Small Modular Reactors

Russia / Pilot Project For Land-Based SMR To Go Ahead In Sakha

By David Dalton
2 March 2021

Reactor will be used to provide power for Kuchus gold mine in autonomous republic
Pilot Project For Land-Based SMR To Go Ahead In Sakha
A computer-generated image of the proposed land-based SMR plant. Courtesy Rosatom.
Several sites have been identified for Russia’s first land-based small modular reactor, but the pilot project will be in Sakha (also known as Yakutia), an autonomous republic in eastern Russia, where it could be in operation by 2027 to provide power for the Kuchus gold mine.

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