ROSATOM NEWSLETTER

#205May 2018

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ATOMEXPO Expands Reach

At least 80 countries have confirmed their participation in the 10th Anniversary International Forum ATOMEXPO 2018, which will begin on May 14 in Sochi (Russia), Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev…

Nominees Selected

Companies from 22 countries filed ATOMEXPO AWARDS submissions, which will be held on May 14, the opening day of the 10th International Forum ATOMEXPO 2018 in Sochi, have been filed…

Floating NPP leaves for Murmansk

The world’s first floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov has left the Baltic Shipyard in Saint-Petersburg. It will be towed to Murmansk, where nuclear fuel will be loaded into its…

Natural Cooling

Leningrad NPP-2 Unit 1 was successfully tested at 40% installed capacity and found capable of withstanding blackouts and switching to natural coolant circulation. In the next phase of pilot operation,…

Last in the Series

Rostov Unit 4 has reached its full capacity and will be tested for about a month, Russian nuclear operator RosEnergoAtom reports.

On-Site Construction Started

On April 3, the first concrete pouring ceremony was held at Akkuyu NPP Unit 1. Turkey and its first nuclear power plant are now officially included in the IAEA Power…

Containment Dome for Belarus NPP

ASE Group, a general contractor for the Belarus NPP, announced that it had finished pouring concrete for the internal containment dome of the plant’s Unit 2.

In 2017, Atomenergoprom's total revenue grew by RUB 47.2 billion (+6.7%) to RUB 747.1 billion (approx. USD 12.8 billion at the average exchange rate for 2017). These figures are presented…

RosEnergoAtom to Help with Regulatory Issues

RosEnergoAtom, an electric power division of Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom, and Metsamor NPP (Armenia) signed a contract to jointly update Armenian national regulations for nuclear energy generation.

Improving Safety

Rosatom’s TVEL Fuel Company will bring accident tolerant fuel to the market in late 2019, said TVEL President Natalya Nikipelova in an interview to RIA Novosti.

Iran Buys New Fuel

Rosatom’s nuclear fuel division TVEL signed an addendum to its current contract for the supply of nuclear fuel to Bushehr NPP. According to the document, TVEL will supply advanced TVS-2M…

Bottom for VVER-TOI Reactor Vessel

AtomEnergoMash made its first reactor vessel bottom for VVER-TOI, an upgraded version of the VVER-1200 reactor.

Rosatom’s subsidiary JSCIsotope and Laboratorios Bacon, S.A.I.C. from Argentina signed a contract for the supply of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) for medical purposes.

Renewables in Germany: Consequences of Growth

In 2017, Germany set a new record as renewable energy accounted for 36.1% of all electric power consumed in the country. Reports indicate that, however, this has not brought the…

Fuel Cycle in Focus

The round-table discussion ‘Fuel Life Cycle. Challenges and Promising Solutions’ will be held from 10:00 AM till 1:00 PM on May 15 as part of ATOMEXPO 2018 in the Orange…

Digital Future of Nuclear Plants

‘Digital Future of NPP Control Systems: What Will It Be Like?’ is a theme of the round-table discussion organized by RASU (a Rosatom Group integrator for automated control systems). The…

A special quest will precede the round-table discussion ‘Building Competencies for Emerging and Expanding Nuclear Countries’. This round-table meeting will be organized from 2:30 PM till 4:30 PM on May…

3D Printing at Atomexpo

Additive manufacturing technology and solutions will be discussed at the round table ‘Additive Technology as a Key Component of the New Industrial Revolution’. This event will take place from 2:00…

Nuclear with Harmony

At the round-table “Harmony in public acceptance: can the global nuclear industry achieve it by 2050?” best practices in the realm of public acceptance projects will be presented. It will…

Trends

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…

Middle East

100 Companies to Bid for El Dabaa Project

The Government of Egypt selected 100 companies that will have the right to bid for El Dabaa construction contracts, a source in the government said as quoted by national mass…

Strategic Investor in Turkey

On 2 April, Turkey granted a strategic investor status to Rosatom’s subsidiary Akkuyu Nükleer, an owner of the Akkuyu construction project.

Bangladesh

Foundation Completed

ASE Group, Rosatom’s engineering division and a general contractor for Rooppur NPP, reported that concreting of the foundation slab for the plant’s Unit 1 had been completed.

Talents for Rooppur

Nuclear Power Plant Company Ltd (NPPCL), an owner of the Rooppur project, has launched a campaign to recruit qualified employees. According to local media reports, the first 100 employees have…