MINSK, 31 May (BelTA) – The 9th international nuclear industry forum Atomexpo 2017 in Moscow will discuss the development trends of the global nuclear industry from 19 to 21 June, BelTA learned from the press service of the Atomexpo company.
The forum is organized by the Russian state corporation Rosatom on an annual basis. It has already established itself as the largest international expo and business platform to discuss the current situation in the nuclear industry and shape its further development. This year, the main topic of the forum is “Nuclear technologies – safety, ecology, sustainability”.
The forum will offer an eventful business program. The plenary session “Atom as a basis for zero carbon energy future” (19 June) will be the main event that will bring together the heads of Russian and foreign agencies, companies, international organizations and leading experts who will discuss contemporary challenges in the global power market, and the role of nuclear power as a reliable, economically predictable and environmentally friendly energy source.
The list of participants features First Deputy Chief of the Presidential Executive Office, Chairman of Rosatom Supervisory Board Sergei Kiriyenko, Rosatom Director General Aleksei Likhachev, Director General of the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) William Magwood, Director General of the World Nuclear Association Agneta Rising, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey Berat Albayrak, Energy Minister of Egypt Mohamed Shaker, KHNP President and Executive Director Lee Kwan Sup, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission General Administrator Daniel Verwaerde, Paks Nuclear Power Plant Expansion Minister Yanush Shuli, NECSA Chairman of the Management Board Kelvin Kemm, and others.
The program of the forum includes the roundtables “Innovative technological solutions in the nuclear energy life cycle as a condition of sustainable development”; “Future investments: choosing the best” (features two sections – “NPP construction projects” and “Wind power”); “3D printing, an innovative instrument for nuclear energy development”; “Creating human capital for the sustainable development of nuclear industry”; “Nuclear industry environmental safety: strategy, regulation, technology”; “Clean water as one of the key factors for environmental sustainability: desalination, water preparation, water treatment”; “Humanitarian assistance of the economic integration in the context of an NPP construction project: cost efficiency, public acceptance”, and others. A separate track of the business program will be dedicated to the digital future. Experts will discuss the role of digital technologies in ensuring the competitiveness of nuclear energy, evaluate IT platforms, and talk about the best practices in the implementation of digital technologies. The program of the forum is available on the website of Atomexpo.
Apart from the business program, Atomexpo 2017 will feature an expo of hi-tech solutions and products of more than 90 leading international enterprises of the global nuclear power industry and related branches. The Russian nuclear industry will be presented by over 40 Rosatom companies, including Rosenergoatom Concern, TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom, Atomenergomash group, JSC Atomstroyexport, Rusatom Automated Control Systems (RASU), ARMZ Uranium Holding, Mayak Production Association, Mining and Chemical Plant, TENEX, Rusatom Overseas Inc., and Rusatom Healthcare. The world's leading companies, the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, Rolls-Royce (Great Britain), China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC, China), National Atomic Company Kazatomprom (Kazakhstan), AREVA NP and Schneider Electric (France), L-3 MAPPS (Canada), TAIM WESER (Spain), Fortum (Finland), as well as companies from South Korea, Turkey, Slovakia, Italy and other countries will also be among the exhibitors. The stands of Rosatom companies will showcase interactive content. Technologies of augmented reality, as well as multimedia mock-ups will be used for presenting new projects and products.
The third day of the forum, 21 June, will be the Youth Day with special events for school and university students. The main event will be the final of the seventh tournament of young professionals TeMP-2017, one of the largest events to attract talented young people into the nuclear industry.
The international forum Atomexpo is organized by Rosatom on an annual basis. It was founded in 2009, and the Atomexpo company is the event operator. Over the years, the forum has become the largest international business and exhibition venue for discussing the current situation in the nuclear industry and shaping its further development. In 2016, more than 5,000 people from 55 countries attended the events of the forum, which was a record high number. Representatives of 650 companies and organizations participated in the business events. The economic potential of the agreements and memorandums signed on the sidelines of Atomexpo 2016 is estimated at $10 billion.
