Likhachev, who's heading the Russian delegation at the 65th IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria told reporters:
"We will be gradually decommissioning Soviet units built in the 1970s. They will be replaced with about 15 units by 2035. Our task is to build them on the existing sites, to expand the existing plants with new units. All of them will be generations 3+, with a capacity of 1,200 MW."Rosatom's chief also talked about low-power nuclear power plants:
"A relevant decision has been made, and we switched to its practical implementation, namely the construction of a flotilla of small nuclear power plants based on RITM reactors that will be used in the development of the Baimskoye ore deposit, as well as the land-based version of the RITM-200 for the Kyuchus gold deposit in Yakutia. That means that we have already started implementing low-capacity projects both in Chukotka and Yakutia."
Reader Comments
You have to consider mining, processing, waste...
Trtitium for instance, isn't the most awesome thing to be drinking.
Also, remind me how much water a once through reactor uses per day.
As it is, I consider nuclear power plants continual disasters...and that's when they're properly "functional". There also ENORMOUS amounts of "accidents" and related environmental issues that are basically ignored.
You could probably spend months going through wise-uranium.org, for instance, for some random stuff relating to the industry, there's a LOT there but much is non-obvious or difficult to navigate through.
I dunno hey, personally I think there's a reason (equalization) that say, uranium is found with gold, silver, lead (as they absorb radiation) in nature...almost ironically, as if it keeps the terrestrial life safer, so I'd favour NOT separating those things.