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#245September 2021
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Stories
Rooppur Construction Goes Full Tilt
The focus of this issue is on Bangladesh. Construction works, production and delivery of equipment, and staff training are all going full tilt to ensure timely commissioning and safe operation…
Sky High Quality Composites
Rosatom’s composite materials division UMATEX is entering the aviation procurement market. Its recent major achievement is participation in the development of Russia’s latest medium-range MC-21-300 airliner. The next step is…
TVEL Turns Twenty-Five
This September, Rosatom’s nuclear fuel division TVEL celebrates its 25th anniversary. Rosatom leads the global nuclear fuel market, but fuel production and sales are not the only business of its…
Trends
Nuclear to Support Climate Neutrality
The global community keeps discussing the eligibility of nuclear energy for the energy mix. An obvious argument for the nuclear industry, which has recently resurfaced, is that peaceful atom is…
Middle East
Safety at Core
El Dabaa NPP will follow the highest safety standards, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi guarantees. Egypt’s top-rank officials praise the substantial progress on the construction project, which is now at its preparatory…
Bangladesh
VVER-1200: Infographics
The Rooppur NPP will feature two Russian-designed VVER‑1200 reactors with a total power capacity of 2,400 MW  This reactors belong to Generation III+, which meets the highest safety standards.
Turkey
Building Knowledge and Skills
Education and training make an integral component of the national nuclear infrastructure. Turkish students receive degrees from leading Russian universities, while Russian experts share their experience in teaching ‘nuclear’ subjects…
Uzbekistan
Foundation for Green Square
Uzbekistan has to reduce the share of carbon sources in the energy mix to meet its climate commitments. But for the national energy system to remain reliable, the country needs…
Central Africa
Nuclear in South Africa: History and Prospects
South Africa was one of the first countries on the continent to become involved with nuclear technologies. Professor James Larkin, Director of the Radiation and Health Physics Unit at WITS…
Latin America
Nuclear Personnel for Brazil
In an interview for Rosatom Newsletter, Vice-director of Research Center for Lasers and Applications (CLA) at the Nuclear and Energy Research Institute (IPEN) Dr. Niklaus Ursus Wetter talks about the…
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