30 June 2010 year

Sergey Kirienko, General Director of Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation:

 — I’m sure that Baltic Plant employees will fulfill all remaining works in due time or earlier and in 22 months we’ll see off the ready floating nuclear thermal power plant to the Far East. More

30 June 2010 year

Valery Menschikov, the co-director of the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Program of the Center for the Ecological Policy of Russia and the International Social-Ecological Council, member of the CEPR Board:

 — Besides, the challenge that our nuclear scientists are facing now is as formidable as construction of new units. Because such “greenfield site” is very expensive. We have to adopt a certain legislative act or a number of regulatory enactments to protect people who will be engaged in this process. More

30 June 2010 year

Sergey Kondratyev, Senior Expert of Fund “Institute of Energy and Finance”:

 — Russia has been behind the majority of developed countries (the USA, Western Europe) in the field of decommissioning of nuclear facilities so far. More

30 June 2010 year

Konstantin Zaitsev, Deputy Chairman of the RF State Duma Committee on Energy:

 — Thus, the Federal Law “On Nuclear Energy Use” in reasonable detail regulates general issues of state management and supervision (control) over nuclear and radiation safety as well as legal status of operators. More

30 June 2010 year

Ivan Andrievsky, managing partner of 2K Audit – Business Consultations ICG:

 — It stands to reason that projects like the one implemented by TVEL are necessary for integrated development of the nuclear power industry. More

30 June 2010 year

Dmitro Konovalov, UniCredit Securities analyst:

 — I think that countries that don’t have great water resources, cheap electric power, possibility of its transmission will take interest in FNTPP. More

28 June 2010 year

Andrei Klimov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of RF State Duma:

 — The opponents of ratification of Agreement 123 in Congress always try to link the theme of ratification with the Iranian nuclear program and the construction of Bushehr NPP More

28 June 2010 year

Bato Zhargal Zhambalnimbuev, a member of the SF Committee on Natural Monopolies, a member of SF Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Protection:

 — Agreement 123 is profitable both for Russia and the USA because its absence really complicated cooperation between our countries in the nuclear power field More

24 June 2010 year

Nikolai Kosarev, Vice Chairman of FC Commission on Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, a member of FC Commission on Natural Monopolies:

 — The recent events in the U.S., I mean the catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, will probably make many countries reconsider the structure of their energy balance, and I’m sure the choice of many of them will be precisely connected with the nuclear power industry as the most environmentally safe option, at least for the moment. More

24 June 2010 year

Vladimir Kornilov, Director of Ukrainian branch of the CIS Institute:

 — As I understand from the statement of Prime Minister of the Ukraine Mr. Azarov, the signing of documents on cooperation between Russia and Ukraine in the field of the nuclear power industry is to be carried out in autumn, and I think that both the parties are very active in this direction. More

24 June 2010 year

Mikhail Pogrebinsky, Director of the Kiev Centre for Political and Conflict Studies:

 — There are many interdependencies between the Ukraine and Russia and, generally speaking, we as partners are interested in a compromise which does not necessarily have to be restricted by a single sphere. More

24 June 2010 year

Dmitry Baranov, Leading Expert of Finam Management MC:

 — Therefore, there is only one option — the construction of Baltic NPP More

24 June 2010 year

Alexander Ignatyuk, Analyst of IG Energocapital:

 — By all means, the most logical and available solution to the economy of Kaliningrad region can speed up the construction of Baltic NPP More

24 June 2010 year

Konstantin Zaytsev, Deputy Chairman of State Duma Committee on Energy:

 — Against this background, the issue of Baltic NPP construction becomes extremely relevant. More

24 June 2010 year

Albert Vasiliev, Deputy Director of Power Engineering Research and Design Institute, Director of the International Centre for Environmental Safety:

 — Kaliningrad is a hostage of political ambitions of our neighbors. More

24 June 2010 year

Ekaterina Guseva, Chief Editor of magazines «ELECTRIC POWER. Transmission and Distribution» and «CABLE-news»:

 — The construction of Baltic NPP is both economical and political policy of Russia. More

24 June 2010 year

Nikolai Ponomarev-Stepnoy, Vice-President of Russian Scientific Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences:

 — Now this restriction is removed, because we actually have an open enrichment plant in Angarsk. And the ban issue no longer prevents us to cooperate with Australia More

24 June 2010 year

Vladimir Zhydkikh, Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Youth Affairs and Tourism, member of the FC Commission on Natural Monopolies:

