Development Projects of Russia: Industry, Energy and Infastructure

Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corpor-ation (Rosatom) has decided to focus on the development of fast neutron reactors (FNRs) to provide the Generation IV component of its future nuclear energy policy. FNRs are designed to burn uranium 238 (U-238) while conventional reactors, such as pressurised water reactors (PWRs), use uranium 235 (U-235) as their fuel.

However, U-235 makes up only 0,7% of natural uranium, whereas U-238 accounts for the remaining 99,3%. Thus, most nuclear power today makes use of less than 1% of the energy available in uranium.

FNRs also burn actinides (which include uranium and plutonium) as fuel – these are the long-lasting high-level radioactive by-products of nuclear fission in other reactor designs.
(If they are not used as fuel for FNRs or reprocessed, actinides become the most difficult category of nuclear waste.)

FNRs can be designed to produce more plutonium than they consume. Such FNRs are called fast breeder reactors (FBRs), which ‘breed’ fuel for other FNRs.

FNRs thus maximise the use of uranium ore and, in their FBR form, allow the creation of a closed nuclear fuel cycle. An open nuclear fuel cycle requires a constant input of fresh uranium, but a closed fuel cycle greatly reduces this need, with FBRs producing fuel for other reactors, whose waste products, in turn, help fuel the FBRs and other FNRs.

FNRs/FBRs are not new concepts and the world has some 400 reactor years experience in operating such units, but earlier versions suffered from some technical problems and were uneconomic in an era of very low uranium prices. But technology has advanced, and uranium prices have risen again.

Rosatom points out that no less than 86,7% of the energy potential of Russia’s natural resources is contained in U-238, while coal contains 8,7%, gas 3,4%, oil 0,8% and U-235 a mere 0,4%. The Russian group also has some 30 years of experience in operating the sodium-cooled BN-600 FNR, which was preceded by the BN-350, BR-5/10 and BN-1/2 FNRs (the last operating during the 1950s). The BN-600 has a capacity of 600 MWe and provides power to the grid and is expected to operate until 2020. Rosatom is now busy with its next FNR, the 880 MWe capacity BN-800, which is expected to enter operation in 2014. However, over the next decade at least, Rosatom will continue to build PWRs (known as VVERs in Russia).

Nuclear power contributed 16% of Russia’s, and 29% of European Russia’s, energy output in 2008. In terms of installed capacity, the national share of nuclear power was 11%. Total installed capacity was 23,2 GW, spread around ten nuclear power plants (NPPs) equipped with 31 reactors.

Russia plans to increase the share of nuclear produced energy to about 23% of total energy production for the whole country, and to about 32% for European Russia, by 2020.
The plan is to achieve this by commissioning 2 GW of capacity a year after 2013 through the construction of standardised nuclear reactors. With funding that is guaranteed, Russia should have 32,3 GW of new nuclear capacity by 2020 – with additional funding, this would rise to 38,1 GW – while 3,7 GW of nuclear capacity would be decommissioned.

Rosatom is also one of the international companies interested in South Africa’s proposed new NPP programme. Like its competitors, it is offering this country a Generation III PWR design, namely the latest generation of its VVER-1000 reactor in the AES-91/99 NPP design. (The Russians have separate designations for reactors and for the NPPs). In 2003, the AES-91/99 design (including the reactor) was certified as complying with European Union standards by Finnish experts.

South Africa has well-established relations with Rosatom. Techsnabexport (under the brand name Tenex), a subsidiary of Rosatom, has supplied South Africa with low-enriched uranium to manufacture fuel for Eskom’s only NPP, at Koeberg, near Cape Town. In more general terms, South Africa has cooperated with Russia in the nuclear sector for some years now and the two countries have a Joint Coordination Committee on cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

Edited by: Martin Zhuwakinyu

In more general terms, South Africa has cooperated with Russia in the
nuclear sector for some years now and the two countries have a Joint
Coordination Committee on cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear
energy.

GarryB wrote:
The Aussies refused to sell Uranium to the Russians on ethical grounds...

