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57-560: The Tashlyk Hydraulic Accumulation Station is located west of the district center of Arbuzynka, three kilometers south of Pivdennoukrainsk. Tashlyk Pumped-Storage Power Plant is part of the South-Ukrainian Energy Complex, which includes the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant and Oleksandrivka hydroelectric power station. The pumped-storage plant is designed to cover peak loads in the southwestern part of

114-515: A nuclear power plant in Kaliningrad started on 25 February 2010, but was suspended for the project to be redesigned. There are also plans to build two more units at Leningrad NPP, two units at Smolensk NPP , two more units at Novovoronezh NPP and two more units at Kursk NPP . In mid-June 2021, Rosatom announced that two 600 MW VVER reactors will be added to Kola NPP with the first coming online in 2034. In early June 2021, construction of

171-447: A 38% world market share and in 2019 led in global uranium enrichment services (36%) and covers 16% of the global nuclear fuel market. The state corporation is authorized on behalf of the state to fulfill Russia's international obligations in the field of the use of nuclear energy and of non-proliferation of nuclear materials. Rosatom is also involved with large-scale projects such as ITER and FAIR . As of February 2021,

228-511: A contract for the supply of nuclear fuel for Ukrainian WMR in 1997 until 2010. Under a US-Ukrainian initiative to reduce Ukraine's dependency on Russia for fuel, tied to the dismantling of its nuclear weapon arsenal, Energoatom had been using reactor core of unit 3 to test nuclear fuel produced by Westinghouse Electric Company in Västerås in Sweden, mixed with Russian assemblies. In August 2005, it

285-399: A fuel supply contract with Westinghouse to supply 630 nuclear fuel assemblies to its three reactors starting in 2011. Westinghouse shipped a reload batch of 42 fuel assemblies for the 3 units in mid-2009 to last for three years of commercial operation. In June 2010, Energoatom signed a long-term fuel supply contract with Russia's TVEL for its nuclear reactor fleet. Earlier, Rosatom had offered

342-410: A leak or accident at its nuclear sites and suggested that the plume was caused by a satellite burning upon reentry. A 2019 study ruled out the satellite hypothesis. By analyzing air sample data from multiple monitoring sites, the scientists determined that the most likely cause of the plume was a fire or explosion while attempting to process ruthenium into cerium-144. Rosatom continues to deny that there

399-543: A strategy is aimed at eliminating internal competition, deliberately created earlier. This measure can be effective from the economic point of view in view of a large number of domestic and foreign orders. Rosatom is one of the world leaders in the number of simultaneously constructed power units. As of late 2021, Rosatom is building two new power units in Russia at Kursk Nuclear Power Plant II, and there are 35 power units at different stages of implementation abroad. Construction of

456-464: A subsidiary, is engaged in production of carbon fibre and fibre-based items, as well as R&D and engineering support to its partners. The other subsidiaries involved are JSC Khimprominzhiniring, and LLC ALABUGA-FIBRE. The managing company is the Digitalization Unit of Rosatom, which is engaged in solving tasks in three main areas: The participation in the digitalization of Russia, as Rosatom

513-551: A substantial discount to Ukraine if it signed up with TVEL for 20 years. During trial use of Westinghouse manufactured fuel in 2012, the fuel became deformed and caused serious damage to the reactor. On 11 April 2014, after the Russian annexation of Crimea , the fuel contract with Westinghouse was extended through 2020. The fuel will be made at the fuel fabrication facility in Västerås. According to Ukraine, Russian troops were advancing to

570-474: Is JSC ASE EC , which has extensive capabilities for managing the construction of complex engineering facilities. The main business areas of the division include the design and construction of large NPPs in Russia and abroad, and developing digital technologies for managing complex engineering facilities based on the Multi-D platform. Key companies include JSC Atomenergoproekt, and JSC ATOMPROEKT. The managing company

627-480: Is JSC Atomenergomash . It is one of Russia's largest groups of mechanical engineering enterprises offering a full range of solutions for the design, manufacture, and supply of equipment for the nuclear power industry. The division comprises more than 10 production sites, including production enterprises, engineering centers, and research organizations in Russia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. According to

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684-531: Is JSC Rosenergoatom . It is the only NPP operator in Russia and a key player in the Russian electricity market . Its main business areas include power and heat generation at NPPs and acting as the operator of nuclear facilities (nuclear power plants), radiation sources, and facilities storing nuclear materials and radioactive substances. Key companies include all Russian NPPs, JSC AtomEnergoRemont, JSC AtomEnergoSbyt, and TITAN-2 construction holding. The managing company

