest News from Russian Nuclear Sites
The large-scale construction at Kursk-2 has just kicked off; Rostov NPP Unit 4 is preparing for the startup next year, and Novovoronezh Unit 6 is about to begin generating electricity.…
Next Generation Icebreaker Floated Out
The Arktika next generation icebreaking flagship is to be fitted out afloat and join the fleet next year. It will be the world's biggest and most powerful vessel in its…
Sergei Kirienko: Today We Are Number One
Russia's broadcaster NTV has recently aired Kirill Pozdnyakov's show featuring Sergei Kirienko, CEO of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom. The most essential excerpts of the transcript from the interview…
Atomexpo breaks record
With over 5,000 visitors in three days, Atomexpo broke the last year's record of 4,131 people. This year the Forum attracted the highest ever number of participants – 5,008 guests…
TVEL and GNF to License and Supply TVS-K Fuel in U.S.
Fuel Company of Rosatom TVEL and Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas (GNF-A, a subsidiary of GE Hitachi) signed an agreement to work together toward the licensing, marketing and fabrication of fuel for…
Kudankulam 2: fuel loaded
The reactor start-up process has begun at the Russian-designed Kudankulam Unit 2 in India as fresh fuel was loaded into the reactor core.
Primary forum for the nuclear industry
Moscow will soon host yet another ATOMEXPO International Forum that will bring together global nuclear industry leaders to discuss key industry issues.
Rosatom in Africa, Asia and Europe
The last two weeks were rich in events for Rosatom in terms of international partnerships as the state-run nuclear corporation signed a range of important agreements and took part in…
Showcase project
In late April, Minsk hosted the 8th International Exhibition and Conference Atomexpo Belarus 2016 attended by IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, who also visited the Belarusian NPP, having named it…
Rosatom’s innovative technologies in Egypt
The Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, a co-organizer and a partner of the Nuclear Power Week in Egypt, presented innovative nuclear technologies at Alexandria University.
Rosatom’s non-nuclear products at NDExpo
The Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom presented nuclear-based water desalination and treatment solutions for power stations, industrial facilities and agriculture at the High Technologies for Sustainable Development (NDExpo) 2016, the…
Universe in the lab
A nuclotron-based ion collider facility (NICA) is now under construction at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna (Russia). Often called a universe in the lab, such facilities…
Reactor startup and other news
The reactor startup process was launched at Novovoronezh NPP Unit 6, the world's first unit based on an innovative VVER-1200 reactor. You will find more about the startup and other news…
Meeting in Riyadh
The Saudi-Russian committee held its first meeting on peaceful uses of atomic energy. The meeting was focused on implementation of the civil nuclear cooperation agreement signed between Russia and Saudi…
Rosatom kicks off Bolivian nuclear program
Bolivia pins great hopes on a nuclear center to be built by Russia in El Alto, a Bolivian city perched at more than 4,000 meters above the sea level. The…
On a global and national scale
Speaking in the Russian Federation Council, Rosatom CEO Sergei Kirienko told the members of the upper house about international projects and role of the Russian state atomic energy corporation on…
Comprehensive offering for Africa
Rosatom will offer African countries an end-to-end approach to developing nuclear power on the continent and ensuring competitive power generation at Africa's future nuclear stations. This was announced by Viktor…
Paks contributes to Hungary’s energy security
Last week Russian President Vladimir Putin met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Following the meeting, the two leaders reasserted the importance of Paks expansion.
Rosatom technologies against Zika fever
The Olympic Games in Brazil are under threat as the Zika virus, a dangerous mosquito-borne disease, is spreading across the globe. The IAEA suggests sterilizing the insects to fight the…
Kozloduy to live longer
Rusatom Service (a Rosatom Group company) will help extend the service life of Kozloduy NPP up to 60 years. The company was awarded a contract to carry out a feasibility…
Hanhikivi-1 enters construction phase
Rosatom officially launched the construction of Hanhikivi-1 as ground works started at Pyhäjoki, Finland.
Nuclear stations set a record
In 2015, nuclear electricity generation in Russia reached a new all-time high.
