Rosatom negotiates about 25 units of NPPs abroad

Press release

Published February 24th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

ROSATOM

According to the report of JSC "Atomenergoprom", by the end of 2015 Rosatom almost trippled increased its portfolio of projects for the construction of nuclear power plants abroad, compared with 2010.

Russian State Corporation "Rosatom" negotiates and participates in tenders for the construction of about 25 nuclear power units abroad as it is said in the quarterly report of JSC "Atomenergoprom" (part of Rosatom, which consolidates all civil assets of Russia's nuclear industry) for the fourth quarter 2015.

"In addition to the implementation of the projects for which all establishing rights documents are signed, other organizations of state corporation "Rosatom" also negotiating and participating in tenders for the construction of about 25 reactors abroad", - as it is said in the report.

According to the document by the end of 2015 Rosatom almost trippled increased its portfolio of projects for the construction of NPP's abroad, compared with 2010 - from 12 units in six countries to 34 units in thirteen countries.

"In the period 2011-2015, despite the significant tightening of competition in the atomic energy market, the Russian nuclear industry managed to significantly increase the portfolio of projects for the construction of nuclear power plants abroad," - said in a report.

By the end of 2010, the portfolio of Rosatom had the first unit of NPP "Bushehr" (Iran), the first and the second units of NPP "Kudankulam" (India), the first and the second units of NPP "Belene" (Bulgaria), four units of NPP "Akkuyu" (Turkey), the new (the third) nuclear power unit of NPP "Metsamor" (Armenia), and the new, the third and the fourth units of "Khmelnitsky" nuclear power plant (Ukraine).

Growing numbers of projects

As a result of 2015 the portfolio of projects consisted of the first and the second units of the Ostrovets NPP (Belarus), the third and the fourth units of NPP "Kudankulam" (India), four units of NPP "Akkuyu" (Turkey), the third unit of NPP "Metsamor" (Armenia), the first and the second units of NPP "Ninh Thuan" (Vietnam), the third and the fourth units of NPP "Tianwan" (China), the first and the second units of NPP "Ruppur" (Bangladesh), the first unit of NPP "Hanhikivi" (Finland), the fifth and the sixth units of NPP "Paks" (Hungary), the first and the second units of NPP in Jordan, eight units in Iran, four units of NPP "el Dabaa" (Egypt), two units of NPP in Nigeria.

Besides, the first and the second units of NPP "Belene" (project terminated in accordance with the decision of the Bulgarian government, according to the report), also the third and the fourth units of Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant were excluded from the portfolio. As it is said in the report "Taking into account the position of the Ukrainian side the project is frozen".

As it is said in the report of JSC "Atomenergoprom", by the end of 2015 there were four projects under construction of NPP abroad - the first and the second units of Ostrovets NPP, the third and the fourth units of NPP "Tianwan", the first and the second nuclear units of NPP"Ruppur", four units of NPP "Akkuyu."

Russian-Saudi collaboration in the field of nuclear energy

Russia and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to cooperate in the development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes last June. The document was signed by Rosatom director general Sergey Kirienko and the president of the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KA-CARE) Hashim Abdullah Yamani.

For the first time in the history of Russian-Saudi relations the document creates a legal basis for cooperation between two countries in the field of nuclear energy on a wide range of areas, including construction of nuclear power reactors, provision of cycle of nuclear fuel, including for nuclear power plants and research reactors. Agreement includes the issues of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste, production of radioisotopes and their applications in industry, medicine and agriculture

Background Information

ROSATOM

The State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM is one of the global technological leaders. The company has assets and competencies to work at all stages of the nuclear production chain from uranium mining to decommissioning of nuclear facilities and spent nuclear fuel management.ROSATOM brings together about 400 enterprises and organizations, including the world's only nuclear icebreaker fleet. It is the largest electricity generating company in Russia, accounting for 18.7% of the country’s total generation of electricity. ROSATOM is the third in the world in nuclear power generation.The corporation is the global leader in simultaneous implementation of NPP power units and has the largest portfolio of foreign construction projects (36 NPP units in 12 countries). ROSATOM manufactures equipment and produces isotopes for nuclear medicine, carries out research and material studies. It also assembles supercomputers and designs software as well as different nuclear and non-nuclear innovative products. The company has business ventures covering various clean energy projects, including wind energy. ROSATOM has second largest uranium reserves and 17% of the global nuclear fuel market.