30 March 2010 year

Vyacheslav Gudkov, assistant of deputy General Director of International Atomic Energy Agency

 — We should take into account that it was a combined initiative. There was an initiative of 2006 by President of the Russian Federation regarding the global nuclear power sector which implied establishment of international centers, and one more initiative of director of International Atomic Energy Agency on guaranteed supplies system. More

30 March 2010 year

Andrey Klimov, deputy chairman of Committee of State Duma on international affairs

 — Undoubtedly, the signed agreement will interest the countries which are still going to develop their nuclear power industry and want to ensure to themselves the opportunity to purchase fuel for planned nuclear power plants. More

30 March 2010 year

Eugeny Fedorov, head of Committee of the State Duma on economic policy and entrepreneurship

 — I appreciate the agreement signed with International Atomic Energy Agency for creation of security stock of low-enriched uranium for supply thereof for countries members of International Atomic Energy Agency as a very good achievement. More

30 March 2010 year

Vladimir Zhidkikh, head of Commission of the Federation Council on youth affairs and tourism, member of commission of the RF on natural monopolies

 — Creation of global infrastructure of nuclear power industry is a Russian initiative, and consent of International Atomic Energy Agency is evidence of large international authority of Russian nuclear industry. More

30 March 2010 year

Leonid Bolshov, director of Institute of problems of safe development of nuclear power sector (ISDNPS)

 — «The agreement on creation of security stock of low-enriched uranium (LEU) signed with International Atomic Energy Agency for supplies of LEU to International Atomic Energy Agency is real contribution to non-proliferation. More

30 March 2010 year

Nikolay Kosarev, deputy chairman of Committee of the Federation Council on natural resources and environment protection, member of Commission of the RF on natural monopolies, chairman of subcommission on nuclear power sector

 — «The security stock of the nuclear fuel agreement on which was signed yesterday by Russia and International Atomic Energy Agency will become a sort of insurance for all the countries which want to develop their nuclear power sector but do not wish to assume any risks connected with non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. More

29 March 2010 year

Toivo Sjörén , head of opinion researching of polling institute TNS Sifo:

 — When we say that we are back to the nuclear energy, it’s a combination of those who wants to use the present nuclear energy stations and some people talk about new ones. 30 percent want to use present plans and 22 percent want to build a new ones. Only 8 percent wants to stop them in a short time. More

29 March 2010 year

Konstantin Kosourov, head of department, acting deputy director of Institute of nuclear reactors of RSC KI:

 — Vietnam does not cover its plans of development of nuclear power sector and construction of NPPs. I think they well understand that before construction of any nuclear objects it is necessary to learn how to do it. More

26 March 2010 year

Sergey Sanakoyev, executive secretary of Russian and Chinese chamber on promotion of sale of machine, engineering and innovative products

 — We are very glad at making of this contract. Finally, contract of continuing of construction of Tyanvan NPP in China is signed. More

26 March 2010 year

Nikolyay Kuzelev, expert of nuclear section of State Duma of the RF:

 — Undoubtedly, our competitiveness at the world nuclear market after this signing will grow. I worry more about the matter – will we be able to build such number of nuclear power plants. More

26 March 2010 year

Mikhail Margelov, chairman of committee of the Federation Council on international affairs

 — «Our cooperation with China in the sphere of nuclear power sector proves that Russia progressively enters the Asian market. The evidence of that is also our developing relations with Vietnam, with Government of which agreement was signed about intentions of cooperation in the area of nuclear power industry. More

26 March 2010 year

Mikhail Rasstrigin, analyst of VTB Capital

 — «I think that signing of the contract for construction of the second stage of Tyanvan NPP is logical continuation of successful cooperation of the two parties and the best proof of acknowledgement of efficiency and competitiveness of Atomstroyexport at such a big market as Chinese. More

26 March 2010 year

Anna Kupriyanova, senior analyst of administration of analytic researches of LLC «URALSIB Capital»

«Entering the Asian market is of principle importance, because China, as it is expected, will build about one third of all new commissioned power generation facilities in the world, that is why it is very important to occupy the largest possible share in it. More

26 March 2010 year

Nikolay Podlevskih, head of analytical department of IK «CERIH Capital Management»:

 — «Market of China is very important for us both from point of view of energy sector and from point of view of electric power supplies, as well as strengthening at market of high-technology products. The fact that we entered with construction of our power units VVER – was undoubtedly a positive step. More

24 March 2010 year

Eugeny Burlakov,Director of channel-type reactors of Institute of nuclear reactors of RSC «Kurchatovsky Institute»:

«This plant could function without any modernizations minimum till 2020. and after modernization the operation life may be prolonged by 10–15 years, that is in the same way as it is prolonged for LGWR. More

24 March 2010 year

Ivan Andrievsky,managing partner of NKG «2К Audit – Business consultations»:

In this year Rosatom continues active work on development of competition among suppliers of the nuclear power sector. Active information position, as well as transparency of the orders system allows Rosatom to expect improvement of quality of goods and services provided for the nuclear power sector, as well as reduction of cost of such goods and services More