India will allocate another site for Russian NPP
Agreement reached to allocate the second site to build another Russian-designed nuclear station in India. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin after the talks with Indian Prime Minister…
A step towards Ruppur
Rosatom won an EPC contract for the nuclear station in Bangladesh. The document was signed in Dhakka after the talks between Rosatom CEO Sergei Kirienko and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh…
BN-800 brought online
Last week the global nuclear community celebrated a remarkable event. The BN-800 fast reactor at Beloyarsk NPP Unit 4 was connected to the national grid and supplied its first electric power.…
Japan seeking Rosatom’s back-end expertise
Back end is a new point of growth on the Japanese nuclear market. Although it is far from easy to get a piece of the pie, Rosatom has a card…
Russian Government approved NRS-2
In late November, the Russian Government approved the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Federal Target Program for 2016–2030 (NRS-2), with Rosatom to play a key role in NRS-2 implementation. Prime Minister…
Rosatom to build NPP in Egypt
Russia and Egypt signed an intergovernmental agreement on nuclear power plant construction. On November 19, in Cairo, the Minister of Electricity and Energy of Arab Republic of Egypt Mohamed Shaker…
Nuclear power diplomacy
Global Risk Insights (GRI), a world online publication for political risk news and analysis, noted Russia's success in the promotion of civil nuclear technologies on the global market. By strengthening…
South Korea to adopt best practices from MCP
South Korea took interest in Rosatom's back-end technologies. Inventions presented by the Mining and Chemical Plant (MCP) won awards at BIXPO 2015 New Technology Exhibition.
New unit every year
With a new reactor to be built each year, Rosatom's plans for Russia are far-reaching. Today we continue the end-of-month tradition of updating our readers on the latest developments at…
Atommash renaissance
Rosatom's engineering subsidiary Atommash manufactured a VVER reactor vessel for Belarusian NPP Unit 1. This has become a new milestone for the Russian nuclear industry as it was the first reactor…
Maintaining stability
Rosatom assists Armenia in extending the service life of its nuclear station. Although the agreement was not made until the recent visit of Rosatom's delegation to Yerevan, the work had…
A new step towards the closed fuel cycle
On the 28th of September, which is celebrated in Russia as the Nuclear Industry Day, Rosatom's Mining and Chemical Plant in Krasnoyarsk Krai started commercial production of MOX fuel – a…
BN-800 to give power this year
Beloyarsk NPP Unit 4 with the BN-800 reactor will generate its first electricity later this year. Commercial operations will begin at least six months after that, said Alexander Lokshin, First Deputy…
Nuclear power industry to continue growth
By tradition, heads of nuclear companies came to London in early September for the World Nuclear Association Symposium. Rosatom representatives were among 600 nuclear industry leaders from 30 countries. Rosatom Group companies…
On the sidelines of IAEA Conference
The 59th session of the IAEA General Conference concluded in Vienna on 18 September. Rosatom and its international partners signed a series of important agreements on the sidelines of this key…
Construction of scale
While Kursk NPP builds a road bridge to deliver equipment to the site, Leningrad NPP-2 accepts the last portion of Unit 1 equipment and Novovoronezh NPP Unit 6 has approached the cold…
Fueling success
The Siberian Chemical Plant (SCP), a subsidiary of Rosatom's TVEL Fuel Company, has tested another batch of pilot nitride fuel assemblies to be used in sodium or lead-cooled reactors. The…
Ninh Thuan 1: a new frontier
Russia and Vietnam signed a general framework agreement on the construction of Ninh Thuận 1 nuclear power plant. The parties are confident that the Russian-designed plant will become a cost-efficient…
Deeply impressed
Rosatom carries on developing ties with international partners despite a tense political situation, presenting its product offering and providing an opportunity to see everything with their own eyes. Despite sanctions…
The present and the future
The Indian regulator granted a license for the regular operation of Kudankulam Unit 1 constructed by Russia and reported the completion of Unit 2.India's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) granted a license…
Rosatom strengthens ties with South Africa
Nuclear cooperation between Russia and South Africa gathers momentum. As new agreements were signed at the 7th BRICS summit in Ufa, Rosatom made yet another step towards winning a contract…
W. Magwood: Russia is a pleasure to work with
International organizations strengthen their ties with Rosatom. Less than a week after the visit of IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, Rosatom welcomed William Magwood IV, Director General of the OECD…
IAEA experts visited AECP and IUEC
Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), visited Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Plant and International Uranium Enrichment Centre (IUEC). Yukiya Amano arrived in Russia on the invitation…
LEU bank in Kazakhstan approved
Russia's initiative on international guarantees of nuclear fuel supplies and services has evolved into a decision to establish a reserve of low enriched uranium in Kazakhstan. In its turn, Russia…
An attractive offer
At a meeting with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Rosatom CEO Sergei Kirienko presented an offer for the first Egyptian nuclear station to be constructed by Russia.