 — As we know, Australia is one of the world’s largest uranium suppliers More

17 June 2010 year

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

 — We expect that Russia will remain one of the leading manufacturers of uranium fuel and will expand its market segment pertaining to fuel. More

17 June 2010 year

Semen Dragulsky, General Director of the Russian Energy Efficiency Union

 — As for alternative power economy to be developed by Barack Obama, it’s necessary to specify what he means. Wind power generation can’t compete with the nuclear one because it requires certain stable climatic conditions More

17 June 2010 year

Sergey Kondratyev, senior expert of Institute for Energy and Finance fund

 — At the same time, due to the lack of orders for NPP construction for the last two decades, it will take the American special construction sector and nuclear power-plant engineering 10–15 years to achieve the maximum levels of 1970-s». More

17 June 2010 year

Igor Igoshin, Deputy Chairman of the Science and High Technologies Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation

 — The Americans earlier suggested disuse of hydrocarbons, development of other energy sources including nuclear power. More

17 June 2010 year

Andrey Klimov, Deputy Chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the State Duma

 — More careful consideration will be given to development of alternative types – solar and wind energy. More

17 June 2010 year

Alexander Pasechnik, chief analyst of the National Energy Security Fund

 — Now in view of the national disaster Barack Obama suggests conversion to alternative power economy. But it’s also not simple in the USA. More

16 June 2010 year

Yury Lipatov, Chairman of State Duma Energy Committee

 — In general, if the leadership of the Russian Federation had acted so slowly against the commercial entity, the European community would have “trampled” Russia. More

11 June 2010 year

Evgeny Shago, analyst of Ingosstrakh Investitsii Management Company:

 — According to my calculations, the deficit of uranium in Russia comprises about 2 thousand tons in terms of the annual suboxide-oxide, and therefore, it shall be somehow compensated as there are no easily accessible fields in Russia. More

11 June 2010 year

Konstantin Sokolov, Vice-President of TVEL OJSC

 — During “Atomexpo” we exhibited products of various types: stainless steel tubes, precision tubes, zirconium alloys and fabrics, which are unique in terms of manufacturing technique. More

11 June 2010 year

Evgeny Shago, analyst of Ingosstrakh Investitsii Management Company:

 — The Ukraine has a uranium reservoir; and there are some deposit occurrences on its territory. Furthermore, the Ukraine has the biggest (except for Russian) reactor installations of the Soviet-type. There is some space for joint work. More

10 June 2010 year

Valery Yazev, Chairman of Russian Oil and Gas Community

 — Chairman of Russian Oil and Gas Community Valery Yazev noted that now the Ministry of Energy activity in the oil and gas sector is consistent and business-like More

10 June 2010 year

Yury Lipatov, The main point in the Ministry of Energy work is that Russian fuel and energy complex withstood the crisis

 — The main point in the Ministry of Energy work is that Russian fuel and energy complex withstood the crisis and held down the basis for future development” More

10 June 2010 year

Kaplin Anatoly, Transport Chemistry Analyst of Brokerkreditservice IG:

 — Under the agreement, 51% of the uranium mined by Uranium One shall be delivered to Russia for reprocessing. More

10 June 2010 year

Alexander Ignatuk, Analyst of Energocapital IG

 — The fact that Uranium One will remain a public company is intended to raise the reputation of Rosatom State Corporation among its international partners More

10 June 2010 year

Sergey Kondratev, Senior Expert of Energy and Finance Institute Fund:

 — Gaining control of Uranium One will significantly increase Rosatom’s available resource base and let the company qualify for the purchase of the major part of uranium concentrate produced by Uranium One More

09 June 2010 year

Ian Jamieson, Nukem Technologies GmbH, Russia and Eastern Europe Operation, Business Development Manager:

 — ATOMEXPO exhibition is very interesting, it is my first time here. Nukem Technologies has participated in it earlier too. More

09 June 2010 year

Jan van Aken, European Federation of Energy Traders, General Secretary:

 — At Atomexpo I hope to learn more about how the situation is developing, since I am from Western Europe and, frankly speaking, at schools we don’t seem to learn where Kaliningrad is, as it is not marked on the map. More

09 June 2010 year

Jorge Benitez, AF Consult, Eastern Europe Projects Manager:

 — I came to Atomexpo to see and evaluate the Russian market, it shows positive development and provides lots of opportunities. More

