Sri Lanka expects to build its first nuclear power plant with Russian support by 2032
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The first nuclear power plant in Sri Lanka can be built with Russian support by 2032. About this informed news portal of the island state Ada Derana.
According to him, this was discussed at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on energy and transport, during which the future work of the nuclear energy council was discussed. No other details are given.
At the end of April, Russia and Türkiye officially issued delivery of nuclear fuel to power unit No. 1 of Akkuyu NPP. “Rosatom” handed over a certificate to the Turkish Ministry of Energy, permission for this was given by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Akkuyu is the first nuclear power plant in Turkey. In May 2010, Russia and Turkey entered into an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation, according to which the Russian Federation acts as the builder and owner of the station. The project, worth about $22 billion, will consist of four units based on VVER-1200 reactors with a capacity of 1,200 MW each.
Early May in Egypt began construction with the participation of Russia of power unit No. 3 of the country’s first nuclear power plant “El-Dabaa”. The station will consist of four power units with a capacity of 1200 MW each with reactors of the VVER-1200 type (pressure-cooled power reactor) of generation III+.
On February 6, Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev said that the state corporation was close to concluding agreements on the construction of nuclear power plants with 3-4 new countries. On the same day, the press service of Rosatom reported that Russia and Myanmar had signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the peaceful atom. Also in February, the press service of Rosatom reported that the construction of the Paks-2 nuclear power plant in Hungary with the participation of the Russian side would begin in 2024.
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