High performer in nuclear construction
Rosatom's First Deputy CEO Kirill Komarov gave a press briefing at Atomexpo 2015.
Atomexpo 2015
7th International Forum ATOMEXPO 2015 kicked off in Moscow
Benefits are mutual
At the late May session held in Paris on the prospects of French-Russian cooperation in the nuclear energy field, Rosatom presented opportunities for French companies to participate in Russian nuclear…
Nuclear engineering on a global scale
"I want Atomenergomash to be a global company. It is interesting and I am up for it,“ says Andrei Nikipelov, Atomenergomash CEO. Atomenergomash, Rosatom's nuclear engineering division, goes global and…
Growth on all sides
Armed at all points, Rosatom celebrates the 70th anniversary of the nuclear industry. The last year was record-setting for the Corporation in many aspects. Performance results and plans were discussed…
TVEL at the cutting edge
TVEL Fuel Company is a global leader in nuclear fuel cycle operations. Holding 17% of the global fuel fabrication market and targeting at 30% by 2030, TVEL plans together with…
Latin American project
Rosatom and Argentina signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation to construct a nuclear power unit. Russia is ready to give Argentina access to the latest nuclear technologies, Russian President…
Clean water well on the shore of the Mediterranean
Four years after the approval process began for the first Turkish nuclear power plant in Akkuyu, the site is finally ready for the construction of marine hydraulic structures to begin.…
Construction goes at full speed
A new heart for Unit Two at the Novovoronezh NPP-2; steam generators delivered to Leningrad NPP-2; a polar crane installed at Rostov NPP... Here is the latest news from Russian…
Prime Minister: we hope for prompt agreement on Vietnam NPP
Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, made the official visit to Vietnam; the parties discussed cooperation in the sphere of nuclear power engineering. Russia counts on the fastest…
Rosatom goes to the Middle East
On Tuesday Jordan and Russia signed the intergovernmental cooperation agreement on construction of the first NPP in the kingdom. It creates the regulatory base for the plant construction with participation…
Western mass-media “blocked” NPP construction in Hungary
Several western media published information that the European Commission has supposedly blocked the power engineering contract between Hungary and Russia regarding construction of two Paks NPP power units. This information…
Belarusian nuclear power plant – Rosatom Exemplary Project
Construction of a nuclear power plant by Rosatom in Belarus is progressing ahead of schedule. Investment in the Belarusian nuclear power plant construction in 2014 has exceeded the target level…
Ahead of Schedule
Novovoronezh II-1 is to be commissioned by late 2015. Today it is one of the rapidly constructed nuclear power plants in Russia. So far the safety systems have been tested ahead…
The latest developments at ROSATOM’s NPP construction sites
We continue to inform our readers about developments at construction sites of Russian NPPs. Work never stops there. The latest news from construction sites are as follows.
Projects of the year
Rosatom projects on constructions of Bushehr NPP in Iran and Kudankulam NPP in India are recognized as the best in the sphere of nuclear engineering following the results of 2014…
Major efforts of uranium division
Vladimir Verkhovtsev, the head of Rosatom uranium holding "Atomredmetzoloto" described the problems being solved today by the uranium mining industry enterprises and the future plans.
