ROSATOM NEWSLETTER

#234October 2020

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Stories

Greenlighting Nuclear Benefits Economy

Excluding nuclear from national energy mix is unreasonable because nuclear energy is reliable and contributes to sustainable development. These are the main points made by Rosatom top managers at two…

Icebreakers Arriving

This year has been eventful for Rosatom’s nuclear fleet operator Atomflot as the first Project 22220 nuclear icebreaker Arktika finished trials and was put into operation, while a contract was…

Set in Graphite

On October 1, 2020, the Institute for Graphite-Based Construction Materials celebrates its 60th anniversary. It manufactures advanced materials that meet heat resistance and durability requirements of the nuclear, aerospace, medical…

Trends

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…

Middle East

Nuclear Power Plants: Safe, Reliable and Promising

Egypt’s first nuclear power plant will be a key source of clean energy, while nuclear infrastructure will be the country’s development driver. This has been repeatedly stated by both high-rank…

Bangladesh

Nuclear Construction at Full Tilt

The Russian nuclear corporation has shipped all of the core machinery and equipment for the Rooppur NPP Unit 1 under construction in Bangladesh. Rosatom Group companies are busy making components…

Turkey

Construction On the Move

Construction of the country’s first nuclear power plant is in full swing. The site is buzzing. Russian companies are manufacturing machinery and equipment, which is then delivered to Turkey. Thinking…