09 June 2010 year

Jiri Flidr, Chairman of the board of Directors and General Director ZVU POTEZ a.s.:

 — Now we can supply to the Russian market again. At present we also manufacture equipment (condensers) for Slovakia as a subcontractor for Enel, an Italian firm. More

09 June 2010 year

Aleksey Saenko, PromEnergoKomplekt (Nizhny Novgorod) General Director:

 — Generally, when speaking about the organization and holding of ATOMEXPO forum, I can give it a very high rating, including the good account that I give for the number of participants invited. More

09 June 2010 year

Mikhail Strikhanov, “MEPhI” National Nuclear Research University Rector, Professor:

 — For us, for MEPhI NNRU, knowing business is an international market of educational services, therefore, making use of any site, especially ATOMEXPO International Forum, is, first of all, an opportunity to find new partners More

09 June 2010 year

Ekaterina Tripoten’, Sovlink Investment Company Analyst

 — As a result, the term of the master plan was extended until 2030 and the commissioning of facilities in the plan was scheduled in a smaller amount as compared with the previous plan until 2020 More

09 June 2010 year

Konstantin Zaytsev, State Duma Energy Committee Deputy Chairman

 — As a co-chairman of the workgroup, I note that the opinion spectrum turned to be rather wide, this is why members of the parliament from both chambers, representatives of Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources, Russian Academy of Sciences, Rosatom State Corporation and other authorities, representatives of non-governmental organizations also took part in the discussions. More

08 June 2010 year

Dmitry Baranov, a leading expert of Finam Management Steering Committee:

 — The nuclear power industry is one of the most important issues of the new plan. It means that the state understands the important role of NPPs in the economical advancement of the country and is ready to invest funds in the nuclear power generation. More

08 June 2010 year

Alessandro del Nevo, Staff Scientist, Nuclear Safety Area, Universita di Pisa:

 — I am proud to say that we are leaders in the sphere of staff training in Italy. More

08 June 2010 year

Corrado Pigna, Industries Business Unit, Project manager, Technip Italy S.p.A.:

 — We cooperate with Pisa University within two lines – design and mechanical engineering. Collaborating with Pisa University we develop engineering projects. More

08 June 2010 year

Sergey Dara, Director of Strategic Marketing Department of Kazatomprom, a national nuclear company:

 — Here, at the ATOMEXPO, both EDF and AREVA are present More

08 June 2010 year

Lankhe Yan, President of Nuclear Power Qinshan Joint Venture Company Limited, CNNC (China):

 — I think that ATOMEXPO provides the opportunity to learn from such companies about their developments in the nuclear power industry and to compare with our nuclear power industry in order to improve it More

07 June 2010 year

Joachim Athenstaedt, head of group, Strategy and buisness development, Energy sector, Siemens LLC:

 — Speaking about the congress and “ATOMEXPO” exhibition, I would like to say that the nuclear industry renaissance is still in progress More

07 June 2010 year

Jozef Batalik, director assistant, VUEZ (Slovakia):

 — We are interested in awarding contracts on our equipment and we believe that “ATOMEXPO” will help us to enter the Russian market. More

04 June 2010 year

Armen Movsisyan, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Armenia:

 — The development of the nuclear energy requires new contacts and direct communications which are provided by the “ATOMEXPO” Forum. More

04 June 2010 year

Paolo Terrani, Business Development Manager TECHINT spa:

 — The main purpose of the participation in a forum of this kind is to be updated regarding the available technologies, the problems of safety, the projects planned or under way. More

04 June 2010 year

Ulf Kutscher, CEO of NUKEM Technologies GmbH:

 — ATOMEXPO is a perfect opportunity to meet major representatives of the Russian nuclear industry and research scene. More

04 June 2010 year

Milan Kohout, Member of the Board of Directors and Commercial Director, Skoda JS:

 — I believe that ATOMEXPO forum is very useful for establishing such contacts and enables updating the existing network on the latest developments in the nuclear industry on a worldwide scale. More

04 June 2010 year

Janos Suli, CEO, Paks NPP (Hungary):

 — It is not my first time that I participate in the Atomexpo forum. Last year I had plenty of interesting meetings and discussions during this event, and my experience allows me hoping it will bring a lot of useful information this year, too. More

03 June 2010 year

Yuri Saakyan, General Director of Institute of Natural Monopoly Problems:

 — I believe that the Forum will become a platform which will help the representatives of Russian power engineering industry to take a step towards the international cooperation. It also concerns the reverse direction cooperation such as receipt of orders (even such as components’ suppliers) and application of new technologies for Russia. More

03 June 2010 year

Alexander Tsvetkov, General Director of Alstom Atomenergomash Ltd.:

 — This year we present our capacities and technical competence in the field of steam turbines modernization and hope to draw interest of Rosenergoatom Concern to the competitive advantage of engineering solutions offered by our company as well as to receive invitation to tender in NPP steam turbines modernization both in Russia and abroad. More

03 June 2010 year

Vadim Zhivov, General Director of Atomredmetzoloto OJSC:

 — ““ATOMEXPO” is one of the most important events of the year for the Russian nuclear power industry. More

03 June 2010 year

Igor Shkabura, the Deputy General Director of Academician Bochvar A.A. All-Unions Scientific Research Institute of Inorganic Materials:

 — We are planning to participate in “ATOMEXPO”, especially in the round table discussion “Closed Fuel Cycle with Fast Neutron Reactor Systems”. More

03 June 2010 year

Rafael Arutyunyan, the First Deputy Director of Institute of Power Nuclear Industry Safe Development of Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Financial Science, the round table conference “Nuclear Energy – Information-Safety»

 — “ATOMEXPO” is the platform necessary for the ideas and prospective interexchange. More

03 June 2010 year

Anatoly Kozeradsky, a member of Russian Federation State Duma Committee on Commonwealth of Independent States and Nationals Relations:

 — TVEL OJSC and Energoatom State Enterprise created a significant reserve for the start of practical realization of the second phase of the assignment protocol set by the leaders of the two governments — namely, the construction of a plant to produce nuclear fuel in Ukraine More

03 June 2010 year

Bruce Hamilton, President of Fuelco LLC:

 — It will also strengthen our already strong relationship with Tenex which resulted from the historic Fuelco — Tenex nuclear fuel contracts signed at last year’s Atomexpo More

03 June 2010 year

David Heacock, President and Chief Nuclear Officer-Dominion Nuclear

 — Dominion is attending Atomexpo-2010 to recognize and celebrate our commercial relationship with Tenex and its growing success in the worldwide nuclear industry. More

03 June 2010 year

Carlos Gutierrez, U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 2005 to 2009

 — I am looking forward to returning to Moscow to attend Atomexpo. More

03 June 2010 year

Karl Johansson, Managing Partner, Ernst & Young CIS

 — ATOMEXPO offers an opportunity to promote the world’s best practices in order to help the Russian nuclear energy industry to be more integrated globally. More

02 June 2010 year

Ann MacLachlan, European Bureau Chief, Platts Nuclear Publications:

 — Atomexpo presents a unique opportunity to see the whole spectrum of the Russian nuclear industry — as well as foreign partners and prospective partners — in the same venue. More

02 June 2010 year

Juan-Louis Kajuana-Tito, Head of turbine island department, nuclear power engineering, Siemens AG:

 — So I’m quite sure in advance that “ATOMEXPO-2010” will be an excellent place to meet colleagues and friends from around the world and discuss the latest innovations in this key energy sector. More

02 June 2010 year

Andrey Shvetsov, KPMG partner:

 — Certainly, «ATOMEXPO” provides good prospects for business from the point of view of new contacts. More

02 June 2010 year

Alexander Torshin, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council, master of laws:

 — Formation of the nuclear power industry as one of the leading, hi-tech directions for the development of the world economy is evident. However, the modern logic of the nuclear power industry development shows that the necessary dynamics can be ensured only in case of attraction of private investments for implementation of projects in this sphere. More

02 June 2010 year

Valentin Mezhevich, the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Natural Monopolies

 — At present on the basis of TVEL a fuel company is being established, and it means that scientific, technological and manufacturing capabilities of the Russian nuclear fuel manufacturers are substantially extended. For Ukraine, More

01 June 2010 year

Dmitry Kumanovsky, Head of Lenmontazhstroy IC Analytical Department:

 — In our opinion the decision of the Vietnamese authorities were influenced by Russia’s readiness to assume all obligations of NPP construction, from design and equipment manufacture up to onsite installation by Russian contractors. More

01 June 2010 year

Konstantin Zaitsev, Deputy Chairman of the RF State Duma Committee on Energy:

 — I think that the concluded contract for fuel supply to the Ukrainian power units provides the opportunities for further strengthening of the mutually beneficial cooperation of the two countries. More