Russia helps Egypt to explore opportunities of NPP construction
On 10 February 2015, during the official meeting of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin with the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah El Sisi,…
At foreign construction sites
ROSATOM experts commenced engineering survey at the site of future second and third power units of Busher NPP-2 in Iran. It is planned to complete works by autumn of this…
ROSATOM–2014: results and plans
In 2014 Russian nuclear branch was developing actively in all directions. NPP power units were started, new facilities are under construction, large-scale contracts were concluded with foreign partners. Rosatom also…
EIA approved
The Akkuyu NPP construction project passed an important milestone. The Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning approved the EIA of the plant. Based on the review results, the document was…
ROSATOM Signed Contracts for Paks Construction
The agreement was signed by Hungarian MVM Paks-II Nuclear Power Plant Development ltd and Rosatom’s engineering company NIAEP. The first document is EPC contract (engineering, equipment supply, construction) for two…
Agreement for New Units
ROSATOM is to build power units 3 and 4 of the Kudankulam NPP, the agreement was signed during the visit of President Vladimir Putin to India. Besides, the parties made…
ROSATOM Completed Task Ahead of Schedule
Russian NPPs have fully completed the year’s task of Russian Federal grid Company (FSK, the national power distributor) ahead of schedule. According to the plan they were to produce 168,3…
Just-in-time procurement
The VI International Forum of Nuclear Industry Suppliers ATOMEX 2014 ended in Moscow. It was attended by more than 600 delegates of the largest companies of the nuclear sector from…
ROSATOM to Build Eight New Reactors in Iran
ROSATOM, one of the world’s biggest nuclear energy companies, announced further details of yesterday's agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran to scale-up the country’s civilian nuclear program, which has…
Construction of Belarus NPP: In scheduled time
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has recently said Belarus NPP being built by the Russian specialists would be one of the development drivers of the country’s economy. Here is our…
Much ado about nothing
Australia decided to stop supplying uranium to Russia due to losing “confidence” in our country, said Australian Ambassador to Russia Paul Myler. Meantime, Russia hadn’t had any plans of buying…
In full steam on towards start up
Unit 1 of Leningrad Phase II is planned to start in 2015. Now, the main circulation pipeline is being installed on the construction site. The pipeline will connect the essential…
Saint-Petersburg hosted the IAEA Fusion Energy Conference
It is too far to the commercial utilization of fusion energy but scientists regularly meet to keep and build up knowledge, share experience and advancements, which means to make one…
To extend life of Kozloduy NPP
ROSATOM’s specialists will take part in the process of service life extension of Bulgaria’s only NPP Kozloduy. The contract for rendering services of justification of such possibility was signed between…
Customers meet suppliers
The VI International Forum of Nuclear Suppliers ATOMEX 2014 started on October 29. Representatives of the Russian and foreign leading companies will discuss most topical issues of procurement and will…
“Hat” and “skirt” for the reactor
Traditionally, as a new season comes we provide a review of recent events at the Russian nuclear build sites. The focus is on Novovoronezh, Rostov and Sosnovy Bor.
With our own eyes
The third power unit of Rostov nuclear power plant is planned to start up before the end of this year. Now, the site is getting ready for the main phase…
ROSATOM passed the exam
Specialists of RosRAO (a specialist organization for radioactive waste management) would deal with clean-up of radioactive water at Fukushima-Daiichi NPP. The ROSATOM’s company is among three entities, which are to…
At the margins of the IAEA
ROSATOM took part in the 58th IAEA General Conference. At the margins of the conference the Russian publicly owned corporation signed a number of important agreements with foreign colleagues.
Atom against sanctions
The complicated political situation in the world has triggered economic problems in a number of sectors of industry both in Russia and in the western countries. In spite of the…
The CEO in Sosnovy Bor
Nuclear construction sites do not reduce the pace of work in spite of the peaking vacation season. The construction site of Leningrad NPP Phase II near Sosnovy Bor is not…
Reactors getting ready for start-up
This year ROSATOM plans to start the first criticality programs at two power units in Russia. We provide a digest of recent events on the nuclear construction sites. The start-up…
Tour of Latin America
A Russian delegation led by President Vladimir Putin headed to Latin America with a large portfolio of contract to launch a new strategic union with the countries of the region.…
The future of fusion
