28 December 2009 year

Ekaterina Tripoten, analyst of IK Sovlink:

— A generating segment of the nuclear power industry — nuclear power plants of Rosenergoatom — continued to set records: with respect to energy production, to the level of load capacity. By the way, the power capacities still grow as well — both by the choice of optimal mode of equipment operation and new commissionings. More

28 December 2009 year

Leonid Bolshov, director of the Institute of Nuclear Safety (IBRAE):

— In general, judging by the industry one can see that there were not only some particular breakthroughs on a single project or a single laboratory, but on the contrary- 2009 is characterized by a strong movement forward on all fronts. More

28 December 2009 year

Yury Lipatov, chairman of the State Duma’s Committee on Energy:

— I think that the main result is that, despite the crisis, it met in whole the expectations of the government which entrusted it with the task of a driving force for a number of industries. Those orders, which Rosatom places now at engineering plants, allow a large number of enterprises not only to keep afloat, but also provide an opportunity for a serious modernization of equipment. More

25 December 2009 year

Todd Allen, Associate professor, Engineering Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, USA:

— Russia, as one of the world leaders in nuclear technology, will continue to play an important role. This role includes continued expansion of domestic nuclear electricity production based on light water reactor technology, as well as advanced reactor development such as the fast reactor work typified by the BN-600 More

25 December 2009 year

Nikolay Klimov, deputy chief designer of the OKB Gidropress JSC:

— Our vision is that all the equipment could be manufactured in industrial conditions, therefore another advantage of the new reactor is its compactness. That is, we will be able to manufacture it at a factory and deliver to a construction site as almost completed and then load the fuel into it. More

25 December 2009 year

Dmitry Baranov, leading expert of the management company Finam Management:

— Currently, the market of medium and low power reactors is practically unavailable that makes our project very promising in terms of its commercialization. More

16 December 2009 year

Dr. Stefan Meister, Researcher of the German Council on Foreign Relations, Germany:

— It can be helpful for the decrease of CO2 emissions, if you use more nuclear power. But I think for Russia it is first of all important to modernize industrial facilities and especially the flats and houses to need less energy. More