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World Atomic Week International Forum opened in Moscow Rosatom, PUBLISHED 26.09.2025 The World Atomic Week International Forum (WAW-2025) associated with the 80-th anniversary of nuclear industry celebrated this year started in Moscow at the Exhibition of National Economy Achievements (VDNKh). Sergey Kirienko, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rosatom, Alexander Novak, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Sama Bilbao y Leon, Director General of the World Nuclear Association, Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom, and others took part in the official opening ceremony. Sergei Kiriyenko remarked: "Nuclear energy is an industry with very long cycles. This calls for deep mutual trust. And we, Russia and Rosatom, have always followed this principle: building long-term, trusting relationships with our partners, readily sharing technologies and expertise, creating joint ventures, and working together in third-country markets. We are convinced that this is how modern technologies should be developed to bring prosperity, security, and well-being to people all over the world - not through restrictions, embargoes, or sanctions. We thank all our partners for their trust and cooperation. Modern nuclear power plants have a lifespan of about 100 years. This means that the agreements reached at World Nuclear Week will shape the fate of our planet for at least the rest of this century." Alexey Likhachev said: "It is a great pleasure, a great honor and a great responsibility to organize a discussion on the development of nuclear technologies and the creation of a happy future for our planet here in Moscow during the World Atomic Week. Much of what will happen here will be for the first time. This includes the Global Atomic Forum, the development of partnership relations in the field of atomic energy within BRICS, and an extensive youth program. Our task is to step together into tomorrow, where there will be no alternative to the use of nuclear energy as the basis for green energy. We sincerely thank our partners for their trust. We will do everything to justify this trust. We declare the World Atomic Week open!" Official shipment of advanced VVER-1200 reactor pressure vessels for Power Unit No. 1 of El Dabaa NPP (Egypt) and Power Unit No. 4 of Akkuyu NPP (Turkey) was launched in the teleconference format within the framework of the forum opening ceremony. Igor Kotov, Head of the Machine-Building Division of Rosatom, and Mohammad Ramadan, Vice President of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority of Egypt (NPPA), were present at the official equipment shipping in the teleconference format via video link from St. Petersburg. The equipment for the Turkish NPP was manufactured at Atommash Machine Building Plant in Volgodonsk (Rostov region), for the Egyptian NPP - at Izhora Plant in St. Petersburg. Forwarding of road trains with the equipment from the Russian regions was broadcast live at VDNKh. Mahmoud Mostafa Kamal Esmat, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Zafer Demircan, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey, and Alexey Likhachev kicked off the movement. "Shipment of two nuclear reactors at once is an important event for the mechanic engineers of Rosatom and our partners. Sending of the "heart" of the first El Dabaa NPP power unit to the Arab Republic of Egypt turns over a new page in our long-term cooperation, while shipment of the fourth reactor for Akkuyu NPP to the Republic of Turkey confirms our reputation as a reliable manufacturer of high-tech equipment which we supply in time. Under the conditions of growing demand for clean electric power 22 sets of equipment are simultaneously being manufactured at our plants for NPPs in Russia and abroad, and 250 reactors have been manufactured in our country within 80 years of nuclear industry", - Igor Kotov said. Synchronous shipment of two nuclear reactors at once from different cities was carried out for the first time in the history of the Russian nuclear industry. The mechanic engineers sent VVER-1200 nuclear reactors of the newest generation 3+ to the construction sites for the NPPs in Egypt and Turkey in casings decorated with ornaments combining the Russian traditional motives and visualization of the modern scientific concepts of the quantum-mechanical atom model. The equipment will be delivered from the plants to specialized jetties by road vehicles, and then the items will be transported to the construction site by water. The journey from Volgodonsk to Turkey will take about three weeks, and from St. Petersburg to Egypt - a month. The Forum will work till September, 28. Other news: CIAE makes breakthrough in key technologies for integral fast reactor CIAE has successfully completed the principle verification test of the integral residual heat removal system. 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