The 25th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2014) is to take place in St. Petersburg on October 13-18. By early July more than 860 delegates from 49 countries have registered.…
A fuel of contention
The Fuel Company of ROSATOM TVEL may file a claim to protect its business reputation against the US’ Westinghouse Electric Co. The conflict was triggered by a judgment on the…
ROSATOM shared best practice
ROSATOM demonstrates its developments and shares experience with foreign partners. June was rich with visits of foreign colleagues. Specialists from the United States, China and Argentina visited ROSATOM’s sites. The…
Real partner
ATOMEXPO is one of the most important industry events, which was held in Moscow June 9-11. Experts from various countries shared their opinions on the international forum, perspectives of nuclear…
Nuclear business stays out of politics
The international players still consider ROSATOM the key player of the sector. So if it is beneficial for us to work together in spite of political constraints, the business develops.…
ROSATOM needs a larger portfolio
ROSATOM CEO Sergey Kirienko reported to Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on the nuclear industry outcomes of the last year and revealed ROSATOM’s ambitious plans in the world market.…
Attractive force
ROSATOM and Russian Railways (a Russian vertically integrated company which owns the public infrastructure, most of rolling stock and is the major operator of railways in Russia) signed a cooperation…
Cement from the Celestial Empire
The Chinese firms China Triumph International Engineering Co., Ltd. and Sinopec Corp. seek to build a high-capacity cement works in cooperation with ROSATOM’s uranium holding ARMZ. A mining and metallurgical…
Hanhikivi: out of politics
Amid unceasing discussions in Europe and the USA on ever new sanctions on Russia because of Ukraine, the projects of nuclear build to Russian technologies abroad gain momentum. Early May,…
Ready for start up
This year ROSATOM plans to start up as many as three new power units: in Novovoronezh, Zarechny and Volgodonsk. Six more reactors are being built to the Russian technologies in…
Valuable materials
The Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR, Russia’s largest experimental facility for civil nuclear power located in Dimitrovgrad) hosted the International Conference “New materials for nuclear power innovative development” devoted…
Political fuel
Ukraine’s national utility Energoatom and the U.S.’s Westinghouse Electric Co. intend to sign a nuclear fuel supply deal for three reactors of the country’s nuclear power plants. ROSATOM raises concerns:…
Negotiation progress
ROSATOM’s overseas contracts portfolio for the next 10 years will amount to about US$ 100 Billion, ROSATOM CEO Sergey Kirienko said recently. The public corporation heads straightforwardly to its large-scale…
Nothing to hide
A delegation of ROSATOM’s Public Council, scientists, ecologists and EU representatives visited the radioactive waste treatment center in Andreeva Bay where a unique international project on SNF (spent nuclear fuel)…
Tour of the construction site
Construction of Rostov-3 is nearing completion. In mid-March specialists from ROSATOM’s self-regulating organizations (SROs) inspected quality of construction and installation and evaluated staff skills and plant’s document management system. Our…
Facing Start-Up
Rosatom’s ambitious goal today is to launch three new power units in Russia by the end of the year. The work on sites is going full pace and here are…
Technology of Supercritical Importance
Atomenergomash, Rosatom’s engineering plant, presented its project of a power unit for supercritical steam parameters coaling-station (USSP) at Russian Power conference. We tried to estimate the prospects of the new…
By Common Agreement
Russia and Finland signed a cooperation agreement in nuclear power sphere, creating legal basis for further partnership of the countries in nuclear technologies. The document is of high importance, remembering…
Rosatom Came to Thermal Power
Rosatom has proved that it can handle not only nuclear projects. In the middle of February the NIAEP-ASE joint engineering nuclear industry company put in commission the first unit of…
Support to Paks
President of Hungary Janos Ader has signed a law on the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant. Earlier Hungarian Parliament approved the agreement with Russia concerning construction of two…
Life Started
Fuel loading to the BN-800 reactor is in a high gear at the Beloyarsk NPP as a part of preparation for physical start-up. The first nuclear fuel assembly was loaded…
High Trust
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and Rosatom’s General Director, Sergey Kiriyenko discussed the way the Belarus NPP project is being implemented. Belarus NPP, constructed upon Russian project, will consist of…
Proceeding to Practice
Sergey Kiriyenko made an official visit to Jordan to discuss perspectives of construction of the first Jordanian NPP. The head of Rosatom was received by the King of Jordan, Abdullah…
Happy New Paks!
