The Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Mohammed Shakir, said in a statement that all negotiations with Russia for Dabaa Nuclear power plant are finalized. There are four main contracts that need to be finalized to start the project. Two of which are ready and the other two will be finalized after a …
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In 2010, Taner Yildiz, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and Igor Sechin, Prime Minister of the Government of the Russia, signed the joint declaration of cooperation on the first nuclear power plant of Akkuyu in Turkey. On February 28, 2017, Akkuyu Nuclear JSC applied for the electricity generation license to the Energy Market …
The Russian energy company Rosatom announced the sale of 49 percent of Akkuyu power plant’s shares, the first power plant in Turkey, to a consortium of Turkish companies under the agreement between Turkey and Russia. The consortium includes Cengiz Holding, Kalyon Construction and Kolin Construction companies. Within the context of the IX. International Nuclear Energy …
Rosatom plans to start construction of the Akkuyu project this summer. Rosatom announced that the necessary documents for the initiation of nuclear plant operations will be ready by October. Rosatom’s engineering company “Atomstroyexport” has already tendered the technical requirements for the concrete structure and other buildings. The results of the studies carried out on the …
Mr. Berat Albayrak, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources during his visit to the Akkuyu site in February, declared that Akkuyu NPP is expected to be operational by 2023 despite series of delays: Construction: The results of the hydrotechnical construction tender, which was opened by Akkuyu Nuclear, supposed be completed on February 15th , …
The 13th Arab Conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy held by the Arab Atomic Energy Agency (AAEA) in collaboration with the National Centre for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (CNSTN) in Hammamet, Tunisia from December 18 to 22, during which over 150 participants from 13 Arab countries meet to share their experience and knowledge in …
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The liaison office of Rosatom announced that China and Russia will soon draft the related documents of constructing two new units for Tianwan nuclear power projects. Russia and China have issued a joint inter-governmental statement to develop the strategic cooperation in peaceful use of nuclear energy during the meeting of Russian PM Medvedev with China’s …
A source at the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy in Russia announced that experts from Rosatom are currently undertaking preparatory works, including protection from earthquakes in Dabaa nuclear power plant site. The source pointed out that about 20 experts from Russia are currently working at the site, adding that the Russian specialists, “watching the …
According to the South African government network news, in the seventh BRICS summit, the Russian state company Rosatom and South Africa Department of Energy signed two memorandums of understanding: South African nuclear industry personnel training and reinforcement of the communication to the public about nuclear energy. The first memorandum will implement several joint projects in nuclear …
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After the UK, France and Japan, Rosatom enters in the closed club of the nuclear fuel reprocessing. In 2014, the Mayak Production Association in Ozersk made public the operation of the pilot reprocessing plant of spent uranium-beryllium fuel from the submarines class Alfa (Project 705 / 705K). Rosatom’s strategy was to test the fuel of …
