SMRs. In November, Rosatom and Norilsk Nickel signed an agreement of intent and cooperation on the construction of small modular reactors to supply power to the Norilsk Industrial Region (NIR). The companies will consider possible options, select the site and plant configuration, and define the necessary infrastructure. “A high-tech plant design based on the latest RITM-400 reactor unit may be taken as a priority,” said Rosatom chief Alexey Likhachev. The NIR power system is isolated from the Russian national grid and operated by Norilsk Nickel’s subsidiary NTEC. With its strategic development plans, the Russian mining major is considering the possibility of building new generating capacity. Rosatom has a successful case of operating a floating nuclear power plant in a similar isolated power grid of the Chaun-Bilibino Industrial Area.