Rosatom
Russian state-owned nuclear technologies company
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| January 10 2025 | The United States sanctioned senior Rosatom officials, including CEO Alexey Likhachev, for involvement in Russia's nuclear weapons complex, defense sector, and activities in Ukraine, blocking their property and interests in the United States. |
| 2024 | Rosatom is scheduled to commission its first nuclear science and technology centre in Bolivia, marking a significant international technology transfer project. |
| February 24 2023 | The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom announced direct sanctions against Rosatom and its executives. |
| September 29 2022 | A Ukrainian ambassador informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that Rosatom sent officials to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to enforce a change in ownership and give employees two weeks to apply for work with Rosatom. |
| May 2022 | Finland cancelled the Hanhikivi NPP contract due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| March 12 2022 | Rosatom employees gained unauthorized access to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant after its occupation by Russian military forces, setting up a base and demanding operational documentation. |
| February 2022 | Rusatom Healthcare acquired 25,001% of shares in the Medscan group, with Yevgeny Tugolukov remaining the major shareholder. |
| February 24 2022 | Russian military forces occupied Ukraine's Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, with Rosatom employees gaining unauthorized access within two days, threatening Ukrainian personnel and demanding plant documentation. |
| 2021 | Rosatom comprised 356 organizations of various legal forms, including nuclear power complex enterprises and new businesses in sectors like wind energy, composite materials, additive technologies, and nuclear medicine. |
| August 2021 | The Russian nuclear regulator granted a license to Rusatom Overseas JSC to build nuclear installations at nuclear power plants within the Yakutia project. |
| June 2021 | Rosatom announced plans to add two 600 MW VVER reactors to Kola NPP, with the first expected to come online in 2034. |
| June 2021 | Construction started on the BREST-OD-300 reactor, which will be the world's first experimental demonstration power unit with a lead-cooled fast neutron reactor. |
| 2020 | According to the corporate report, Rosatom's 10-year foreign order portfolio reached $138.3 billion, with total revenue of $7.5 billion. |
| November 2020 | Rosatom announced plans to place a land-based RITM-200 small modular reactor in the isolated town of Ust-Kuyga, Yakutia. |
| August 20 2020 | Rosatom marked the 75th anniversary of the Russian nuclear industry, launching a rebranding campaign 'United Rosatom' where subsidiaries began using the Rosatom Möbius strip logo. |
| 2019 | Rosatom connected the floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov, equipped with two KLT-40 reactors, to the grid in the Russian town of Pevek. The plant has an electric power capacity of 70 MW and a thermal power capacity of 50 Gcal/h. |
| 2019 | Construction began on the second unit of Kursk NPP II with a VVER-1300/510 reactor. |
| 2019 | A scientific study conclusively ruled out the satellite hypothesis for the 2017 ruthenium-106 plume, suggesting instead a fire or explosion during ruthenium processing into cerium-144. |
| 2019 | Rosatom achieved a 36% global market share in uranium enrichment services and covered 17% of the global nuclear fuel market. |
| 2018 | Rosatom adopted a long-term strategy for nuclear energy development through year 2010, focusing on carbon-free energy generation, high-tech nuclear export, uranium reserve conservation, and environmental problem-solving. |
| 2018 | Rosatom signed a contract to build nuclear science and technology centres in Zambia, expanding its international nuclear technology support efforts. |
| 2018 | Construction began on the first unit of Kursk NPP II with a VVER-1300/510 reactor. |
| 2018 | Rosatom was appointed as the infrastructure operator of the Northern Sea Route, making the development of this maritime corridor a key priority for the organization. |
| April 3 2018 | Rosatom started construction of Turkey's Akkuyu NPP. |
| March 20 2018 | The Bellona Foundation highlighted the scarce data available on Rosatom's progress in Sudan, further underlining concerns about the company's transparency. |
| 2017 | Rosatom established its nuclear medicine division to consolidate assets and expertise in healthcare across the Russian nuclear industry. |
| October 2017 | Rosatom decided to invest in wind power, recognizing potential competitive threats to nuclear power from renewable energy cost reductions and exploring alternative energy strategies. |
| October 2017 | Rosatom considered postponing commissioning new nuclear plants in Russia due to excess generation capacity and higher electricity prices for new nuclear facilities. |
| October 2017 | A significant ruthenium-106 plume was detected across multiple European laboratories, potentially indicating a nuclear incident. Rosatom initially denied any leak or accident, suggesting a satellite reentry as the cause. |
| June 28 2017 | The Financial Times criticized Rosatom for lack of transparency regarding an alleged expansionist agenda through its role as a Kremlin-controlled company. |
| October 5 2016 | Alexey Likhachev replaced Sergey Kiriyenko as the General Director of Rosatom, marking a leadership transition in the Russian nuclear agency. |
| 2015 | Concluded a highly successful period of international nuclear energy market involvement, having been a primary supplier in approximately 50% of global nuclear energy agreements. |
| 2015 | Rosatom reported a company revenue of 126 billion rubles. |
| December 2014 | Rosatom and the MVM Group of Hungary signed an agreement for the construction of new station units of the Paks NPP, with construction planned to start in 2022. |
| October 2014 | Rosatom forms a unified engineering division based on NIAEP-ASE, strategically eliminating internal competition among design and construction institutes. |
| December 2013 | Rosatom signed a €6.4 billion contract with Fennovoima in Finland for the Hanhikivi NPP using VVER-1200 pressurized water reactor, with construction planned to start after 2021. |
| 2012 | Rosatom received $66.5 billion in foreign orders, including $28.9 billion for nuclear plant construction, $24.7 billion for uranium products, and $12.9 billion for nuclear fuel exports and associated activities. |
| 2012 | Rosatom begins reforms and reassignments of its engineering activities, concentrating them within the management company Atomenergoproekt-Atomstroyexport (NIAEP-ASE) in Nizhny Novgorod. |
| February 25 2010 | Construction of Kaliningrad Nuclear Power Plant started, but was later suspended for project redesign. |
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