Russia’s state company Rosatom should start up three new reactors this year at home, and another in India. These are reactors in Rostov 3 (VVER-1000), Novovoronezh Phase II (VVER-1200), Beloyarsk 4 (fast reactor BN-800) and Kudankulam 2 (VVER-1000). The company said its order book for the next ten years is approaching $100 billion.
Three more VVER-1200s are under already construction and another 14 planned in the timeframe to 2030. Further reactor projects are in Bangladesh, Belarus, China, Finland, Hungary, India, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Vietnam. The order book also includes a range of nuclear goods and services Rosatom and its subsidiaries supply internationally, including uranium and nuclear fuel.
Plans to build new reactors at Paks in Hungary represent Rosatom's first project in the European Union, and in this regard Rosatom was organising seminars and workshops in Brussels as well as engaging in dialogue with the European Commission. In Finland as well, local engagement had increased support for Fennovoima's project to build a new nuclear power plant at Hanhikivi.
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