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By Mattia Baldoni
19 May 2021

First unit planned for far east republic could be operational by 2028, says Rosatom
Why Moscow Is Banking On Small Reactors To Power Economic Development In Remote Regions
The proposed Yakutia SMR is based on Russia’s RITM-200, an advanced pressurised water reactor unit which is already operational on new-generation icebreakers. Courtesy Rosatom.
Russia says it faces inevitable challenges with plans to build its first land-based small modular reactor because of poor transport infrastructure in the eastern public of Yakutia, but is confident the project will go ahead and that the country has a big enough domestic market for serial SMR production – which could begin as soon as 2030.

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