While exports to Russia will go ahead, Australia doesn’t allow uranium
to be sent to India for energy use because the South Asian country
hasn’t signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

"We've come to the conclusion that we can safely export uranium to
Russia and it won't be diverted for military purposes," Smith said.

GarryB wrote:Their supposed reason for not selling to Russia was that they thought the Russians would use it to make nuclear weapons.

The reason everyone is interested in Aussie U is because it is plentiful and cheap so you can order big.

Apparently the Howard government changed its mind and was going to sell to India but the Gillard government decided to block it when it got into power.

I wonder what the Australian reaction would be to all the oil states deciding not to sell oil to Australia because of its poor human rights record.
It wasn't till the 1967 Aussie census that they stopped counting Aborigines as flora and fauna..

I think they have enough Plotonium to make nuclear weapons at one time they had 30 thousand nuclear weapons.

And
any uranium transaction that happen between NPT and non-NPT countries
are under IAEA safeguard , so there is no way Russia or any other
country can divert those to weapons use.

Indeed but hopefully its not a bottle neck to India , India has largest
reserves for thorium (suffiecient to provide energy for next 200 years )
and its 3 stage Nuclear program is suppose to use thorium in 3rd stage.

On Monday President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on prospects for the development of high-speed railway communication in Russia. The head of the Russian Railways company (RZD) Vladimir Yakunin demonstrated to the president and the government a project on the construction of high-speed railways linking Moscow with Sochi, Kazan and Yekaterinburg.

Although several directions for new high-speed railways are being studied, the Volga region looks one of the most promising variants, Rossiyskaya Gazeta wrote. Putin said this is an industrial region, where many people reside and which needs better communications with the capital. “Even a particular city is mentioned - Kazan,” the president said. There is one more opportunity - to link Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and Adler. In case of successful implementation of the project passengers will spend only 8 hours on this trip. However, the second direction will be on seasonal demand, while the route through the Volga region will be much in demand year round.

Yakunin said ticket prices for high-speed trains will range from one to ten roubles per one kilometer depending on carriage classes, Komsomolskaya Pravda wrote. Until 2023 the Russian Railways company plans to build over 4,000 kilometers of high-speed rail lines (train speed will reach from 200 to 400 kilometers per hour) and around 7,000 kilometers of new lines with a speed from 140 to 200 kilometers per hour.

Initially, the Moscow-St. Petersburg railway (the project was dubbed as HSR-1) estimated at over 1 trillion roubles was a priority, Kommersant wrote. A feasibility study was prepared, engineering and land surveys were conducted and talks with investors took place. But the project was postponed indefinitely. Elena Sakhnova of VTB Capital noted that railway communication between Moscow and St. Petersburg has already been at a rather good level thanks to high-speed trains Sapsan running between the two cities.

The expert said it was inexpedient to invest 1 trillion roubles into this direction, even taking into account an opportunity to separate passenger and cargo traffic.

“From economic and political considerations it was decided to start from the eastern direction. This section will link three cities, which will host the 2018 FIFA World Cup - Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan. In theory, it can be built by 2018, this would be a breakthrough, 70 percent of the project will be financed by the government and 30 percent - by private investors,” the Izvestia daily quoted Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov as saying.

In the future separate high-speed railway sections are expected to be built between Moscow and St. Petersburg as well as between Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and Sochi, the daily wrote. After these high-speed rail lines are launched, a trip from Moscow to Kazan will take just 3.5 hours and from Moscow to Sochi - 7 hours. For the moment Russian trains’ speed remains low, the average speed of a European train is two times higher than that of Russian one.

In Dagestan, construction of satellite cities "Riviera". According to experts, this is the only object that includes a large number of social infrastructure. The project provides for the opening in the 4 schools, kindergartens, Republican Perinatal Center. As well as an indoor water park, the home of dance "Lezghinka" Theatre for Young Audiences, and even the circus. The city will be in an area of ​​300 hectares. The total amount of funds spent 150 billion rubles. Complete it in 2017.

The commissioning of new production facilities for processing of oilseeds soybeans, canola, sunflower and other oilseeds, scheduled in the Orenburg region, in Sorochinsk in the second half of the year.