24 March 2010 year

Denis Demin,linvestments analyst, deputy managing director of IC «Lenmontazhstroy»:

From the point of view of counteraction to monopolism, we already have antimonopoly law for this, the respective service which controls this issue. And as for moving to some uniform standards, optimization of purchasing mode, engineering processes, assistance to some suppliers, integration, of course, such events are very important More

24 March 2010 year

Dmitro Konovalov,lanalyst on electrical power engineering of UniCredit Securities:

People will sell for the price which they want, if no alternative will be present. And presence of competition will automatically make the pricing mechanism more transparent. I think, such events are effective in this plan, since any consideration and discussion of this issued is very useful More

24 March 2010 year

Alexander Ignatyuk,lanalyst of IG «Energocapital»:

Strictly speaking, to be part of large-scale reform on increase of efficiency and market features of the State corporation, it is necessary for the suppliers to understand the essence of the reform, and for this purpose such meetings and forums are held as «Atomex» in Saint-Petersburg. «Atomex“ becomes especially urgent for suppliers of North-Western region within the period of construction in NWFD of Leningrad NPP-2, Baltic NPP, other objects of nuclear branch of the region, works on erection of which are being carried out at the present moment». More

24 March 2010 year

Dmitry Baranov,leading expert of MC «Finam Management»:

I think that it is continuing of the policy of transparency enhancement which is performed by Rosatom for several years, in the framework of which in the previous year unified purchasing center was established, the Unified purchasing standard was introduced. Due to introduction of the new purchasing system in 2009 on some purchases we managed to economize up to 75%, for the half year of the system functioning the economic effect exceeded 1 bln. rubles. At that for creation of the system itself 15 mln. rubles were spent. More

23 March 2010 year

Nandakumar Janardhanan, Associate Project Manager, Nuclear Energy GlobalData, DMV Business and Market Research:

— . Russia has great potential in entering into the Indian nuclear market where the international players are increasingly competing to get their share of pie. The agreement signed between India and Russia will deepen and strengthen the already existing nuclear cooperation between the two countries. This civil nuclear agreement will ensure uninterrupted fuel supply for Indian reactors More

23 March 2010 year

Yogesh Joshi, research scholar at Center for International Politics, Organisation and Disarmament in the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi:

— At this point of time the most important issue, especially when it comes to the domestic politics in India, is the question of nuclear liability. Since Rosatom is a government owned enterprise, it does not require the enactment of a nuclear liability bill by India to operate in Indian nuclear industry market, unlike private players such as the US and Japanese companies. That makes Russian reactors particularly acceptable in the domestic scenario More

22 March 2010 year

Andrey Gagarinsky, advisor of director of Center on scientific development, RNC KI, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences:

«Normal startup is good. It is pleasant that it was done according to the plan, having kept the terms. In spite of the fact that now they are often shifted, not only in Russia, but also abroad. More

22 March 2010 year

Semen Dragulsky, Director General of Russian Union of Energy Performance:

Do not forget that at the world market at standard strict requirements to safety now the following two competitive advantages are appreciated most of all – the time and the price. Our potential is just colossal. Yes, now we should approach seriously to replacement of facilities, since we face serious deterioration in the entire energy sector. The latest statement of Vladimir Putin about that many countries have in their energy balance 70% (in France even 80%) of nuclear power sector is not just words. More

18 March 2010 year

Alexander Ignatyuk, analyst of IG «Energocapital”:

— For Vietnam construction of NPP is now very urgent, because now mainly hydroelectric power plants work there, which are very unstable, since they depend on seasons. The main point is that our Eastern partners should find economic opportunities for this construction. At the same time, it is not a large country and industry is not so much developed there to make sense to build several NPPs at the same time More

17 March 2010 year

Albert Vasilyev, deputy director of NIKIET, director of International center on ecologic safety, Cand. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics):

— This law does not contradict the foreign practice. It very clearly determines division of responsibility, it stipulates provision of financing, that is very important and without which any law becomes just a plain declaration. Responsibility of waste producers and those who accepts it, that is national operator, is set forth. Everything in this law is clearly ranged and expounded, and anyone can check up how it corresponds with the things really done More

16 March 2010 year

Joachim Athenstaedt, Head of Energy Sector Strategy and Business Development Siemens:

— Reasons there is, and still today, primarily the fact that the licensing process to build and operate takes a lot of time and hence, money. It becomes an economical question to apply for as many as blocks (or Megawatts) as reasonable possible for the particular site More

15 March 2010 year

Boris Shmelev, director of Center of comparative political researches of Institute of international economical and political researches:

— We see such trust of both countries to each other, and of course, it is a significant factor for such cooperation. Surely, one more important fact is that in general it is belief in Russian technologies, in Russia’s ability to provide modern construction technologies, to supply nuclear power plants with modern and reliable nuclear reactors and ensure maintenance of there nuclear reactors in the future More

12 March 2010 year

Sergey Kondratyev, senior expert of Fund «Institute of electric-power industry and finance»