741-465: Is JSC Federal Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety. It is dedicated to a centralized system for management of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste , as well as decommissioning of hazardous nuclear and radiological facilities. Key companies include FSUE Mining and Chemical Combine , FSUE Radon, NO RWM. The managing company is JSC Science and Innovations. Key companies include Russian Scientific Center (RSC) – A.I. Leipunskiy IPPE, NII NPO Luch, and

798-459: Is JSC NovaWind. This Rosatom's division concentrates its efforts in advanced areas of wind energy generation technology. Key companies include WindSGC, WindSGC-2, and Atompowerindustry Trade. The managing company is JSC Rusatom Healthcare. It has been historically developed at various enterprises of the Russian nuclear industry. In 2017, Rosatom established the division to bring together assets and expertise in healthcare. The nuclear medicine division

855-415: Is JSC Rusatom Automated Control Systems. It builds comprehensive solutions for automation of production processes, manufactures and supplies electrical equipment , designs and constructs electricity supply facilities. The managing company is FSUE Federal Environmental Operator. The management company Rosenergoatom operates all of Russia's nuclear power plants and represents the electric power division of

912-593: Is Rusatom Additive Technologies. It connects together the scientific and production companies of Rosatom in order to develop the area of additive production in Russia. It controls design and production of 3D-printers, additive powders, complete sets, software, and 3D-printing services. The managing company is LLC RENERA, which is engaged in the development of lithium-ion traction batteries for electric transport and fixed systems for energy accumulation, as well as products for emergency and uninterruptible power supply and storage systems for renewable energy. The managing company

969-520: Is a Russian state corporation headquartered in Moscow that specializes in nuclear energy , nuclear non-energy goods and high-tech products. It was established in 2007 and comprises more than 350 enterprises, including scientific research organizations, a nuclear weapons complex , and the world's only nuclear icebreaker fleet. The organization is the largest electricity generating company in Russia, producing 215.746 TWh of electricity, 20.28% of

1026-436: Is a leading organization on the global nuclear fuel cycle front-end market and the only supplier of nuclear fuel for Russian NPPs and the nuclear-powered icebreaker fleet. Key daughter companies include Bochvar National Research Institute for Inorganic Materials, Siberian Chemical Combine , and Chepetskiy Mechanical Plant . The division's tasks include the fabrication of nuclear fuel, conversion and enrichment of uranium, and

1083-535: Is carried out at the Mayak Production Association at the RT-1 plant. The plant is currently processing the spent nuclear fuel (of various compositions) from power reactors ( BN-350 , VVER-440 , BN-600 , RBMK-1000 , VVER-1000 ; BN-MOX), from the research reactors of Russian and foreign scientific centers, and from the reactors of submarine and surface naval fleet transport power plants. The managing company

1140-490: Is considering reducing support for new nuclear under its support contracts, called Dogovor Postavki Moshnosti (DPM), which guarantees developers a return on investment through increased payments from consumers for 20 years. Ruthenium , a byproduct of uranium-235 fission, is used by nuclear monitoring sites as an indicator of a nuclear accident. In October 2017, a plume of ruthenium-106 was detected by multiple laboratories throughout Europe. Rosatom denied that there had been

1197-600: Is converted to an oxide form at the W-ECP unit of Zelenogorsk Electrochemical Plant. Nuclear fuel is produced at Rosatom's Machine-building plant (JSC MSZ) and Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (JSC NCCP). The plants produce UO 2 -based (enriched fresh and reprocessed uranium) nuclear fuel for all models of Russian power and research reactors, as well as for many foreign power and research reactor models and for Russian ship-based power installations. The development of accident-tolerant fuel for VVER and PWR reactors has now entered

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1254-417: Is in charge of nuclear medicine, manufacturing and distribution of radioisotope products and radiation sterilization equipment, as well as creation of integrated turnkey solutions for medicine. Key companies include JSC Isotope and NIITFA. In February 2022, Rusatom Healthcare acquired 25,001% of shares of Medscan group, the rest of shares still being hold by its major shareholder, Yevgeny Tugolukov. JSC UMATEX

1311-726: Is the center of competences of the Federal Project Digital Technologies within the National Program Digital Economy, the development of digital products for nuclear power and beyond and the internal digitalization of the Russian nuclear industry, making it independent from foreign technologies in critical areas. The managing company is JSC Rusatom Infrastructure Solutions. The company develops, builds, modernizes, maintains water supply, water purification and water treatment facilities for energy, petrochemical, food, and other industries. The managing company