In the Amur Khabarovsk Krai holding «RFP Group» continues the construction of the Far Eastern Center of deep processing of timber.
Large-scale project involves several production sites. At the end of last year, there has already earned factory veneer sheets, with capacity of 300 thousand cubic meters year.

In the future, the planned deployment of two objects - a factory for the production of lumber with a production capacity of 230 thousand cubic meters. m / year, and the start-line for the production of MDF based on the upgraded Amur dock (50 thousand cubic meters. m. / year).

In the village of Sengilei Ulyanovsk region is building Sengileysky cement plant 1.25 million tons of cement per year.

In the department of grinding raw gas cleaning continues with installation of double bag filter 2617BF1, 2617FN1 fan and ductwork. Made of fire-retardant paint metal. Installed ventilation equipment. Performs installation of flue gas from the gas turbine power plant to the grinding of raw materials.

17 billion rubles and 150 acres of land. In the Kizlyar district of Dagestan build agro-food logistics center.

Construction of the first phase has already begun. It will be a meat-processing plant. Its capacity will annually process 540,000 tons of meat and large melkorogatogo cattle.

For the first time in Russian history, Moscow-based scientists have measured the status of a quantum bit, or qubit, which is an essential component in the quantum computing technology, news agency RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the Russian Quantum Center (RQC).

The measurements have been made in a lab run by MISiS, a leading Russian university of technology, as part of a joint research project with the RQC.

1C, Russia’s largest publisher of enterprise software, has given a major face-lift to its franchisee partner network across the former Soviet Union and is putting together a strategy to expand beyond the well-tapped CIS markets, East-West Digital News, the international resource on Russian digital industries, reported late last month.

According to 1C CEO Boris Nuraliev, the franchisee overhaul addresses the widespread and growing problem of incompetence that the publisher’s partners have demonstrated time and again in marketing 1C software products. The trouble was long exacerbated by the inadequacy of Russian legislation regulating franchising relationships prior to 2011.

The Orenburg region in the South Urals and Hevel Solar, a Russian developer of solar solutions, have signed an agreement paving the way for jointly building a network of solar stations in the area with an aggregate installed capacity of 30MW, regional news portal Oren.ru reports.

Hevel Solar is a JV between Renova, a sizable group of Russian industrial companies, and Rusnano, Russia’s nanotech giant.

The Russian Government is ready to support the development of a pharmaceutical cluster in Siberia’s Irkutsk region, pharma news portal Remedium.ru reports.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev reportedly said that earlier this month at a meeting with regional United Russia party leaders.

“If you’re ready to invest, and ready to pursue it in earnest, we will make a supporting decision as we are committed to developing our own intellectual potential,” the premier said.

Krasnoyarsk Territory in 2012 has achieved a record level of gold production.

According to some data the government of the region, was recovered from the depths of 60 tons 204 kilograms of the precious metal. This is the highest figure in the 21st century. For comparison, in 2001 the region produced 19.6, in 2011 - 55.8 tons of gold.
In general, in the Krasnoyarsk region has nearly 300 deposits of alluvial and bedrock gold, the distribution fund are 131 of them. Stocks of the precious metal in the region now exceeds one thousand tons.

Moscow, July 1 - AIF Moscow . Renault has announced the continuation of investment in the plant in Moscow, under an agreement between the company and the Government of Moscow.

The support blocks are attached to the seabed by piles 20, each of which has a diameter of 2 meters. Piles hammered into the ground to a depth of 60 meters, which provides secure attachment platform, designed for the possible effects of extreme ice and waves.

Rostekhnadzor revenue from exports increased by 17% and was more than the state defense order.
In 2012, the revenue of the State Corporation Rostekhnadzor (export included) reached 931 billion rubles, which is 14% more than last year. Over the past three years, with the actual transfer of assets Rostekhnadzor, SC revenue almost doubled, while exports increased by 50%.

