Overview

• The memorandum on small nuclear power plants was signed in Moscow by Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev and Iran’s atomic chief Mohammad Eslami.
• Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said sectoral organizations will now draft and sign agreements for SMR design and construction to implement the memorandum.
• Rosatom dispatched two VVER-1200 reactor pressure vessels simultaneously for Egypt’s El-Dabaa Unit 1 and Turkey’s Akkuyu Unit 4 during World Atomic Week.
• Egypt’s energy minister Mahmoud Esmat said the El-Dabaa vessel is expected to arrive in the first week of November.
• Turkey’s deputy energy minister Zafed Demirjan said Akkuyu’s first unit is slated to start next year with all four reactors operating by 2028.