Rosenergoatom
🇷🇺 RU · Founded 1992-09-07 · Active
Rosenergoatom is the Rosatom subsidiary, held through Atomenergoprom, that operates Russia's civil nuclear power plants. It was set up by presidential decree on 7 September 1992, and in 2001 all Russian civil nuclear plants were brought into it. Wikipedia gives its fleet in 2021 as 11 plants with 38 reactors, including the floating plant Akademik Lomonosov. Its site reports the start of commercial operation of the first VVER-TOI unit, at Kursk II.
- Sector
- Fission
- Technology
- Pressurised water reactor
- Role
- Utility, Operator
Terms
- Pressurised water reactor
- Ordinary (light) water kept under high pressure so it heats without boiling, transferring heat to a separate steam loop; the water is both coolant and moderator. Fuel is low-enriched uranium oxide pellets in zirconium-alloy rods. The most common reactor type in service worldwide.
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Sources
- Rosenergoatomaggregator
- Rosenergoatom homepageoperator