Trillion in high-tech
Rostekhnadzor State Corporation was set up in 2007, but in 2009 the state has transferred its 437 companies as a material contribution. A substantial portion of the assets was in poor condition: 17 companies not engaged in economic activity, 27 partially lost their property or had a significant risk of loss, 148 enterprises were in the pre-crisis and crisis state, 28 - in the process of bankruptcy. Finished products in 2009 were sold only 511 billion rubles.

For 2012, revenues Rostekhnadzor doubled and amounted to 931 billion rubles, which is 14% higher than in 2011. In 2009, the Corporation received a total loss of almost 61 billion rubles in 2012 Rostekhnadzor net profit reached 38.5 billion rubles. Corporation tax deductions companies last year rose about 10% to more than 109 billion rubles.

Both fundamental and applied science in Russia will be better funded, the Vesti TV website quoted Arkady Dvorkovich, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, as saying.

The vice-premier added that the improvement will cover a broad spectrum including the Russian Academy of Sciences, research institutes, and what is known in Russia as “science cities” (localities with vibrant scientific activity). Russia must develop only by introducing innovation to business, he underscored.

Neutron Technologies, a young Russian company based in Dubna some 130km north of Moscow, has developed a new methodology that may enable ALROSA, Russia’s diamond-producing giant, to look for large diamonds without destroying kimberlite strata, announced Rusnano, Russia’s biggest nanotech company and the largest shareholder of Neutron Technologies.

Imports of foreign meat in Russia in June significantly reduced. Pork imported into the country at 20.6 percent lower than a year ago, and beef - by 27.2 percent, according to provisional data of the Federal Customs Service.

In Rostov-on-Don, opened a factory for the production of composite fiberglass reinforcement "RostovKompozit."
At present, the production capacity of the plant can produce monthly 300 kilometers of such valves, in the future we plan to raise the capacity to 1,000 kilometers per month.
"RostovKompozit" produces fiberglass reinforcement thickness from four to 16 mm, the length of any construction.

Rostekhnadzor continues to transmit holdings business management. As part of the additional issue holding "Roselektronika" received shares in the first four companies.
In particular, the holding was transferred to Russia's largest producer of germanium for optoelectronics - the company "Germanium," Research and Production Enterprise "Inject" (production of diode lasers), the company "Lithium Element" (manufacture of lithium, ampoule and thermal chemical power sources) and "Plant Meteor." Last engaged in the production of quartz resonators and filters for navigation and radio communications. The assets were valued at 500 million rubles.

In the first half of 2013 through a network of authorized dealerships in Russia and abroad were sold 30165 cars UAZ.
From January 2013 through June in the export market has sold a record number of cars UAZ - 5182 pieces, which is 38% more than in the same period of 2012. While sales of UAZ Patriot rose 45%, sales of UAZ Pickup - by 83%.

In June 2013 at the JSC "Lipetskcement" included in "EUROCEMENT group", recorded the maximum shipment of cement in the history of the company - 209,635 tons. Also, on June 27, was marked by a record daily shipment of finished products. During the day, customers were sent 11,332 tons of high-quality cement. Including rail - 8,734 tons (125 cars), Pickup - 2598 tons.

Viktor wrote:This is a project Im waiting to complete (I think by late 2014) as it will give huge boost to Russian economy through various implementations of its technologies in time.

Titanium_Valley

sepheronx wrote:

Viktor wrote:This is a project Im waiting to complete (I think by late 2014) as it will give huge boost to Russian economy through various implementations of its technologies in time.

Titanium_Valley

Very interesting!  That would bring in a lot of specialized people, all at the same time, could create innovation and would be able to do so by not needing heavy hands of federal government.

sepheronx wrote:Wonder though if they will also enduldge in making composite materials with titanium like carbotanium?

Sibbiopharm, a Berdsk-based biotech company in the Novosibirsk region, suggested earlier this week that it be chosen to become the core of a prospective world-class biotech cluster in the area, pharma-focused Remedium.ru reports.

Alexander Salostiy, the chairman of the firm’s supervisory board, is reported to have already presented to Governor Vasily Yurchenko Sibbiopharm’s program for the development of industrial biotechnologies in this Siberian territory.

