Russia to spend $1.7 billion on nuclear power plant projects - Putin
The Russian government will allocate 53 billion rubles ($1.76 billion) for the construction of new nuclear power plants, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
Speaking in East Siberia at a meeting on energy investment, Putin also said that Russian energy companies had spent 66 billion rubles of 450 billion ruble investment funds on projects not connected to country's energy system.
He also said that over 10 billion rubles would be allocated for the repair of Siberia's Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower plant.
An accident at the plant last August killed 75 people and destroyed a turbine hall. The accident also destroyed three hydropower units and damaged the other seven.
First concrete poured at unit 4 at Leningrad NPP-2 On March 20, 2025, the first concrete was poured for the foundation of the reactor building at Unit 4 of Leningrad NPP-2. The construction is part of the capacity replacement program at the plant, a subsidiary of Rosenergoatom, Rosatom Electric Power Division. Representatives from the Belarusian NPP, El Dabaa NPP (Egypt), and Rooppur NPP (Bangladesh) participated in the first concrete ceremony via videoconference. These countries have power units with reference Russian VVER-1200 reactors that they have constructed or are constructing with the support of Rosatom. During the ceremony, nuclear specialists from partner nations shared updates on their projects in 2024 and extended their best wishes for the successful...