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ROSATOM South Asia Regional Centre in South Asia of Russian State Atomic Power Corporation ROSATOM. The commercial operation of Unit 2 of the KKNPP started in March, 2017.

Russia's state-run atomic power corporation ROSATOM built the Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KKNPP), which is now being operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL). The Unit 1 reached full capacity in July 2014, and is currently India’s most powerful reactor with a maximum operating capacity of 1,000 megawatt. In Bangladesh Rooppur nuclear power plant (RNPP) is under construction.

It is implemented under an intergovernmental agreement signed between Russia and Bangladesh in November, 2011.

Everything you wanted to know about uranium but were afraid to ask! 🤔It is older than dinosaurs, can be found in the oce...
03/11/2025

Everything you wanted to know about uranium but were afraid to ask! 🤔

It is older than dinosaurs, can be found in the ocean, and even in your body. No, this is not a superpower from comics — this is uranium, the most discussed and mysterious element of the Mendeleev table!

Ready to be amazed? We have gathered 9 facts for you that will expand your understanding of the foundation of atomic energy. ⚛️

Isidor Isaac Rabi - the mind behind MRI’s originsPhysicist Isidor Isaac Rabi is most famous for his discovery of nuclear...
02/11/2025

Isidor Isaac Rabi - the mind behind MRI’s origins

Physicist Isidor Isaac Rabi is most famous for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance. ⚛️

Nuclear magnetic resonance is when atomic nuclei in a magnetic field absorb electromagnetic radiation and then re-emit it. The resonance frequency changes depending on the magnetic field and the properties of the atoms involved. By observing these changing frequencies, scientists can gather information about the chemical and structural details of molecules. 🧪

Rabi first described and measured nuclear magnetic resonance in molecular beams, which was an extension of the Stern–Gerlach experiment. This work earned him the 1944 Nobel Prize in Physics. 🏅

This research formed the basis for developing applications using nuclear magnetic resonance like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRIs are used in medicine for creating high-resolution images of the inside of the human body. These images are used to diagnose a wide range of injuries and diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular disease. 🔬

Rabi also played a significant role in establishing major research laboratories in Brookhaven and CERN. His discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance still powers science and medicine today. ✨

Ever wondered where uranium and radium come from? 💭Meet Uraninite - the powerhouse mineral behind it all.Uraninite is a ...
31/10/2025

Ever wondered where uranium and radium come from? 💭

Meet Uraninite - the powerhouse mineral behind it all.

Uraninite is a mineral, an anhydrous oxide of uranium and thorium. Together with nasturan, uraninite forms a single series of uranium oxides. It is radioactive and is the main ore for obtaining uranium and radium.

Interesting, isn’t it? 😉

Rosatom launched an innovative radioactive waste vitrification facilityThe EP-250/6 furnace was launched at the Mayak Pr...
30/10/2025

Rosatom launched an innovative radioactive waste vitrification facility

The EP-250/6 furnace was launched at the Mayak Production Association, with the enterprise's specialists having developed and manufactured the facility themselves. Andrey Poroshin, General Director of the Mayak Production Association, noted that the new equipment will increase the efficiency of the enterprise's work with high-level radioactive waste – the most complex and dangerous type of radioactive materials.

🗣 Aleksey Likhachyov, General of Rosatom State Corporation, "Our most important task is the most complete reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. We extract all useful substances from it, put them into secondary circulation, and everything that cannot be used is stored securely. Vitrification is currently the most effective and environmentally friendly method of handling high-level radioactive waste".

Rosatom is increasing fuel production for future reactors ⚛️It was decided to locate industrial production of mixed oxid...
29/10/2025

Rosatom is increasing fuel production for future reactors ⚛️

It was decided to locate industrial production of mixed oxide uranium-plutonium (MOX) fuel for the BN-1200M fast reactor at the Mining and Chemical Combine.

The development of design documentation is planned to begin this year, and the delivery of fuel assemblies for the initial loading of the reactor is scheduled for 2033.

"Our goal is to create an automated and robotic production system that will minimize the presence of personnel in production areas", commented the plant's CEO, Dmitry Kolupaev.

The Siberian Chemical Plant manufactured the OS-5 fuel assembly with nitride uranium-plutonium fuel and a liquid metal sublayer. Metallic sodium is placed under the steel cladding of the fuel rods, preventing the pellets from swelling during operation. 🏭

💬 "This is a revolutionary technological solution," explained Mikhail Skupov, head of the joint industry project "Development of Fuel Rods and Fuel Assemblies with SNP Fuel" and Deputy Director of the Bochvarovsky Institute. "With this assembly, we expect to achieve the fuel performance targets for the fast reactors of the future".

26/10/2025

Discover the key components of the VVER-1200! 🔎

🎥 Take a closer look at its key components with a detailed 3D breakdown.

⏩ In this video: ECCS Accumulator, explained.

Stay tuned - we’ll explore the next component in our upcoming videos. ✨

✨ 2.5 million medical procedures using Rosatom-produced isotopes are performed globally each year.Advancing healthcare...
25/10/2025

✨ 2.5 million medical procedures using Rosatom-produced isotopes are performed globally each year.

