Kudankulam»! Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Southern India Has Started the Commissioning Stage
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DIGEST special edition InformationATOMPROM and Technology Magazine of Nuclear Industry 2009 Event of the month Government supported Siberian Cuisine Uranium rally ROSATOM to A French Recipe page 06 page 14 page 28 ATOMEXPO2009 издается с апреля 2007 года Dear Colleagues, It is well known that limited resources of hydrocarbons world- wide and the growth of electricity consumption have provoked Editorial council G. Naginskiy an almost speculative demand for nuclear power technologies in K. Zaitcev recent years. This phenomenon, known as the «nuclear renais- M. Kovalchuk sance,» has been observed all over the world – in countries both S. Novikov traditionally and non-traditionally nuclear power oriented. Chief editor К. В. Сергеева The world financial crisis has propelled the issues of expediency, economy and shared use of available resources to the foreground. 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Published materials can not Sergey Kiriyenko, reflect a position of magazine and are sights Director General, of authors. State Nuclear Energy Corporation «Rosatom» themaintenance INDEX The people mentioned in number Aghazadeh Gholamreza.................................47 Andreev Sergey.............................................16 Berlusconi Silvio............................................21 Dod Yevgeniy................................................19 Dudkin Yevgeniy...........................................36 Filimonov Sergey..........................................18 officialevent rosatomassets Kapyrin Pavel................................................48 06 Government 19 Rosatom gains supported ROSATOM. in «Inter RAO» Kiriyenko Sergey......................6, 20, 34, 41, 44 On 15 April Russia’s Prime Minis- The Russian united electricity export- ter Vladimir Putin held an extended import operator JSC Inter RAO UES Kirkilas Gediminas........................................24 session at the Kalinin nuclear pow- has become part of the state-owned Konstantinov Vasiliy......................................42 er plant (NPP) dealing with nuclear corporation Rosatom. On 11 Novem- power development plans. ber the head of Rosimushchestvo, Kryukov Oleg................................................43 In his opening remarks he confirmed Yuri Petrov, signed a directive Kutiyn Nikolay...............................................8 that the earlier set targets remain to transfer the state’s 42.48% share in force in spite of the crisis. in the company to Rosatom as a state Lavrov Sergey................................................46 property contribution. 14.8% of the Medvedev Dmitry..........................................21 company’s shares are already owned nowadaystechnology by Concern Energoatom. Mezenin Igor.................................................49 14 Siberian Cuisine to Inter RAO operates in 15 countries Olenin Yuri....................................................41 a French Recipe around the world and owns about In 2009 Russia for starts 8 GW in power generation assets Oster Grigoriy...............................................50 to convert depleted uranium hexaflu- (the total power capacity of all Rus- Petrov Yuri....................................................20 oride (DUH) on a commercial scale sian nuclear power plants combined the first time. is over 23 GW). The company aims Putin Vladimir...........................................6, 41 Zelenogorsk-based Electrochemical to raise its capacity to 30 GW by 2015 Ruksha Vyacheslav........................................35 Plant (ECP) has been doing start-up through power plant construction and commissioning of the W-ECP fa- and foreign asset acquisitions. Ruzzini Paolo................................................41 cility, which is unique to the Russian In the coming years, it also plans Sarkozy Ncolas..............................................26 nuclear industry. to expand geographically to other It is capable of converting chemically continents such as Latin America. Sechin Igor....................................................20 toxic depleted uranium hexafluoride Seleznev Kirill...............................................20 into uranium oxide, a form safe for long-term storage. topicalissue Shmatko Sergey.............................................12 22 Cooking «uncaught» Ignalina Shmatko Sergey.............................................20 The protracted negotiations between Shubin Anatoli..............................................16 the Baltic States and Lithuania's awkward moves to retain energy Sobyanin Sergey..............................................8 leadership in the region make Tusk Donald.................................................25 more apparent the doom mark on the Ignalina II project (or Visaginas Zelenin Dmitry.............................................12 NPP, as it is also called). This makes Zhivoov Vadim..............................................28 Kaliningrad Region, the would-be host of Baltic NPP, the regional Zhludenko Vladimir......................................36 energy leader. 5 digest atomprom 09 themaintenance uraniummarket event2008 buildingabroad 28 Uranium rally. 40 Russia regained 44 IRAN’S ARMZ Uranium Holding Co.: European fuel market nuclear pearl Today and Tomorrow JSC MSZ, a part of TVEL Corporation, First, we see a hot desert, nearly bar- is accustomed to visits from foreign ren, nearly lifeless. Bushehr city delegations. However, the delegation and seaport are left behind. Then, that visited the plant on 17 Novem- the dull landscape alters, and we answerquestion ber 2008 was a special one, indeed. notice rare fishing villages. The Gulf 33 The Rulers Elektrostal Town in the Moscow strand can barely be seen far on the of the Arctic Seas Region received top managers from horizon. On the surrounding hills, An interview with Vyacheslav Slovakia’s Slovenské Elektrárne, a.s. some half-hidden and some in clear Ruksha, Director General of Atomflot who came to sign a contract with JSC view, are antiaircraft guns and radars. and «Person of the Russian Nuclear TVEL for nuclear fuel supplies to Slo- They appear to grow in number Industry, 2008». vak nuclear power plants. as we approach our destination. In this desert the abundance of mili- tary gear confirms the significance Iran attaches to its first nuclear power plant, Bushehr. bookshelf 50 Quiz in nuclear power Card 18 IN OBJECTS AROUND US, WHERE CAN YOU FIND MOST OF NATURAL URANIUM 1) in a seawater barrel 2) in a microwave-cooked food plate 3) in a brilliant green vial at a drug store 4) in a granite base of a celebrity monument 2 0 blok oster indd20 11/13/08 6:19:09 PM ourcoverage 36 Here comes, «Kudankulam»! Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Southern India has started the commissioning stage. This power generation project, which is of great importance to both Russia and India, employs the most advanced Russian nuclear technologies and takes account of the climatic conditions of the location of where it will operate. The plant can be rightfully called unique, as I discovered during a recent visit. 6 digest atomprom 09 officialevent Government supported ROSATOM Still, it’s early to relax On 15 April Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held an extended session at the Kalinin nuclear power plant (NPP) dealing with nuclear power development plans. In his opening remarks he confirmed that the earlier set targets remain in force in spite of the crisis. V. Putin: Today, we are reviewing is- but quite realistic. Certainly, taking ac- Whatever happens, we must meet the sues of nuclear power development. count of our situation, their implemen- task. It means that to increase the nu- Rather ambitious but still realistic tasks tation requires a special attention on our clear generation share up to 25-30%, we have been set up in this area; specifi- part, and it is clear that we have to be have to build 26 nuclear reactors. Let’s cally, by 2030 the nuclear generation keen on assessing ways of solving this discuss how we are to do this. Sergey share of the total electricity production task within the conditions of the world Vladilenovich, please, the floor is yours. should be 25-30%. Today, I remind you, financial and economic crisis. There are we have 16%. I remind you also that in no little things; what is necessary is ad- S. Kiriyenko: Dear Vladimir Vladi- many European countries this share is equate financial support, parallel and mirovich, first, let me inform you on the more than 25-30%. Already now! In this timely development of the grid infra- industry’s 2008 results. It was a record sense,