35 Facts About Rosatom

Rosatom's strategy is to further develop renewable energy and wind power.

In 2020, Rosatom approved its updated strategy emphasizing the role of new products, both nuclear non-energy and non-nuclear, in approximately 100 new business areas, including nuclear medicine, composites, wind energy, hydrogen, waste management, additive technology, production of hydrogen.

Rosatom is a nonprofit organization, and while its tasks include the development of nuclear energy, the growth of enterprises of the nuclear fuel cycle, and the fulfillment of the functions assigned to it by the state, it ensures national security, nuclear and radiation safety, as well as development of applied and fundamental science.

Rosatom is involved with large-scale projects such as ITER and FAIR.

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 turbines.

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Rosatom was concerned that nuclear export opportunities were becoming exhausted.

On 20 August 2020, Rosatom marked the 75th anniversary of the Russian nuclear industry.

Since 12 March 2022, once Russian military forces occupied Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Rosatom employees have gained an access and set a base there without permission of the plant's owner Energoatom.

Rosatom engineers have demanded documentation and manuals on the plant's operation.

Rosatom spokeswoman said that its employees are present at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant 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 Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to enforce the change in ownership from Ukraine to Russia and to give the plant employees two weeks to apply for work with Rosatom.

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 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.

In 2017, Rosatom established the division to bring together assets and expertise in healthcare.

Participation in the digitalization of Russia, as Rosatom is the center of competences of the Federal Project Digital Technologies within the National Program Digital Economy.

Rosatom develops, builds, modernizes, maintains water supply, water purification and water treatment facilities for energy, petrochemical, food, and other industries.

Rosatom is one of the world leaders in the number of simultaneously constructed power units.

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.

Rosatom has taken the lead in offering nuclear power plants to emerging countries.

Rosatom is involved with the construction of the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant in China, the construction of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in India, and the construction of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus.

Rosatom has practical experience operating small reactors in the Far North, including the four EGP-6 reactor-equipped power units of Bilibino NPP.

Rosatom's new floating nuclear power plant projects will be equipped with RITM-200 reactors, which are used in Project 22220 icebreakers.

Rosatom has ground-based small nuclear power plant projects equipped with RITM-200 reactors.

In November 2020, Rosatom announced plans to place a land-based RITM-200 SMR in the isolated town of Ust-Kuyga, Yakutia.

Rosatom offers land, water, and submarine versions of the small modular reactor “Shelf” for consumers in the = 10 MW power range.

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Rosatom developed the SVBR-100 lead-bismuth fast reactor for consumers in the = 100 MW power range, though the latter project is currently frozen.

Rosatom provides support to its foreign partners in the creation of nuclear science and technology centres, including scientific laboratories and research reactors.

Rosatom is currently building the first centre of such type in Bolivia, which will be commissioned in 2024.

In 2018, Rosatom adopted a long-term strategy through year 2100, for the development of nuclear energy in accordance with the following goals:.

In pursuit of achieving these goals, Rosatom is transitioning to a two-component nuclear power structure that operates in a closed-loop heavy metal fuel cycle that simultaneously involves thermal and fast reactors.

Rosatom is currently at the first stage of transitioning to a two-component structure.

Since 2008, the structure of Rosatom includes the Russian nuclear icebreaker fleet, which is the largest in the world with five nuclear-powered icebreakers, a container ship, and four service vessels.

Highest executive body of Rosatom is the supervisory board, consisting of nine people, including the chairman.

Strategies, policies and objectives of Rosatom are established by its management board, consisting of fourteen people, including the General Director.

Sole executive body of Rosatom is the General Director, who manages the day-to-day operations.