ROSATOM NEWSLETTER

#265May 2023

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Lead-Cooled Reactor Made Tangible

BREST-OD 300 is the first lead-cooled nitride-fueled fast neutron reactor that brings theory into reality. Its key objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of the latest reactor technologies and the…

Reactors Come in Two

In late April, Atommash (part of Rosatom’s power engineering division AtomEnergoMash) shipped two sets of core equipment — two reactors and eight steam generators — for the nuclear power plants.…

Akkuyu’s First Breath

The first delivery of nuclear fuel for Akkuyu Unit 1 arrived at the construction site. Since then, the power plant has been considered a nuclear facility, and Turkey has become…

Trends

Enough Uranium for 100 Years to Come

In early April, the IAEA and the NEA published their joint Uranium 2022: Resources, Production and Demand report. Also known as the Red Book, it captures the results of 2020…

Middle East

First Concrete for Another Unit

El Dabaa Unit 3 passed another milestone as first concrete was poured for its reactor island basemat on May 3.

Bangladesh

Construction on Track

Construction works at the Rooppur site are fully on track. In April, a passive core flooding system (PCFS) was installed at Unit 2.

Turkey

Work Up and Running

Delivery of fresh nuclear fuel for Akkuyu Unit 1 is the main event of this spring. You can read about it in detail in the News column of this issue.…

Uzbekistan

INNOPROM: New Horizons of Collaboration

In late April, Tashkent hosted INNOPROM. Central Asia International Industrial Trade Fair attended by over 10,000 visitors from 24 countries. Rosatom presented advanced technologies and products in nuclear medicine, digitalization,…

Latin America

Bolivia Awaiting Reactor Delivery

Bolivia’s representatives took part in the final phase of the trial-fit assembly of the first research reactor for the Bolivian Nuclear Research and Technology Center (NRTC). The reactor will soon…