... HALEU, SMRs remain a concept on paper. This is where uranium stops being a commodity and becomes a strategic chokepoint.
There is currently only one commercial producer of HALEU in the world: TENEX, the export arm of Russia's state nuclear corporation, Rosatom. Unlike fragmented Western nuclear companies, Rosatom operates as a full-spectrum integrator—mining, enrichment, reactor design, construction, long-term fuel supply, and waste management. In turn, it does not sell components; it sells interdependency....
... ambitious: not only two power units with a combined capacity of 2,400 MW, but also the development of
full-fledged nuclear power generation
, targeting up to 8 GW by the mid-2020s and 15 GW by 2030. Besides, Russia, through its nuclear corporation Rosatom, offered not just construction, but a turnkey solution that encompassed design, financing (
including a loan
of up to $8 billion), workforce training and subsequent maintenance. For Vietnam, this meant an opportunity to build a new industry virtually ...
Interview with the Project Director at Rosatom Energy Projects JSC
Data centers rank among the most energy-intensive facilities in today’s infrastructure. In 2024, they accounted for 1.5% of global electricity consumption, driven by the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and ...
... for Russia
The Role of the SCO in Ensuring Water and Energy Security in Central Asia: Opportunities for Russia – China Cooperation. RIAC Policy Brief
The global push for nuclear power development offers additional opportunities for Russian company Rosatom to expand its activities in this market. In recent years, Rosatom has become a leader in providing nuclear power technologies to countries of the Global South, steadily expanding its presence in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia....
... storage reservoirs (aboveground or underground) without containers; and
open storage pools for liquid waste
. Russia's spent nuclear fuel is stored on-site in the reactor storage pools and in storage pools of two companies of the state corporation Rosatom (ФГУП «ГХК» и ФГУП «ПО «Маяк»), on ships servicing the nuclear ice breakers, as well as some coastal facilities.
Short term and intermediate term storage
Given the preference for building nuclear ...
