Overview

• President Vladimir Putin announced the plan at the World Atomic Week forum, setting a 2030 goal for a closed fuel-cycle system in Russia’s Tomsk Region.
• He said the design would enable reuse of about 95% of spent fuel, which he argued would sharply reduce radioactive waste accumulation.
• Putin claimed the approach would essentially eliminate concerns over uranium supply by recycling fuel multiple times.
• Russia intends to establish an international materials-testing center in the Ulyanovsk Region and invited researchers from other countries to join.
• He called for innovative financing models and new partnerships to accelerate global nuclear plant construction, with specific mechanisms not yet detailed.