OREANDA-NEWS. September 29, 2011. On September 19-23, Vienna (Austria) is hosting the 55th IEAE General Conference.  Among other   conference bilateral meetings of paramount importance  there were held   discussions   between    Director General of  ROSATOM Sergei Kirienko, Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy, Government   of India Srikumar Banerjee, State Minister for Science and Information & Communication Technology, Government of Bangladesh  Yafes Osman,   Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Haled Tukan, and President of Atomstroyexport JSC Alexander Glukhov.  The discussions focused on issues pertaining to projects being currently in progress  as well as  on prospects of State Corporation Rosatom’s cooperation in the field of NPP construction with India, Bangladesh, and Jordan.

At present  Atomstroyexport JSC is rendering technical support in construction  of the 1st phase of  Kudankulam NPP in India, and September this year witnessed  hot run tests of equipment at  NPP Unit 1. Generally, near-term and mid-term plans envisage  construction of minimum 16 power  units in India under Russian designs. In Jordan Atomstroyexport JSC is participating in tender for construction of the 1st national NPP.  There are broad-scale prospects of cooperation between Russia and Bangladesh in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy.  Signing a relevant intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in construction of 2000 MW  Ruppur NPP   would foster the national nuclear engineering in Bangladesh.

By tradition, the General Conference arranges an exhibition of IEAE member countries.   Atomstroyexport  JSC is exhibited  as a part of State Corporation Rosatom’s exposition.  

Atomstroyexport’s stand is demonstrating   achievements of Russian nuclear engineering, giving information of   prospective NPPs  and those  being under construction abroad  basing on  safe, reliable, and cost effective Russian technologies.

Foreign specialists were particularly interested in   projects implemented by Atomstroyexport JSC such as NPPs

in India, China, Iran (Bushehr NPP commissioning), NPP design in Turkey,   prospective projects in Vietnam, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Armenia, and participation in tenders for NPPs construction in Jordan and Check Republic.

Atomstroyexport’s stand is being visited by representatives of   countries involved in the conference, among those are India, Bangladesh, Republic of South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Argentina, Brazil, China, Republic of Korea, Japan and others. The Russian stand was observed by heads of Russian administrative entities taking part in the conference.

The exhibition would promote development of existing and establishment of new international contacts.