ROSATOM NEWSLETTER

#213November 2018

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Stories

Core Catcher in Place

Molten core catcher installation began at Kursk-II Unit 1 three weeks ahead of schedule. The plan is to complete the job by the end of the year.

On the Northern Sea Route

Two RITM-200 reactors were loaded on board the nuclear icebreaker Ural.

Ready for the Journey

One of the two reactors on board the world’s first floating nuclear power unit Akademik Lomonosov entered first criticality procedures.

Conductors for the Future

Chepetsk Mechanical Plant, a subsidiary of Rosatom’s TVEL Fuel Company, will manufacture four prototypes of superconducting strands for the Future Circular Collider.

Wild Edens Comes to Turkey

The programme is brought to you by Rosatom and will be broadcast by National Geographic this winter

Trends

Composite Materials: A Russian Perspective

Alexander Tyunin, CEO of UMATEX GROUP (Composite Materials Division of Rosatom)

Middle East

ASE Comes to Cairo

ASE (Rosatom’s Engineering Division) officially opened an office in Cairo, Egypt.

Bangladesh

In Charge of Transportation

ASE (Rosatom’s engineering division) and FESCO Transportation Group concluded a contract for the transportation of machinery and equipment to the Rooppur NPP construction site in Bangladesh in 2018–2019.

Intensive Nuclear Course

Students from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology passed a short-term course in nuclear technology and received certificates of completion.