— Russia remains one of the leading players at Indian market that is confirmed by expected signing of agreement on construction on additional power units at NPP «Kudankulam» with participation of «Atomstroyexport», other agreements. It is for the next time confirms competitiveness of Russian technologies in the area of nuclear power industry More

11 March 2010 year

Mark Glinsky, first deputy director general of FSUE «Hydrospetsgeologiya», honored geologist of Russia:

— I cannot agree with statements of some ecological organizations that the draft law about radioactive waste handling is not good because, they say, legislatively permits injection of liquid RAW underground. Indeed, the present legislation permits such injection. I would like to tell it in details More

09 March 2010 year

Alexander Torshin, first deputy chairman of the Federation Council:

— The importance of adoption of federal law «About handing of radioactive waste» can scarcely be overestimated. This law is present in all countries which develop nuclear power sector, but till the present time we did not have it. We should specially note that without adoption of this law that regulates the issues of radioactive waste handling, development of nuclear power sector is impossible More

09 March 2010 year

Engels Kulmukhametov, member of Safety committee of the State Duma:

— In my opinion, approval of the draft law will enable us to achieve solution of the main task – that is in certain time period the amount of buried waste in our country should exceed the amount of that new formed. It will allow to preclude the faulty practice of RAW accumulation without burial thereof. More

05 March 2010 year

Alexander Prudnik, Chief research officer of Institute of sociology of RAS (Nizhny Novgorod branch):

— During making such polls, we found absolutely strict correlation between level of information amount and apprehension regarding nuclear power sector. The better and more complete information received by local population from the nuclear power branch is, the more positive is the attitude. According to the poll in Kaliningrad we see that atomists carried out good work More

05 March 2010 year

Sergey Levchenko, member of Committee on energy sector of State Duma of the RF:

— I know that in the course of preparing to the second reading, many amendments were received in Duma regarding this draft law, that is quite natural during the period between the first and the second readings and considering apprehension of the society about this extremely important topic More

05 March 2010 year

Eugeny Tugolukov, first deputy chairman of committee of State Duma on natural resources, environmental management and ecology:

— If speaking about essence of the draft law, to my opinion the main thing in it is legislatively guaranteed liability of RAW producers to pay for waste burial. Thus, understandable source of financing of all works related to waste treatment is established More

04 March 2010 year

Ian Hore-Lacy, Director of Public Communications World Nuclear Association:

— It is widely accepted in the world nuclear industry that the costs of waste management and disposal are internalised, that is, they are borne by the power producer /utility and built into the cost of electricity sold. There may then be an arrangement for the power producer to pay another, eg national, body to take over the management and disposal. More

04 March 2010 year

Eugeny Fedorov, chairman of committee of State Duma on industrial policy and entrepreneurship:

— Functioning of the new NPP will converse Kaliningrad region from region of middle and small business which it is now, into region of large-scale industry. I am sure that as a result the region will take leading positions in economic development. More

04 March 2010 year

Expert: Baltic NPP will help to overcome energy shortage in Kaliningrad region:

— «Gazprom» carries out construction of Kaliningrad heat and power plant-2 in Kaliningrad region, and as expected, the plant will be ready for functioning by the end of 2010, whereas commissioning of the first power unit of the NPP is planned only by 2016. After commissioning of heat and power plant-2, as supposes expert of FNES, Kaliningrad region will be able to export electric power More

03 March 2010 year

Alexey Grazhdankin, deputy director of Levada center:

— If competent explanatory work is carried out, as we see it in Kaliningrad region, the population can be persuaded in that they should not apprehend and there is nothing to be afraid of. The entire Europe lives side by side with those nuclear power plants and nothing happens. More

02 March 2010 year

Vladimir Zhidkikh, chairman of commission of the Federation Council of youth affairs and tourism, member of commission of the FC on natural monopolies:

— I would like to add the following. I studied objections of some ecological organizations which, in particular, allege that the draft law permits pumping of radioactive waste under ground. So, by the present day it is global practice. Actually all countries of the world which deal with RAW come to the conclusion that burial into deep geological disposal of RAW after processing is the only solution, and there are no other real variants yet More

02 March 2010 year

Grigory Shamin, deputy chairman of State Duma of Tomsk region:

— I am sure that the law will allow the people resident in the territory of Tomsk region near the objects producing RAW to feel more quietly and confidently. The law will allow to provide strict control upon movement of each gram of RAW More

02 March 2010 year

Natalya Podkopayeva, director of department of fuel-energy complex and tariff policy of Kostroma region, Ph.D. in Economics:

— Moreover, execution of the draft law will provide formation of conditions for development of nuclear power branch of the Russian Federation and extension of export of Russian nuclear technologies, and also will enable to eliminate questions and doubts for benefit of deployment of nuclear objects in the regions More

02 March 2010 year

Eugeny Budylov, PhD in Technical Sciences, associate professor:

— Prospects of commercialization of the aforesaid technologies of fast neutron reactors depend on capacity of single power unit, demand of regions in power supply and availability of distribution networks. Extensiveness of Russia territory in general and Eastern regions in particular, with low population density in them do not need large single unit capacities. More