Rosatom offers Brazil small NPPs, high-capacity power units

MOSCOW. May 26 (Interfax) - Rosatom state corporation has proposed projects to Brazil involving both small nuclear power plants (SNPP) and high-capacity power units, Rosatom Latin America Director Ivan Dybov was quoted by a company statement as saying at the Nuclear Trade & Technology Exchange forum in Brazil.

"Emphasizing the importance of nuclear projects for addressing climate challenges and regional development, we are ready to expand cooperation and offer Brazil both small nuclear power plants and high-capacity power units to strengthen the country's energy system," Dybov said.

Rosatom currently supplies 100% of enriched uranium for the Angra NPP and provides the Brazilian market with medical isotopes for cancer diagnosis and treatment, he said.

Nuclear cooperation was discussed during Russia's "diplomatic marathon" negotiations with leaders of Egypt, Brazil, Mongolia and European countries, Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev said in early May. "I can say that Vladimir Putin's negotiations with Egypt, Brazil, Mongolia and European countries this time were largely focused on nuclear topics," he said.

Likhachev recently told journalists that Brazil had "confirmed productive cooperation in uranium supplies" from Russia, while also having plans to build new high-capacity power units. "Accordingly, negotiations have begun in this area," he said. The country is also interested in small reactors, both land-based and floating ones. Brazilian enterprises could potentially manufacture reactor vessels for these units, he said.