Advancing healthcare technologies is one of Rosatom’s key priorities. Today, the Russian nuclear corporation manufactures high-tech medical equipment, isotope products, and radiopharmaceuticals while building nuclear medicine centers. The main goal is to improve patient access to life-saving medical technologies, equipment, and medications. ⚛️

Medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals:

🔸 Rosatom ranks among the world’s top five suppliers of isotope products for nuclear medicine and leads globally in the variety of isotopes it produces.

🔸 Currently, the corporation supplies isotopes to 50 countries worldwide. Drugs based on the isotopes have proven highly effective in targeted therapy for a range of cancers.

🔸 These drugs are created by tagging isotopes to specially designed compounds that target specific cells or tissues for examination or destruction. The molecule delivers the isotope to the targeted cell, where the isotope destroys it during treatment or ‘highlights’ it during diagnostic procedures.

Nuclear research and technology center:

🔹 Rosatom does not only produce and supply medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals, it also delivers comprehensive ‘turnkey’ solutions for medicine, including nuclear medicine centers. One such center is currently under construction in El Alto, Bolivia, making it the world’s highest-altitude nuclear facility at 4,000 meters above sea level.

🔹 The center already features a cyclotron facility for producing radiopharmaceuticals, along with a radiobiology and radioecology laboratory. The drugs produced there will enable over 5,000 cancer diagnostic and treatment procedures annually, with full operational capacity expected soon.

Education and training:

🔸 In every country where Rosatom builds new nuclear facilities, it provides targeted support for workforce training and nuclear infrastructure development. For example, since the start of the Bolivian project, over 100 Bolivians have received higher education degrees from leading technical universities in Russia.

Nobel Laureate Frederick Soddy discovered that radioactivity is due to the transmutation of elements. ⚛️ Frederick Soddy...
24/10/2025

Nobel Laureate Frederick Soddy discovered that radioactivity is due to the transmutation of elements. ⚛️

Frederick Soddy worked with Professor Sir Ernest Rutherford on problems of radioactivity. Together they published a series of papers on radioactivity and concluded that it was a phenomenon involving atomic disintegration with the formation of new kinds of matter. They also investigated the gaseous emanation of radium. 🔬

This work went hand-in-hand with his ground-breaking research on isotopes, where he helped show that isotopes are atoms which have the same chemical properties, but different atomic weights. ⚗️

From 1904 to 1914, he did much practical chemical work on radioactive materials. During this period he evolved the so-called “Displacement Law”. 🔍

He discovered that all radioactive preparations were not unique elements, but rather that some of them were variants of known elements. In other words, atoms could have the same chemical properties but have different properties when it came to radioactivity. In 1913, Soddy introduced a term for this. He said that a substance can have different isotopes. It also turned out that these different isotopes had different weights. 🧪

This English chemist and physicist received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his investigation of radioactive substances and the nature of isotopes. 🏅

Frederick Soddy’s work revealed the hidden world of atoms, radioactivity, and isotopes, earning him a well-deserved place in scientific history. 👨‍🔬

⚡️ The preliminary round of the "Exact Energy" Olympiad, a major educational initiative by Rosatom, was held last week a...
22/10/2025

⚡️ The preliminary round of the "Exact Energy" Olympiad, a major educational initiative by Rosatom, was held last week at Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST), Bangladesh. 🇧🇩

Students competed in knowledge of mathematics, physics, and chemistry to reach the final and demonstrate what true science enthusiasts are capable of. 🔬

The atmosphere was truly charged: focused faces, the quiet rustle of pages, and excitement in the eyes of the participants.

Every step toward the final is a step toward a great future in the world of science and technology! ☑️

October 21 is exactly five years since the commissioning of one of the most powerful nuclear icebreakers in the world, t...
22/10/2025

October 21 is exactly five years since the commissioning of one of the most powerful nuclear icebreakers in the world, the lead icebreaker Arktika of Project 22220! Its appearance opened a new chapter in the development of navigation along the Northern Sea Route. Five years later, Arktika remains part of the active nuclear icebreaking fleet and continues to guide ships through the icy waters of the NSR.

Over the past five years, the Arktika icebreaker:
• Traveled more than 126 thousand nautical miles in the ice
• Navigated 677 vessels along the NSR

Such power and energy are provided to the Arctic by unique technical characteristics. The main of them are two RITM-200 reactor units with a thermal capacity of 175 MW each. Due to them the icebreaker can break ice up to 3 meters thick and operate without refueling for up to seven years (that's why the nuclear icebreaker is a safe and environmentally neutral transport). In addition, the Arktika has a universal draft and can work equally effectively both in the Arctic seas and in the mouths of the Siberian rivers.

The Arktika nuclear-powered icebreaker is not the only one of its kind. Today, three of its "twin brothers" Sibir, Ural and Yakutia nuclear icebreakers of Project 22220 with similar characteristics are operating in the NSR. Three more Project 22220 nuclear icebreakers are in various stages of construction.

22/10/2025

Isotopes: tiny particles, powerful impact! 🌍

Wishing you a bright and joyful Diwali 🌟May the festival of lights fill your home with happiness, harmony, and prosperit...
20/10/2025

Wishing you a bright and joyful Diwali 🌟

May the festival of lights fill your home with happiness, harmony, and prosperity. May the glow of love and kindness shine in every corner of your life, bringing success and abundance always. 🪔

With heartfelt wishes,
Rosatom Team

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