25 December 2008 year

Konstantin Zaytsev, vice chairman of State Duma Energy Committee

– The crisis is urging many Russian regions to intensify their negotiations Rosatom concerning the possibility of building own NPPs More

25 December 2008 year

Vladimir Zhidkikh, member of Nuclear Energy Sub-Committee of Federation Council of Russia

– 2008 saw start of new NPP construction projects in Russia More

25 December 2008 year

Bato-Zhargal Zhambalnimbuyev, member of Nuclear Energy Sub-Committee of Federation Council of Russia

— Nuclear industry has all capacities for overcoming the crisis with minimum losses More

24 December 2008 year

Jacques de Jong, senior fellow, Clingendael International Energy Program, The Hague, Netherlands

– Russia is a very important energy supplier on the world and European markets More

24 December 2008 year

Sergey Komarov, Deputy Director of Institute for Energy Development of Regions

– Our key task for the moment is not to lose momentum in building new reactors More

24 December 2008 year

Yuri Semchenkov, Director of Nuclear Reactor Institute of Kurchatov Institute

– It is necessary to develop concept of new SUPER-WWER reactor More

22 December 2008 year

Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Director of Innovative Power Engineering Institute of Kurchatov Institute

– Central regions of Russia need urgent enhancement of power generating capacities More

22 December 2008 year

Prof. Dr. S. Ganesan, Head of the Nuclear Data Section of the Reactor Physics Design Division of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India

— It is a milestone in the history of civilian nuclear energy between the two countries More

22 December 2008 year

Yekaterina Guseva, Director of Ruscable analytical center

– Project of such scale will create new jobs, which is very important in the face of crisis More

19 December 2008 year

Vladimir Vorobyov, Head of Quality and Safety Laboratory of WWER Department of Nuclear Reactor Institute of Kurchatov Institute

– Many Russian regions would like to have own source of nuclear energy More

19 December 2008 year

Andrey Gagarinsky, advisor of Directorate of Kurchatov Institute

– Today, very many countries are starting to build NPPs More

19 December 2008 year

Leonid Bolshov, Director of Nuclear Safety Institute

– Russia needs nuclear reactors of such a quality More

19 December 2008 year

Yuri Semchenkov, Director of Nuclear Reactors Institute of Kurchatov Institute

– We have already proved that the technological platform of our WWER reactors has right to international life More

19 December 2008 year

Irina Tsurina, Head of Analytical Department of PRopaganda

– Construction of NPP is always a stimulus for economic growth of a region and its social development More

19 December 2008 year

Boris Shmelev, Director of Center of Comparative Political Studies

– Russia is quite competitive in the field of high technologies More

18 December 2008 year

Sergey Loparev, Director of VNIIA

– Mutual benefit of such cooperation is obvious More

17 December 2008 year

Denis Demin, Head of Information-Analytical Department of Energocapital

– Considering the inter-related nature of the activities of Gazprom and Rosatom, their cooperation is inevitable More

17 December 2008 year

Viktor Mikhaylov, scientific manager of VNIIEF, director of Strategic Stability Institute

– This agreement is mutually beneficial and interesting for both parties and the economy as a whole More

17 December 2008 year

Valentin Mezhevich, first vice chairman of Federation Council Committee on Natural Monopolies

– Rosatom has proved that nuclear companies are a reliable partner More

17 December 2008 year

Konstantin Zaytsev, vice chairman of Energy Committee of State Duma

– Rosatom-Gazprom cooperation is mutually benefitial More

17 December 2008 year

Vladimir Zhidkikh, member of Nuclear Energy Sub-Committee of Federation Council

– People will have jobs and good wages More

17 December 2008 year

Yuri Lipatov, Chairman of Energy Committee of State Duma

– Rosatom’s companies have all necessary competences for developing innovative modern technological solutions More

16 December 2008 year

Yekaterina Tripoten, analyst of Sovlink

– Concentration of resources of state companies in the face of global crisis is a positive tendency More

16 December 2008 year

Dmitry Baranov, senior expert of Finam Management

– Rosatom-Gazprom agreement proves that both companies are successful and confident of their future More