1368-637: The Council of Ministers transformed the First Main Directorate in charge of nuclear weapons program into the Ministry of Medium Machine Building (MinSredMash). The ministry was entrusted with the development of the civic nuclear power program. In 1989, Minsredmash and the Ministry of Atomic Energy merged to form the Ministry of Nuclear Engineering and Industry of the USSR . The Ministry for Atomic Energy of

1425-615: The Research Institute of Atomic Reactors . The development of the Northern Sea Route has become a Rosatom priority after the company was appointed its infrastructure operator in late 2018. Rosatom seeks to organize ship navigation within the NSR, develop the infrastructure of seaports, including energy, create a navigation safety system, as well as navigational and hydrographic support. In addition, several Rosatom entities are involved in

1482-487: The Russian nuclear industry . As part of the celebration, Rosatom launched its rebranding campaign “United Rosatom,” which made subsidiaries in the nuclear industry utilize the Rosatom's Möbius strip logo. In 2020, Rosatom set a goal of tripling its revenue to ₽4 trillion by 2030, 40% of which is set to come from new lines of business, with primarily focus on sustainable tech. In 2020, Rosatom approved an updated strategy with

1539-454: The Rosatom mining division is JSC Atomredmetzoloto , which consolidates Russian uranium mining assets. Key daughter companies include JSC Khiagda and JSC Dalur. Uranium One is a separate global mining company that operates directly under Rosatom with a diverse portfolio of assets in Kazakhstan, United States, and Tanzania. The managing company of the Rosatom fuel division is JSC TVEL , which

1596-639: The Russian Federation [( Russian : Министерство по атомной энергии Российской Федерации, also known as Minatom (Russian: Минaтом)] was established as a successor to the Russian part of the Ministry of Nuclear Engineering and Industry of the USSR on 29 January 1992, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union . The newly created ministry received about 80% of the enterprises of the union department, including 9 nuclear power plants with 28 power units. Under this name,

1653-562: The Russian invasion of Ukraine. In 2017, Rosatom decided to invest in wind power , believing that rapid cost reductions in the renewable industry will become a competitive threat to nuclear power, and started to build wind turbine . Rosatom was also concerned that nuclear export opportunities were becoming exhausted. In October, Rosatom was reported to be considering postponing commissioning new nuclear plants in Russia due to excess generation capacity and that new nuclear electricity prices are higher than for existing plant. The Russian government

1710-694: The South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant for the construction of two new power units, No. 4 and No. 5, using the American AP1000 technology by Westinghouse. Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (commonly referred to as Rosatom Russian: Росатом , IPA: [rosˈatəm] ), also known as Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation , (Russian: Государственная корпорация по атомной энергии «Росатом» , romanized : Gosudarstvennaya korporatsiya po atomnoy energii "Rosatom" ), or Rosatom State Corporation ,

1767-594: The Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Rosatom's carbon fibre-producing UMATEX subsidiary group of companies in Russia and the Czech Republic pursuant to Executive Order 14024 , as part of a drive against Russia's suppliers of carbon fibers . The Foundation for Defense of Democracies recommends a blanket ban in the US on Rosatom. It said the total revenue accrued by Rosatom from US and European sources

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1824-495: The ZNPP would represent the biggest nuclear theft in history. In an essay written in July 2023 it was written that Rosatom supplied fuel to 78 power reactors in 15 countries, and had more than a third of the global nuclear fuel market. Cameco , Orano and ConverDyn were listed as competitors. As of early 2021, Rosatom included 356 of various organizational and legal forms. Some belong to

1881-688: The city of Pivdennoukrainsk in Mykolaiv Oblast , about 350 kilometres (220 mi) south of Kyiv . It is the second largest of the country's five nuclear power stations. It is part of the South Ukrainian Energy Complex, along with the Tashlyk Pumped-Storage Power Plant and Oleksandrivska hydroelectric power station. It has three VVER -1000 pressurized water reactors and a net generation capacity of 2,850 megawatts (MW). In 2013, following major upgrade work, unit 1

1938-651: The complex with the HPSS above the channel of the Southern Bug, the Kostiantynivska HPP was to be built, but the project was redeveloped after environmentalists protested. By the order of the Cabinet of Ministers of July 27, 2006, the project provides only Tashlyk HPSP with installation of six units of 151 / 216.5 MW with a total capacity of 906 MW in turbine mode and 1299 MW in the pump. The first hydropower unit of Tashlyk HPS

1995-729: The country's total electricity production. The corporation ranks first in overseas nuclear power plant construction, responsible for 76% of global nuclear technology exports: 35 nuclear power plant units, at different stages of development, in 12 countries, as of December 2020. Rosatom also manufactures equipment, produces isotopes for nuclear medicine, carries out research, and conducts material studies. It also produces supercomputers and software as well as different nuclear and non-nuclear products. Rosatom plans to further develop renewable energy and wind power . Two nuclear power plants are being built in Russia at Kursk-2 NPP with plans announced for 2 more units at Kola NPP. Rosatom has

