Moscow, India, said Tuesday that cooperation on peaceful uses of nuclear technology is an important pillar of multifaceted cooperation with Russia, which has offered help in building small tropical nuclear power plants.
"Russia offers India cooperation in the construction of small tropical nuclear power plants with the possibility of their deep localization, including the transfer of the construction part to New Delhi," said the CEO of the state corporation Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, during a tour. for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Atom Pavilion.
“We offer possibilities of cooperation for the construction of tropical stations... with a very deep location. We can transfer the entire construction part to you,” the CEO told Modi while visiting the Rosatom pavilion at the All-Russian Exhibition Centre, VDNKh.
Opened in November 2023, the VDNKh is one of the largest exhibitions in the history of scientific and technological advances. Modi also witnessed a photo exhibition dedicated to cooperation between India and Russia in the field of civil nuclear energy.
“I visited the Atom Pavilion with President Putin. Energy is an important pillar of India-Russia cooperation and we look forward to further cementing ties in this sector,” Modi posted on his official X platform along with photographs of the visit.
"Prime Minister Modi was also shown the 'Atomic Symphony', a permanent working model of the VVER-1000 reactor, which is the heart of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) in India," a Ministry of Affairs statement said. Foreign Affairs (MEA) said.
Modi is here to hold the 22nd annual India-Russia summit with President Putin.
Russia and India are collaborating on the construction of six 1,000 MW nuclear reactors in Kudankulam. Power units No. 1 and No. 2 of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, which are being built with help from Russia since 1998, have already been commissioned.
“Construction of power units No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 is also underway. The plan is to complete the construction completely by 2027. India's Ministry of External Affairs has announced the search of additional facilities. In December 2021, New Delhi also promised to provide an area for the construction of the second Russian-designed nuclear power plant,” state news agency TASS said.
The MEA statement also said, “At the Pavilion, the Prime Minister interacted with a group of Indian and Russian students. He encouraged them to consider future possibilities in the realm of science and technology, which could be harnessed for the benefit of future generations and the planet.”
"Cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear technology is an important pillar of multifaceted cooperation between India and Russia," the MEA published in X soon after the visit.
Likhachev also said that Rosatom wants to develop 4G nuclear technologies in India.
“We are currently developing the agenda for further cooperation. As we have tested ourselves and built very efficient relationships in the current generation, the so-called 3+, we would like to move forward together towards the fourth generation,” he stated.
TASS said, quoting him in an interview with the Rossiya-24 news channel, that these (the fourth generation) are fast reactors, fast neutron reactors, there are further modifications and development of our VVER technologies, water-water reactors, there is fuel. closing the cycle, as well as areas of preliminary work such as thermonuclear and quantum technology.”
Earlier on May 23, Department of Atomic Energy Secretary Ajit Kumar Mohanty met Likhachev and discussed ways to further strengthen nuclear energy cooperation between the two countries.
The two sides visited the site of the Pilot Energy Demonstration Complex (PDEC) being built in Seversk, Tomsk region of Russia, when a large-scale discussion took place on possible areas of Russian-Indian cooperation in the nuclear field, Rosatom had said then.
A week earlier, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had said that India was looking for additional sites for Russian nuclear reactors.
"Russia offers India cooperation in the construction of small tropical nuclear power plants with the possibility of their deep localization, including the transfer of the construction part to New Delhi," said the CEO of the state corporation Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, during a tour. for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Atom Pavilion.
“We offer possibilities of cooperation for the construction of tropical stations... with a very deep location. We can transfer the entire construction part to you,” the CEO told Modi while visiting the Rosatom pavilion at the All-Russian Exhibition Centre, VDNKh.
Opened in November 2023, the VDNKh is one of the largest exhibitions in the history of scientific and technological advances. Modi also witnessed a photo exhibition dedicated to cooperation between India and Russia in the field of civil nuclear energy.
“I visited the Atom Pavilion with President Putin. Energy is an important pillar of India-Russia cooperation and we look forward to further cementing ties in this sector,” Modi posted on his official X platform along with photographs of the visit.
"Prime Minister Modi was also shown the 'Atomic Symphony', a permanent working model of the VVER-1000 reactor, which is the heart of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) in India," a Ministry of Affairs statement said. Foreign Affairs (MEA) said.
Modi is here to hold the 22nd annual India-Russia summit with President Putin.
Russia and India are collaborating on the construction of six 1,000 MW nuclear reactors in Kudankulam. Power units No. 1 and No. 2 of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, which are being built with help from Russia since 1998, have already been commissioned.
“Construction of power units No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 is also underway. The plan is to complete the construction completely by 2027. India's Ministry of External Affairs has announced the search of additional facilities. In December 2021, New Delhi also promised to provide an area for the construction of the second Russian-designed nuclear power plant,” state news agency TASS said.
The MEA statement also said, “At the Pavilion, the Prime Minister interacted with a group of Indian and Russian students. He encouraged them to consider future possibilities in the realm of science and technology, which could be harnessed for the benefit of future generations and the planet.”
"Cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear technology is an important pillar of multifaceted cooperation between India and Russia," the MEA published in X soon after the visit.
Likhachev also said that Rosatom wants to develop 4G nuclear technologies in India.
“We are currently developing the agenda for further cooperation. As we have tested ourselves and built very efficient relationships in the current generation, the so-called 3+, we would like to move forward together towards the fourth generation,” he stated.
TASS said, quoting him in an interview with the Rossiya-24 news channel, that these (the fourth generation) are fast reactors, fast neutron reactors, there are further modifications and development of our VVER technologies, water-water reactors, there is fuel. closing the cycle, as well as areas of preliminary work such as thermonuclear and quantum technology.”
Earlier on May 23, Department of Atomic Energy Secretary Ajit Kumar Mohanty met Likhachev and discussed ways to further strengthen nuclear energy cooperation between the two countries.
The two sides visited the site of the Pilot Energy Demonstration Complex (PDEC) being built in Seversk, Tomsk region of Russia, when a large-scale discussion took place on possible areas of Russian-Indian cooperation in the nuclear field, Rosatom had said then.
A week earlier, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had said that India was looking for additional sites for Russian nuclear reactors.
