ROSATOM NEWSLETTER

#204March 2018

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ATOMEXPO 2018 Starts Media Accreditation

Media accreditation for the ATOMEXPO 2018 international forum opened on 14 March, event operator Atomexpo LLC informs.

Winning the Fiber Market

In 2017, Rosatom’s UMATEX Group captured 50% of the Russian carbon fiber market and exported 320 tons of fiber. Alexander Tyunin, CEO of UMATEX Group, announced this during the presentation…

Engineering Graduates

Russian and foreign National Nuclear Research University (MEPhI) graduates were awarded higher education diplomas on 12 March.

Printing Implants

Pilot production of 3D-printed medical implants will start in Russia in 2020, RusAT CEO Alexei Dub told Russian news agency TASS.

Additive Manufacturing Systems

Rosatom’s TVEL Fuel Company manufactured a pilot second-generation 3D printer to go into serial production by the end of 2018.

Tianwan 3 Transferred to Customer

Tianwan Unit 3 constructed under the supervision of Rosatom’s ASE Group was transferred to the customer, Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation (JNPC).

Million Kilowatt Hours from Leningrad-II

Leningrad NPP 2 Unit 1 with a Generation 3+ VVER-1200 reactor was connected to the national power grid early on March 9.

Green Light to Investment

Standard & Poor’s raised AtomEnergoProm’s credit rating to the investment grade level of BBB- with a stable outlook.

Nuclear Center in Mongolia

Rosatom will advise Mongolia on a nuclear science and technology center project. A memorandum to this effect was signed in Moscow by Rosatom and the Nuclear Energy Commission of Mongolia.

Trends

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.

Middle East

License by April

The construction license for the nuclear island of Akkuyu 1 in Turkey is very much likely to be obtained by the end of March, said Evgeny Kozlov, Project Office Head…

Power Line to El Dabaa

Construction of an overhead power line to connect El Dabaa NPP and Egypt’s power grid will take half a year, the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company(EEHC) said as quoted by Daily…

Bangladesh

High-Rise Building in Rooppur

The first ever high-rise building appeared in Rooppur. It is a 20-story Green City residential development for Russian engineers involved in the construction project.

Helping with HR

Indian companies will help with professional training of Bangladeshi workers who will take part in the construction of Rooppur NPP.

Equipment for Kudankulam

Russia manufactured and shipped two high-pressure preheaters to be installed at the machine hall of Kudankulam Unit 3.

Worth a Thousand Words

Delegation from Bangladesh visited Novovoronezh-II.. Headed by Tuhida Bulbul, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, delegates were demonstrated Unit 2 under construction and Unit 1 in operation. Some of them…