2052-616: The development of international transit sea freight traffic along the Northern Sea Transit Corridor. Key companies include FSUE Atomflot , Directorate of the Northern Sea Route, Rusatom Cargo. In 2017, Rosatom decided to invest in wind turbine manufacturing, believing that rapid cost reductions in the renewable industry will become a competitive threat to nuclear power. Russia had recently offered subsidies for domestically built renewable technology. The managing company

2109-417: The enterprises of the nuclear power complex, which comprises organizations of nuclear energy, nuclear engineering , and the nuclear fuel cycle , such as enterprises for the exploration and production of natural uranium, conversion and enrichment of uranium, production of nuclear fuel, electricity and equipment, development of new technologies for the nuclear fuel and gas centrifuge platform. Others belong to

2166-772: The group's own data, 14% of nuclear power plants in the world and 40% of thermal power stations in the CIS and the Baltic states use the holding equipment. In addition, the division is the largest producer of equipment for the VVER reactor and the world's only producer of the fast-neutron reactor ( BN reactor ). Its enterprises are also responsible for the design and manufacturing of reactors for SMR nuclear power plants, both onshore and offshore, as well as nuclear icebreakers. Key companies include OKB Gidropress , OKBM Afrikantov , JSC Machine-Building Factory of Podolsk, and AEM-technology. The managing company

2223-433: The growing number of new businesses outside of nuclear power, including wind energy, composite materials, additive technologies, and nuclear medicine, among others. The civilian assets of the Russian nuclear industry are concentrated within Rosatom's holding company Atomenergoprom , which unites 204 enterprises as of December 2020. The Rosatom companies are integrated into multiple divisions: The holding company of

2280-557: The installation and commissioning of the block transformer for the third hydroelectric unit were carried out, and on December 22, the trial launch of the third hydroelectric unit was conducted. South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant The South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant ( Ukrainian : Південноукраїнська АЕС ), also known as the Pivdennoukrainsk Nuclear Power Plant , is a nuclear power plant in Ukraine, near

2337-587: The intent to branch into 100 new business areas, including nuclear medicine, composites, wind energy, hydrogen, waste management, additive technology, and production of hydrogen. Nations supporting Ukraine following the 2022 Russian invasion sanctioned Rosatom and its subsidiaries. On 24 February 2023 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom announced direct sanctions against Rosatom and its executives. The United States Department of

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2394-598: The ministry existed until 9 March 2004, when it was transformed into the Federal Agency on Atomic Energy . On 1 December 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law adopted by the Federal Assembly under which the Federal Atomic Energy Agency was to be abolished, and its powers and assets were to be transferred to the newly created "State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom." On 12 December of

2451-470: The plant in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , but were repelled in the March 2022 Battle of Voznesensk . On 19 September 2022, the power plant was reportedly hit by Russian artillery. A missile exploded about 300 metres from the reactors, blowing out windows in the buildings and damaging a neighbouring hydroelectric power station. Nuclear reactors were not damaged. On May 8, 2024, preparatory work began at

2508-617: The plant's operation. Rosatom spokeswoman said that its employees are present at the ZNPP to ensure the safety of the plant and are not involved in its management or security. On 29 September 2022, the International Atomic Energy Agency was told by a Ukrainian ambassador that Rosatom had sent more officials to the ZNPP to enforce the change in ownership from Ukraine to Russia and to give the plant employees two weeks to apply for work with Rosatom. According to western media outlet Bloomberg, allowing Russia to claim ownership of

2565-467: The plant, threatened the Ukrainian personnel, and demanded the plant's manuals, procedures and other documentation. Since 12 March 2022, once Russian military forces occupied Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), Rosatom employees have gained access and set a base there without permission of the plant's owner Energoatom . Rosatom engineers have demanded documentation and manuals on

2622-775: The production of gas centrifuges . Uranium enrichment is carried out at four TVEL Fuel Company plants, including Angarsk Electrochemical Plant in Angarsk , Irkutsk Oblast , Zelenogorsk Electrochemical Plant in Zelenogorsk , Krasnoyarsk Krai , Ural Electrochemical Plant in Novouralsk , Sverdlovsk Oblast , and the Siberian Chemical Plant in Seversk , Tomsk Oblast . Uranium is enriched using an advanced gas centrifuge technology to separate uranium isotopes. Depleted uranium hexafluoride

