RUSSIAN NUCLEAR POWER 2018 the Bellona Foundation Is an International Environmental NGO Based in Norway
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RUSSIAN NUCLEAR POWER 2018 The Bellona Foundation is an international environmental NGO based in Norway. Founded in 1986 as a direct action protest group, Bellona has become a recognized technology and solution- oriented organizations with offices in Oslo, Brussels, Kiev, St. Petersburg and Murmansk. Altogether, some 60 engineers, ecologists, nuclear physicists, economists, lawyers, political scientists and journalists work at Bellona. Environmental change is an enormous challenge. It can only be solved if politicians and legislators develop clear policy frameworks and regulations for industry and consumers. Industry plays a role by developing and commercializing environmentally sound technology. Bellona strives to be a bridge builder between industry and policy makers, working closely with the former to help them respond to environmental challenges in their field, and proposing policy measures that promote new technologies with the least impact on the environment. Authors: Oskar Njaa Nils Bøhmer Charles Digges © Bellona 2018 Design: Bellona Cover photo and credit: Nuclear Power Plant Novovoronezh, Rosenergoatom. Disclaimer: Bellona endeavors to ensure that the information disclosed in this report is correct and free from copyrights, but does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, interpretation or usefulness of the information which may result from the use of this report. Contact: [email protected] Web page: www.bellona.org TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. THE PLACE OF NUCLEAR POWER IN RUSSIA ...................................................................................... 5 2. THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS OF RUSSIA ........................................................................................ 6 3. BRIDGING THE GAP: LIFETIME EXTENSIONS AND FUTURE NPPS ......................................... 8 3.1. Roadmap to new reactors: Current nuclear building plans ..................................................... 9 3.2. Russia’s pursuit of fast neutron reactors ...................................................................................... 12 4. RUSSIAN NUCLEAR POWER ABROAD .................................................................................................. 14 5. COUNTRIES BYING ROSATOM-BUILT NPPS ..................................................................................... 17 5.1. Bangladesh ................................................................................................................................................ 17 5.2. Belarus ........................................................................................................................................................ 18 5.3. China ............................................................................................................................................................ 19 5.4. Egypt ............................................................................................................................................................ 20 5.5. Finland ........................................................................................................................................................ 20 5.6. Hungary ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 5.7. India ............................................................................................................................................................. 22 5.8. Iran ............................................................................................................................................................... 22 5.9. Turkey ......................................................................................................................................................... 23 5.10. Vietnam ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 5.11. Bulgaria ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 6. ROSATOM’S COOPERATION WITH OTHER COUNTRIES ............................................................ 27 6.1. South America .......................................................................................................................................... 27 Argentina .................................................................................................................................................... 27 Bolivia .......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Brazil ............................................................................................................................................................ 28 Paraguay ..................................................................................................................................................... 28 6.2. Africa............................................................................................................................................................ 28 The Republic of Congo ............................................................................................................................ 28 Ethiopia ....................................................................................................................................................... 29 Namibia ....................................................................................................................................................... 29 Nigeria ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Rwanda ........................................................................................................................................................ 30 South Africa ............................................................................................................................................... 30 Sudan ............................................................................................................................................................ 30 Zambia ......................................................................................................................................................... 31 6.3. Asia ............................................................................................................................................................... 31 Cambodia .................................................................................................................................................... 31 Japan............................................................................................................................................................. 31 Philippines .................................................................................................................................................. 32 3 6.4. Middle East ................................................................................................................................................ 32 Jordan ........................................................................................................................................................... 32 Saudi Arabia .............................................................................................................................................. 32 6.5. Former Soviet countries ...................................................................................................................... 33 Uzbekistan .................................................................................................................................................. 33 6.6. Recent developments ........................................................................................................................... 33 7. CLIMATE GOALS AND RUSSIAN NUCLEAR POWER ...................................................................... 34 8. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................ 37 8.1. Decentralizing power production with… NPPs?......................................................................... 37 8.2. Technologies in the pipeline ............................................................................................................... 39 8.3. Closed fuel cycle ....................................................................................................................................... 40 8.4. Nuclear Science and Technology Centers abroad ...................................................................... 44 9. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THEIR ROLE .................................................................................... 45 9.1. NO RAO ........................................................................................................................................................ 45 9.2. RosRAO ........................................................................................................................................................ 45 9.3. The process of waste handling – put simply ...............................................................................