Rusnano, Russia’s largest nanotech company, announced earlier this summer that it has inked a cooperation agreement with US-headquartered Alcoa, the world’s third largest aluminum producer and one of the most sizable manufacturers and suppliers of semi-finished aluminum products in Russia. The partners are expected to set up a joint venture and start making aluminum drill pipes with protective nanocoatings for Russian oil and gas customers.

The first prototype of the Russian gas-piston engine power of 1000 kW for railways developed by JSC "Volga diesel them. My mother's. "

The prototype was developed as part of the energy strategy of JSC "Russian Railways" to replace diesel fuel with natural gas.

Today's Dzheirakh opening and commissioning of mining and processing of dolomite.

The ceremony was attended by Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, Deputy Prime Minister Sultan Tsechoev, assistant adviser to the Head of the republic Ruslan Bulguchev, heads of ministries and departments, as well as other guests. "Construction of a plant for the production of dolomite was carried out in the framework of the federal target program" Socio-economic development of the Republic of Ingushetia in 2010-2016 years. " Machinery and equipment, laden with the company to meet all modern requirements and manufactured by leading domestic factories. Now we have a new kind of production is very high demand in the industry. Successful implementation of the project will create about forty jobs, which is important for Jeirakh district to increase investment in the economy ", - said Acting Head of Ingushetia.

Director of "European biological technology," Constantine Pozmogov presented to the President of the region Nikolai Merkoushkin project plan.
"You will use the most advanced equipment, the main process will be the highlight of a contactless collecting eggs to the hatchery. This greatly reduces the chance of spreading infection. Also at the complex will be built sewage treatment plant that will purify water to fish protection standards," - said Pozmogov. According to the director, a feed mill and grain elevator will be located in the village of Kabanovka Kinel-Cherkassy region.

Belgorod, July 12. / Correspondent. ITAR-TASS /. The opening ceremony after the reconstruction of the international airport was held today in Belgorod. About this correspondent. ITAR-TASS reported in the regional government.
The capacity of the updated airport "Belgorod" is 450 passengers per hour, two-thirds of which will fly domestic flights, the others - international. Airline schedule is constantly updated with new flights, both domestic and international routes.
After the reconstruction, the airfield is assumed operation of domestic aircraft Tu-204 aircraft and foreign production of type A-319, A-320, A-321, B-737. The total cost of reconstruction is more than 5 billion rubles.

July 11 at the site of the refinery was packed with the first pile in the foundation of a new object. Complete construction company plans in 2016. complex catalytic cracking capacity will increase recycling refinery and the company's ability to produce fuel Euro-5 standard.

n the Perm region began construction of storage facilities and regasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG), and the gas liquefaction plant is being built in the village Kanyusyata Karagaisky district. Recall the implementation of this project will receive gas consumers ILIINSKOGO Karagaisky and Sivinsky areas. Residents will be delivered to 18 million cubic meters. gas, it will go to the 9 boilers and more than 2.2 million households.

Today in the village. North Communar Sivinsky District Ministry of Energy and Utilities Perm region together with "Gazprom mezhregiongaz Perm" held a meeting on the project with the participation of representatives of the municipalities and the construction contractor.

The British company Highland Gold Mining (HGM, 32,6% owned by Roman Abramovich's Millhouse) started commercial operation of gold processing plant (mill) on the White Mountain deposit in the Khabarovsk region, plans by the end of the year to get 30-35 thousand ounces (about 1 ton) of gold , said in a statement.

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation approved the application for the construction of industrial park

According to the website of the Government of the Kirov region , the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation approved the application for the construction of the industrial park "SLOBODIN." It will begin later this year. The amount of funding in 2013, will be 33, 8 million. In total, according to the project estimates the value of property will be more than 222.9 million.

In the 2013-2014. the park will be built objects gas, electricity, sewerage and water supply, telecommunications, parking for cars and trucks, domestic and foreign road.
- Work will begin this year - said the deputy head of the Department of Industrial Development, NM Merkushev - but first have to conduct competitive tendering for the contract work. Once a contractor is determined to be launched construction.

Recall, the park will be built in the village SLOBODIN Jurjansky district, with the direct participation of the "Corporation of the Kirov region" .