Yekaterina Tripoten, analyst of Sovlink IC

– Search for alternative suppliers of components and equipment is an effective instrument

The 2nd international scientific-industrial forum “Fair of Nuclear Power Plant Construction” will be held in Nizhniy Novgorod May 19–22 2009.

Rosatom’s aspiration to reduce its investment expenses by making the economics of the project more attractive is typical of private rather than national companies but it is a good policy especially considering the scale of Rosatom’s NPP construction program. True, Rosatom is not the only the power company that is optimizing its capital construction expenses. RusHydro is also acting in such a manner.

Search for alternative suppliers of components and equipment is an effective instrument allowing a company to gain upper hand in price negotiations with its key suppliers. Rosatom’s successful contract with Power Machines is just one example of the efficiency of this policy.

The fair may prove quite useful for suppliers and manufacturers that have not yet been involved in NPP construction projects, of course, if they offer really good products. Today, the nuclear power industry is the only segment of the energy sector that has not abandoned its investment plans.

Note

The international scientific-industrial forum “Fair of Nuclear Power Plant Construction” was first held in 2008. Over 80 companies and organizations from four foreign countries (Germany, France, the Czech Republic and Ukraine) and 22 regions of the Russian Federation took part in the event. The program of the forum included open tenders and public auctions for the supply of equipment for the 2nd unit of Rostov NPP, the 4th unit of Kalinin NPP and units of Novovoronezh NPP as well as selection of suppliers and sub-contractors for the construction of the 3rd and 4th unit of Rostov NPP.