ROSATOM NEWSLETTER

#238February 2021

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Assistance on the Northern Sea Route

Rosatom icebreakers help cargo ships travel the Northern Sea Route and free ice-bound ships. New icebreakers — Sibir, Ural, Yakutia and Chukotka — are under construction; new fuel is developed…

Taking Care of Old Plants

In late December 2020, Rosenergoatom (part of Rosatom, Russian NPP operations subsidiary) signed an agreement with the French electric utility company Électricité de France (EDF) to extend its full membership…

Caring for Brazil

We continue writing about the countries where Rosatom operates. Our today’s article is about Brazil, a country Rosatom supplies with isotopes. It also discusses a possibility of building a nuclear…

Trends

Uranium in Limbo

The latest edition of the Red Book published by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and the IAEA testifies to the crisis in uranium production, with mines mothballed, production reduced and…

Middle East

Personnel is Key

In late January, 13 students from Egypt defended their graduation theses at the Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU, Russia). They completed a 5-year graduation course in Design, Operation and Engineering of…

Bangladesh

Nothing but Best for Rooppur

Construction of the Rooppur nuclear power plant has entered its most active phase. There are more and more workers on site with the majority being locals. The nuclear plant will…

Turkey

Energy for Future

The Akkuyu NPP will make a large contribution to the Turkish economy and also improve the scientific and intellectual potential of the country. The plant will be one of the…