Rosatom: Projects based on BelNPP design platform under construction in five countries

“When it comes to large-capacity nuclear power, our flagship product is Generation III+ pressurized water reactor units. We were the first company in the world to launch such a reactor. This cutting-edge technology fully complies with all international safety standards, combining active and passive safety systems, the systems that can operate without human intervention. The station is designed to withstand extreme external impacts, including floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes. A vivid example of this is the very powerful earthquake that struck Türkiye several years ago. It hit the area where we are building a NPP. The station suffered no damage during that earthquake because it is designed to withstand seismic activity exceeding magnitude 9,” Kirill Komarov said.

“These are exactly the units we build both in Russia and abroad. Six power units with these very modern reactors are already in operation: four in Russia and two in Belarus. Units of this generation are now under construction in Hungary, Egypt, Bangladesh, China and, of course, here in Türkiye,” he said.

Kirill Komarov noted that these projects boost GDP growth in the host countries, create job opportunities, and promote the development of high-tech industries. “We have conducted calculations and concluded that every dollar invested in the construction of a nuclear power plant anywhere in the world generates approximately $4 in GDP for the country. Each job at a nuclear construction site also creates up to six jobs in related sectors of the host country’s economy. Secondly, we believe that, given the scale of nuclear projects, they can only be implemented through a partnership approach, with the maximum possible development and involvement of the customer country’s own expertise in project implementation,” he said. 

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