ROSATOM NEWSLETTER

#215April 2019

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Performance Highlights and Plans

Rosatom’s Director General Alexey Likhachev presented annual performance highlights and future priorities in early March.

ATOMEXPO 2019: Planning the Future

On April, 15–16 Sochi will host the 11th International Forum ATOMEXPO dedicated to the contribution of nuclear technology to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Atomic Collaboration

The Russian-Chinese cooperation in the nuclear dates back several decades and keeps gaining momentum. On March 7, in Beijing, Rosatom’s nuclear engineering division and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) signed a…

Timeline of Criticality

With the startup stage completed on March 27, Novovoronezh Unit 7 was Russia’s third Generation 3+ reactor to go critical. The other two reactors of the same design operate at the Novovoronezh…

Wild Edens Comes to South Asia

The premiere screening of Wild Edens: South Asia was held on March, 19.

Rosatom Goes North

As a new infrastructure operator of the Northern Sea Route (NSR), Rosatom will be responsible for the development of navigation in the Arctic.

Open for Cooperation

Rosatom grows partnerships in Eastern Europe

Trends

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…

Middle East

Egypt in Anticipation of First Nuclear Build

Intense preparations are underway for the construction of the country’s first nuclear power plant at El Dabaa as Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) has been granted a site permit to…

Bangladesh

Rooppur NPP: Progress Evident

Moscow and Dhaka expressed their satisfaction with the construction progress at the Rooppur NPP during the fourth meeting of the Joint Construction Coordination Committee held in Bangladesh in March 2019.

Turkey

Akkuyu Project in the Spotlight

Rosatom and Akkuyu Nuclear organized a seminar for Akkuyu suppliers in the framework of the 6th International Nuclear Power Plants Summit (INPPS Expo) in Istanbul.