A new foreign project came out for Rosatom: Russia and Hungary agreed on construction of new units of the Paks NPP, which was fixed in an intergovernmental agreement concerning cooperation…
Global Supplies
The International Forum of the Nuclear Industry Suppliers ATOMEX 2013 was held in Moscow. 3 days, more than 500 participants, 36 individual business-to-business meetings, round-table sessions, presentations and exhibitions. ATOMEX…
The Year of Development
If 2012 was a post-Fukushiman year for atomic industry, 2013 surely has been the year of development. The success of nuclear construction within the country, new units’ start-up and victories…
Jordanian Acknowledgement
Russia Wins Tender to Build Jordan’s First Nuclear Plant. The news was announced by Jordan state news agency, quoting Khaled Toukan, chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC). The…
Stone Goose on Holy River
By the end of this year Rosatom is planning to make an agreement concerning construction of the Hanhikivi NPP on the north of Finland, near Pyhäjoki. The scheme suggests the…
Mellow Autumn on Construction sites
Though “mellow”, this autumn turned quite eventful for foreign construction sites: the ceremony of the Bushehr NPP handover to Iranian specialists; the first concreting of unit 4 of the Tianwan…
Young Czechs Choose Atom
In the beginning of October in Brno (Czech Republic) an international machine-building exhibition was held during which Rosatom organized a suppliers’ forum “Atomex-Europe”. Before the results of the tender for…
Conquering Europe
Rosatom announced new events, important from the point of view of global expansion. The atomic shores of Foggy Albion are getting more distinct: the Russian State Corporation, the Department of…
The Degree of Confidence
The IAEA 57-th General Conference was held in Vienna on September 16-20. The most important result for Rosatom was signing an agreement of cooperation in nuclear and energy research and…
Safety Technology
A physical launch of the first power unit of the Kudankulam NPP, built in India on Russian project, took place this July. The last stage of launching was testing of…
Two In One
The “Atomexpo-2013” became one of the biggest forums during the recent years. Not only the major atomic business captains from the whole world arrived for visiting it, but also leaders…
Fission Started
The first power unit of the Kudankulam NPP, being constructed on Russian project, has been taken to minimum controllable power level. According to Indian Mass Media, the first unit started…
A Multi-Format Meeting
More than 500 Russian and foreign specialists of atomic, construction, oil and gas and other industries from 19 countries of the world took part in Multi-D International research and practice…
Complex For Export
Today Rosatom is ready to offer for export a unique complex solution in the sphere of power engineering, including a wide range of services: NPP construction, legal base, personnel training…
The Energy of Science
Any country usually starts its infrastructure development with research reactors, used for technology, material and fuel testing, providing resource base. As practice shows, even giving up generation itself doesn’t affect…
Safety is the Staff of Life
Moscow hosted the XII session of the General Assembly of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) to discuss global safety of NPP operation which is the core business of…
Touch the Project
The “Atomexpo-Belarus” Forum was held in Minsk. The main topics were the NPP construction in Belarus and the Russian nuclear technologies. This year Russia and Belarus have signed an intergovernmental…
Getting Ready to Launch
The first unit of Novovoronezh NPP-2 is planned to be launched in 2014 and then the construction of the second phase is to follow immediately. That’s what Rosatom General Director,…
Globalization is not a Luxury
Rosatom Global Leaders Programme started at the Moscow management school of Skolkovo at the end of 2012. From the very beginning its participants work on real projects, evaluated by invited…
Ahead of Time
Belarus NPP will be built ahead of time, said president Vladimir Putin. At the Meeting of Supreme Council of Russia-Belarus Union Presidents of the RF and Republic of Belarus agreed…
Safe Power
A group of plenipotentiaries for international organizations in Vienna visited the Kalinin nuclear power plant and appreciated its high safety. Visits of delegations to Russian nuclear objects have already become…
Three tasks of Atomflot
After 2021 there will be three icebreakers operating in Arctic – two of them of the “Arctic” type and three new universal ones of the LK-60A type, says Viacheslav Ruksha,…
New Power Units Are Round the Corner
The beginning of the Tianwan NPP second stage construction is another milestone in cooperation between Russia and China. Before the New Year Rosatom was working hard abroad . On December…
Innovations spread before the eyes
The Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev Held a Meeting On Modernization and Innovative Development at Novovoronezh NPP. Innovation and atomic industry today are inseparable. For this reason it was…
Experience to Supply
The IV International Forum of Nuclear Industry Suppliers ATOMEX-2012 was held in Moscow. Suppliers from all over the world discussed some topical issues and made plans for further work.
Russian Atom-2012
In 2012 Rosatom has completed all the tasks of atomic industry both inside and outside the country.
Construction gains momentum
NPP construction in Russia never stops. Grand program means great tasks. The work is going at full swing on Novovoronezh, Rostov and Leningrad-2 NPPs. The process is going on at…