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Main Priorities For Development Of Nuclear Power Industry : Rosatom chief

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Director General of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM Alexey Likhachev, emphasized the main priorities for development of the global nuclear power industry for in the near future. He was speaking at the International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century, organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA)  in Abu Dhabi from October 30 to November 1,2017.
“We are convinced that the future of the global nuclear power industry is going hand in hand with Nuclear Fuel Cycle ( NFC) closure, with its core represented by fast reactor technologies. NFC closure will allow the peaceful atom become an environmentally friendly power source with almost unlimited resources for decades. Most importantly, this is not a technology of the distant future.” said A. Likhachev.
“Taking into account the existing scientific and technological level of development, there are good reasons to think that complex product in this field will be offered to the market within the next 10-12 years. In nuclear power industry it means that these are the technologies of tomorrow,” Rosatom Chief added.
The key task here according to the him is to create industrial infrastructure making it possible to effectively slow down the increase of spent nuclear fuel while involvement of reprocessed fuel components back in the nuclear fuel cycle. “Today Rosatom is focusing on the development of such technologies – we are now creating industrial facilities to recycle spent fuel in Russia, and we are also working on new Uranium-Plutonium fuel to help return spent fuel back to the nuclear fuel cycle. All of these activities will boost the nuclear power industry and promote its future development for decades. In view of the above, we urge all interested parties to get involved in cooperation in developing fast reactors and NFC closure,”  Likhachev said.
Likhachev also highlighted new international cooperation issues. “The first issue is safety. Here we support IAEA’s efforts to consistently strengthen safety requirements. The global nuclear industry is now one of the most responsible and compliant with the safety and sustainable growth requirements among all other sectors of industry. Overall, the safety of technology and solutions is not just a requirement for us; it is a precondition to implement any nuclear project.”
According to him , the second area of international cooperation should be coordination of efforts on creating a positive reputation of the nuclear power industry. “We should trigger our cooperation not simply to ensure acceptability of nuclear power by society, but also to provide conditions for its demand by the public.”
Rosatom Chief also emphasized the key role of the nuclear power industry in ensuring sustainable development and the global switch to low-carbon generation. “The nuclear power industry meets all requirements set for the power of the future. This is a source of stable and environmentally friendly pure energy obtained at low cost. Nuclear power along with solar, wind and hydro energy make up the so-called “green square”, which will serve as a basis of the global power balance in the future. Here, we are not substituting for, but complementing and improving each other,” added  A. Likhachev.

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