24 Jun (NucNet): Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom has 34 nuclear reactors in various stages of development overseas, Vadim Titov, head of the company’s Central Europe branch, said during the Bulgarian Atomic Forum’s annual conference.
Mr Titov said Rosatom’s overseas portfolio could exceed 90 units when taking into account 25 reactor orders under negotiation and 24 seen as “potential” orders.
He said the total worth of Rosatom’s contracts over the next 10 years is $110bn (€97bn). There are currently 56 Russian and Soviet-built VVER reactors at 19 nuclear power plants in Russsia and overseas, and all of them have passed post-Fukushima stress tests, Mr Titov said.
He said the main questions for the nuclear industry will be how to guarantee low construction and operating costs for new build and existing plants.
He said Rosatom is in a position to control costs at each level of a project’s lifecycle because its subsidiaries span all areas of the nuclear industry.
