ROSATOM Completes A New Milestone In ATF Development Program ROSATOM has achieved a scheduled milestone in the development of Russian accident tolerant fuel (ATF). The Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) has completed the second cycle of irradiation of the experimental fuel assemblies with VVER and PWR fuel rods in the MIR research reactor. Each…
ROSATOM’s Leningrad 2-2 Began Commercial Operation ROSATOM announced that Leningrad 2-2 nuclear power plant in Russia began commercial operation on Monday, 22 March 2021. This is the fourth Generation III+ unit with VVER-1200 PWR in Russia. It will substitute the Soviet-era Leningrad-2 with RBMK-1000 reactor, which shut down last November, fully replacing its capacity. Following…
Rosatom Starts The Construction Of Brest-OD-300 Fast Neutron Reactor ROSATOM inaugurated the construction of the Brest-OD-300 pilot demonstration power plant at the site of the Siberian Chemical Combine (an enterprise of Rosatom-subsidiary TVEL Fuel Company). The licence for construction has been issued by Russian regulator Rostechnadzor last February. Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev, Tomsk regional…
Rosatom Starts ATF Operation At The Unit 2 Of Rostov NPP The first Russian-made fuel bundles with experimental ATF fuel rods (Advanced Technology Fuel) have been loaded into VVER-1000 reactor core at the power unit 2 of the Rostov NPP in Russia, which has resumed operations after the scheduled maintenance and refueling. Each of the…
Framatome and Rosatom Signed A Long-Term Cooperation Agreement The World Nuclear Exhibition is one of the largest nuclear industry events, serving to highlight its achievements and bring together key market players. WNE 2021 welcomed more than 700 company representatives from 65 countries. The edition recently held in Paris has been a great opportunity for many…
Rosatom Upgraded The World’s Largest Critical Nuclear Test Facility End of December, Rosatom (ENS Corporate Member) completed the upgrade of the world’s largest critical nuclear test facility, the BFS-2 at the AI Leipunsky Institute of Physics & Power Engineering (IPPE) in Obninsk. The BFS-2, operated by IPPE (part of Rosatom’s scientific division, Science and Innovations),…