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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Putin stated that the most important area of cooperation between Russia and Iran is energy. The joint project of the Russian company Rosatom to build two new units of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is still underway. Its implementation will undoubtedly contribute to Iran's energy security and stimulate further growth of its national economy.

At the end of December 2024, Shishkarev's stake in Delo Group dropped from 51% to 50%, as R-Alyans LLC became the owner of 1%. JSC Atomenergoprom (AEP), a division of Rosatom, retained 49%. "I remain and will remain a 50% equal partner," Shishkarev said on Friday.