In the course of a working trip to the town of Elektrostal Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a conference on the problems of development of the atomic industry
29 July 2008
Председатель Правительства России В.В.Путин в ходе рабочей поездки в г. Электросталь провел совещание по вопросам развития атомной отрасли.
29.07.2008
Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues.
You see, it is nice that some time ago the State Corporation Rosatom was set up. When was its legal establishment completed?
Sergey Kiriyenko: Legally, Mr Putin, it was established by your Decree On the Transfer of Authority from the Federal Agency to the State Corporation that was signed on March 26.
Vladimir Putin: On the 26th of March the establishment of the new structure, the State Corporation Rosatom, was completed. It was prompted by the necessity to strengthen our competitive advantages in this area, to create new conditions for development, for future prospects. Let's speak about these challenges today - about the prospects for the development of the industry in general and the Corporation in particular.
You see, in recent years the regulatory-legal basis for this sphere has been significantly renewed, a number of important federal targeted programmes have been adopted. Till 2015 it has been planned that the state budget, I'd like to stress the state budget, will allocate terrific' money to boost the development of the atomic power engineering and nuclear industry - almost 1 trillion roubles ($40.68 billion, or €27.6 billion).
Profound structural changes have been carried out. The State Corporation Rosatom, which I have already mentioned, has been created to meet challenges including defence tasks. Also, the integrated company Atomenergoprom has been set up. It has united the whole technological chain - from uranium extraction and fuel production to the construction of nuclear power plants and energy generation. It is worth noting that the stage of transformation has passed without failures, in the framework of sustainable operation mode. And now Mr Kiriyenko proudly informed us about this.
Such consolidation of the industry is in full compliance with today's requirements. The growth of prices for energy resources gives a new chance for the development of nuclear power engineering. Frankly speaking, with hydrocarbons leading in the energy consumption structure so far - and, thank God, we have enough of them - we have a historic chance to give a boost to atomic power engineering, a high-technology area.
Certainly, the intensification of competition results in aggravation of the market situation. Only large and influential players can be successful here. And that was one of the reasons for our decision to set up the State Corporation.
This year Rosatom's explored uranium ore reserves have become the third largest in the world. The Corporation owns 40% of the world's uranium enrichment facilities. Every sixth nuclear reactor in the world works on Russian fuel. Russia is building 5 power generating units abroad and plans to build several more such projects.
In fact, we possess a serious potential which must be used efficiently. And, of course, we must efficiently spend the money allocated by the state. Invest the money to keep and strengthen leading positions in this high-technology market. Certainly, along with meeting our international commitments in the field of peaceful atom cooperation.
And the matter of special importance is the realisation of our own ambitious programme of atomic generation development. There are five projects under construction now, aren't there?
Sergey Kiriyenko: There are already seven construction sites.
Vladimir Putin: There are already seven projects. In fact, work is underway in the seven construction sites. Projects are being developed, technical documents are being designed for the work in the further project sites.
On the whole we shall have to build 26 large energy-generating units in 12 years. This is approximately the same number that was built during the whole Soviet Period. Starting from 2016, nuclear power plants will be built not with budget money, but at the expense of the industry's investment resources. I firmly reckon on this. As a reference let me remind you that now the share of atomic generation in our country is equal to 16%. Is this a lot or a little? This is not much. The share of atomic generation in developed countries is 38% on an average. I do not mention such countries as France, as this number is much more significant there.
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