Russia will aim to submit for review in 2025 the design documentation for the proposed BN-1200 fast neutron reactor, which will be the fifth unit at the Beloyarsk nuclear power station in the central part of the country.

An agreement confirming the schedule has been signed between two subsidiaries of Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom – engineering company Atomenergoproekt and national nuclear plant operator Rosenergoatom.

The agreement covers design and survey works, including the preparation of “documentation and materials to justify” a construction licence, a statement said.