Focus on Rosatom
Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (ROSATOM) is a multi-industry holding company which comprises assets in power engineering, machine building, and construction. Its strategy is to develop low-carbon generation, including wind power. ROSATOM is the national leader in power generation (accounting for about 20% of the country’s total output) and ranks first globally in terms of the size of its order portfolio for construction of NPPs (39 power units, inter alia 6 SMRs, in 10 countries). ROSATOM has all technologies of the nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium mining to the back end of nuclear facilities life cycles. Its scope of activities also includes production of innovative non-nuclear products, nuclear medicine, digitalization and software development, logistics and development of the Northern Sea Route. ROSATOM incorporates over 450 enterprises employing a total of more than 350,000 people.
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