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 2.7 Russia’s nuclear power company Rosatom expects new clients from around the world in coming decades
    Russia's integrated nuclear power major Rosatom new countries in Latin America, Africa and elsewhere to become clients over the next few decades.
"Over the coming 20-30 years, the company's portfolio is to see the largest growth amongst newcomer countries to the "nuclear club, countries such as Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, that are working to transition to low-carbon sources," Director General of Rostam Alexey Likhachev said in November at a conference.
Likhachev also said several African countries that have concluded their first agreements with Rosatom and are already outlining future projects.
He added that along with the development of generation 3+ power units, the next 10-15 years will see the development of small nuclear power plant technology.
In the 15 years since its founding, Rosatom has built 11 power units in Russia and abroad. It is currently building 23 power units abroad in eight countries and has already signed intergovernmental agreements on 34 power units.
India is one of the countries where Rosatom has agreed to supply six 1,000 MW nuclear power plants out of which two are already functional and four are under construction.
Belarusian's Minister of Energy Viktor Karankevich said the second nuclear power unit is expected to be launched soon which would reduce the CO2 emissions. On his part the CEO of Brazil's ENBPar Corporation Ney Zanella dos Santos spoke about the prospects for small modular nuclear reactors in remote areas of Brazil, as well as about the construction of a new nuclear power plant in the north of the country similar to the existing Angra plant.
Two nuclear power units in Brazil have already been put into operation and the third is expected to be commissioned in 2027.
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