Moscow October 21, 2021 PRESS RELEASE Rosatom’s TVEL Fuel Company has manufactured an experimental nuclear fuel assembly for the world’s first land-based small modular reactor nuclear power plant (SMR NPP) based on a RITM-200N reactor. The SMR plant with installed electrical capacity of 55 MW is scheduled to be launched in Yakutia in 2028. In 2025, Elemash (TVEL’s fabrication facility) will start fabrication of the first fuel assemblies with the whole initial loading batch expected to be manufactured in 2026. Before the start of production, the trial fuel assemblies and their dummies will undergo a range of necessary pre-irradiation tests....

Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General, came to Bangladesh with a working visit Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division 11.10.2021 Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General, came to Bangladesh with a working visit On October 10, 2021 Director General of Rosatom State Corporation Alexey Likhachev arrived in Bangladesh with a working visit. The visit of the Head of the company was timed to the completion of the installation of the reactor pressure vessel at Rooppur NPP Unit 1 which was performed from September 14 to October 10, 2021. Director General of Rosatom State Corporation and H.E. Sheikh Hasina Wazed, Honorable Prime Minister of...

Dr. Simon Kamwendo Miti is a good man, Thabo Kawana canes Munir Zulu By Comrade Derrick Sinjela and Joseph Mulyasalu Chanda UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) Alliance Media Director Thabo Kawana (TK) says Secretary to the Cabinet Simon Kamwendo Miti is a good and diligent senior civil servant, who deserves support by all well-meaning citizens. In an apparent reference to disparaging remarks attributed to Munir Zulu, a Lumezi Independent Member of Parliament (MP), in the Eastern Province, a tart Mr. Kawana laughed off the parliamentarian’s outbursts. During a Monday 4th October, 2021 Protea Hotel Press Briefing, Mr. Zulu, a...

A Governance Activist Sam Zulu has appealed to Local Authorities in the Country to quickly bring sanity at Markets and Bus Stations. Mr Zulu says President Hakainde Hichilema has already shown political will on the mater, hence the need for councils to quick ensure that no political party cadres are allowed to operate in these public places. In an interview with Kwithu FM News, he says as a result of not observing the planning authority and inaction by most councils in the country to enforce the law, this has led to failure to deliver social services to citizens. Mr Zulu...

A Civic leader in Lusaka’s Garden compound is concerned over the mushrooming of bars and taverns following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions by the Ministry of Health for one month. Adrian Banda Councilor of Ngwerere Ward 22 in Mandevu constituency has revealed that there has been an increase in people opening illegal bars and taverns saying urgent action is required to curb the vice. Mr Banda says some people are taking advantage of open piece of land to set up illegal drinking structures that has led to the increase in lawlessness. In an interview with Kwithu FM News, Mr. Banda...