Iran has plans to cooperate with the Russian company Rosatom on building small and large scale nuclear power plants, Alexey Likhachev told media reporters on Friday (January 17, 2025) on the sidelines of Iran-Russia negotiations.

The VVER-1000 reactor vessel for the sixth unit of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu is being transported from Russia to India. The ves

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 18. Iran and Russia will additionally cooperate on small and large nuclear power plants, the executive director of Russia's Rosatom Alexei Likhachev said, Trend reports.

Iran plans to deepen its partnership with Russia’s Rosatom, focusing on small and large-scale nuclear power projects, according to Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev.

In December, Russia reportedly sold its stakes in certain Kazakh uranium deposits to Chinese-owned companies. This involved Kazakhstan's nuclear resources company, Kazatomprom, and Russia's Rosatom transferring interests to Chinese entities, National Security News reported.

US sanctions on Rosatom raise questions about the future of its partnership with Eskom and the implications for nuclear energy in South Africa.

Days before President Biden leaves the White House, the U.S. government has delivered a major blow against Russia. On January 10, 2025, the

Russia's Rosatom energy company is building Turkey's first nuclear power plant. But construction has been delayed because of the nondelivery of German-made parts.

Russia is willing to help develop Vietnam's nuclear power sector and provide it with crude oil and LNG, the two countries said on Wednesday.

Kudankulam will house the largest nuclear power plants in India and the flagship project of Russian-Indian technological and energy cooperation.

The automated facility has already made mockup nuclear fuel bundles for the BREST-OD-300 core design, as per Rosatom.