Rosatom Will Build SMR Project in Republic of Sakha
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Russia’s state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom has signed an agreement confirming its participation in construction of a small modular nuclear reactor project in the Russian Republic of Sakha.
Officials from Sakha—an area also known as Yakutia—on Dec. 23 signed a deal with Rosatom outlining the formation of “electric power tariff principles” for an SMR power plant with RITM-200 reactors in Ust-Kuyga, Ust-Yansky District, which would supply electricity to remote communities in the Arctic region. The agreement confirms the off-take of as much as 50 MW of electricity from the plant. It also confirms Rosatom’s “readiness to assist in SMR NPP siting,” according to an announcement from Rosatom shared with POWER.
The plant also will supply power for the Kyuchus gold deposit development project in the north of Verkhoyansky District, Yakutia.
Development of the SMR project comes after Rosatom and officials from Sakha signed an Agreement of Intent in September 2019.…