Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, is set to present its long-term strategic development plan in 2025, mapping out its vision through 2045. This announcement came from Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. The timing coincides with the 80th anniversary of Russia’s nuclear industry. The …
Read More »Rosatom’s Nuclear Exports Surge in 2022
Russia’s nuclear exports were already booming well before the war in Ukraine started but now they are growing even faster. After the disaster of Chernobyl in the 80s, Russia has fully modernised its nuclear technology and switched to the VVER 1200 reactors (water-water energetic reactor) that are compliant with the …
Read More »Ukraine Expects EU to Include Russia’s Rosatom in next Sanctions
Kyiv expects the European Union to include Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom in its next round of sanctions over the war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Monday (9 January). Shmyhal said after talks in Kyiv with European Commission vice-president Frans Timmermans that Russia’s nuclear energy industry …
Read More »Russia’s Nuclear Energy Giant Expects 2022 Exports to Rise by 15%
Russia’s state nuclear energy company Rosatom expects its exports to have increased by 15% this year, chief executive Alexey Likhachev was quoted as saying by Russian newspaper Izvestia on Monday. Rosatom’s portfolio of foreign orders is set to remain stable at $200 billion, “even in the current geopolitical situation,” Likhachev …
Read More »Rosatom, IAEA Heads Meet in Istanbul to Discuss Safety at Ukrainian Nuclear Facilities
The general director of the state corporation Rosatom, Alexei Likhachyov, and his counterpart from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, met in Istanbul on Wednesday to discuss in detail, among other things, the safety at Ukraine’s nuclear power plants (NPPs), Rosatom stated. The pair paid special attention to …
Read More »France and Russia Form Nuclear Hydrogen Partnership
France and Russia’s EDF Group and Rosatom recently announced the signing of an agreement for nuclear hydrogen production. The purpose is to promote clean H2 projects taking place in both Russia and in Europe. According to Rosatom, developing H2 technologies will play an integral role in the Paris Agreement’s implementation. …
Read More »Russia Joins Global Hydrogen Race with Planned Exports to Asia
Russian energy giant Gazprom is planning to start hydrogen exports to China, South Korea and Japan, the company’s First Deputy Oleg Aksyutin wrote in his column in the latest issue of business and science magazine Energy Policy. According to the senior manager, the shipments of hydrogen could be supplied to …
Read More »Iran Can Produce Stable Isotopes without Russia
We can technically continue the work related to the production of stable isotopes without the Russians. however. politically-speaking. it would be better if Russians stay with us (on the project).
Read More »Fordow Modernization Project in Iran will be Fully Implemented
Russia will implement the project on the modernization of Iran’s nuclear facility at Fordow.
Read More »Iran. Russia Discuss Closer Nuclear Cooperation
Iran and the Group 5+1 on July 14. 2015. reached a conclusion over the text of the JCPOA.
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