2679-561: The same year, the agency transformed into a state corporation . In 2015, the company's revenue amounted to 126 billion rubles. Between 2000 and 2015, Rosatom "was the supplier in around half of all international agreements on nuclear power plant construction, reactor, and fuel supply, decommissioning or waste". Russia has various diplomatic ties with different countries via nuclear energy diplomacy. Some form of formalized agreement exists with 54 countries as of 2023, although some plans for Russian-built nuclear power plants were canceled after

2736-475: The stage of testing. MOX fuel for fast sodium reactors is produced at the Mining and Chemical Combine, while uranium-plutonium mixed fuel will be produced at the Siberian Chemical Plant, which is currently under construction. A uranium-plutonium fuel REMIX (regenerated mixture) is being tested for VVER reactors; its commercial production is expected to take place at the Mining and Chemical Combine. SNF reprocessing

2793-520: The state corporation Rosatom. As of April 2021, 11 nuclear power plants (38 power units) operated in Russia with a total capacity of 30.5 GW, producing about 20.28% of all electricity produced in Russia. As a result of reforms and reassignments in the period from 2012 to 2014, Rosatom's engineering activities were concentrated within the management company Atomenergoproekt- Atomstroyexport (NIAEP-ASE), based in Nizhny Novgorod . Earlier, Atomstroyexport

2850-442: The total portfolio orders of Rosatom reached $ 250 billion. According to the 2020 corporate report, its 10-year foreign order portfolio stood at $ 138.3 billion, while revenue reached $ 7.5 billion. The 10-year order portfolio for new products stood at ₽1,602.1 billion while revenue reached ₽261.1 billion. Several Soviet and Russian government entities with different tasks are among the Rosatom predecessors. On 26 June 1953,

2907-496: The united power grid of Ukraine, and to provide a reliable baseline regime for the nuclear plant. Construction of the station began in 1981. In the original plans, the Tashlyk HPSP was to consist of six rotary (generator / engine) units of 150 MW in a turbine mode / 225 in pumping mode and four conventional 250 MW units with a total installed capacity of 6 × 150 + 4 × 250 = 1900 MW (generator mode) / 6 × 225 = 1350 MW (motor mode). In

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2964-527: Was a leak or explosion. On 28 June 2017, The Financial Times criticized Rosatom for lack of transparency regarding an alleged expansionist agenda through its role as a " Kremlin-controlled company ". On 20 March 2018, this criticism was underlined by the Bellona Foundation , who focused on the scarce data available on Rosatom's progress in Sudan . On 20 August 2020, Rosatom marked the 75th anniversary of

3021-545: Was around $ 2 billion in FY2023 and considered this unacceptable. The European Union dares not sanction Rosatom because of the clout it wields on the continent, although the European Parliament did call for sanctions as lately as 2 February 2023. Within the next two days after Russian military forces occupied Ukraine's Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on 24 February 2022, Rosatom employees had gained unauthorized access to

3078-503: Was engaged in foreign construction, and a number of independent engineering institutes with the name Atomenergoproekt were engaged in the design and construction of facilities in Russia: Moscow , St. Petersburg , and Nizhny Novgorod. Since October 2014 on the basis of NIAEP-ASE, Rosatom forms a unified engineering division, not including design company on nuclear power facilities and technologies Atomproekt. According to Kommersant , such

3135-517: Was given a 10-year license extension, which will take it beyond its original 30-year design lifetime. Similar extensions are planned for units 2 and 3, licensed until 2015 and 2019, respectively. The 750 kV Vetrino–Isaccea–Yuzhnoukrainsk powerline runs from the plant to Isaccea , Romania, but is mostly dismantled or ruined. Since 1992, it has been guarded by the 4th NPP Protection Battalion . The main supplier of fuel for nuclear power plants in Ukraine has been TVEL , with whom NNEGC signed

3192-486: Was launched on September 14, 2006, in pumping (engine) mode and the gradual filling of the reservoir of the PSP began, and on October 16, 2006, it was started in the generator (turbine) mode. The second hydropower unit of Tashlyk HPS was launched on July 21, 2007, in the generator (turbine) mode, and July 24 in the engine (pumping mode). The commissioning of the third hydroelectric unit was scheduled for 2011. On December 13, 2021,

3249-417: Was loaded with the first six experimental fuel assemblies produced by Westinghouse together with Russian fuel for a period of pilot operation. The pilot runs were "deemed unsuccessful, with Energoatom claiming manufacturing defects in the fuel led to a lengthy unscheduled outage at two of the units, while Westinghouse said that errors had been made during fuel loading". Nevertheless, in 2008, Energoatom signed

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