16 December 2008 year

Yevgeny Burlagkov, head of channel-type reactor department of Kurchatov Institute

– Granting of ecological award to Kursk NPP is a big success of Russian nuclear industry More

15 December 2008 year

Leonid Bolshov, Director of Nuclear Safety Institute

– What was known by a small circle of professionals has now become general knowledge More

15 December 2008 year

Sergey Baranovsky, President of Russian Green Cross

– Award granted as a result of such big competition is especially valuable More

12 December 2008 year

Mikhail Alefirenko, analyst of Pharos Financial Group

– Consolidation is good for any industry More

12 December 2008 year

Ivan Rubinov, energy expert of Olma

– Consolidation of companies will allow to reduce the cost of new loans and bank credits due to bigger size of companies More

12 December 2008 year

Dmitry Taredvortsev, bank analyst

– Establishment of Separation-Sublimation Complex company is a logic and positive development of the national nuclear industry More

12 December 2008 year

Andrey Shvetsov, Head of Industrial Market Group of KPMG

– Consolidation of enterprises of separation-sublimation complex is aimed at enhancing their manageability More

11 December 2008 year

Nikolay Kuzelev, Director General of VNIITFA

– Reduction of production costs is one of the key goals of consolidation projects More

11 December 2008 year

Denis Demin, Head of Information-Analytical Department of Energocapital

– Formation of Separation-Sublimation Complex company was an expected decision More

11 December 2008 year

Dr Philip Lewis, CEO of VaasaEtt Global Energy Think Tank, Finland

— India and Russia are two major economic powers going forwards More

11 December 2008 year

Mark Fitzpatrick, senior fellow for non-proliferation of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Great Britain

— Many countries of the world are looking for nuclear energy More

11 December 2008 year

Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert, Head of the Energy, Transportation, Environment Department of the German Institute of Economic Research, Germany

— Russia is advanced in nuclear technology and can offer technology and knowledge to Latin American countries More

10 December 2008 year

Alexander Boyko, Chairman of Board of Directors of Economy Development Center

– Russia and Argentina are mutually interested in their nuclear cooperation More

10 December 2008 year

Dmitry Baranov, senior expert of Finam Management

– Rosatom is becoming an active player on the market More

10 December 2008 year

Irina Tsurina, Head of Analytical Department of PRopaganda

– More and more countries are beginning to develop nuclear energy More

10 December 2008 year

Boris Gabarayev, Director General of NIKIET

– It would be good for Russia to cooperate with Argentina More

09 December 2008 year

Oleg Naraykin, first deputy director of Kurchatov Institute

– By cooperating with India in the field of innovative power engineering we can solve the problem of accessibility of energy resources More

08 December 2008 year

Dr Christian Wagner, Head of Research Division of the German Institute of International and Security Affairs, Germany

— Russia will certainly remain one of India’s most important partners in the field of nuclear energy More

08 December 2008 year

Ivan Vasilchenko, Deputy Chief Designer of Gidropress EDB

– We will be favorites in India for many more years More

05 December 2008 year

Konstantin Simonov, Director General of National Energy Security Fund

– Any such agreement helps us to expand into foreign markets More

05 December 2008 year

Denis Demin, Head of Information-Analytical department of Energocapital

– Agreement for construction of new reactors at Kudankulam is the first sign after the lifting of the nuclear sanctions on India More

05 December 2008 year

Boris Shmelyov, Director of Center for Comparative Political Analysis of Institute of International Economic and Political Studies of RAS

– Russia is paving the way for future projects More

05 December 2008 year

Yuri Lipatov, Chairman of Energy Committee of State Duma

– Delhi gives priority to its cooperation with Moscow More

05 December 2008 year

Yuri Semchenkov, Director of Nuclear Reactors Institute of Kurchatov Institute

– All nuclear reactors launched worldwide of late are our reactors More

05 December 2008 year

Bato-Zhargal Zhambalnimbuyev, member of Nuclear Energy Sub-Committee of Federation Council

– We enjoy strategic partnership with India in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy More

03 December 2008 year

Nikolay Scherbina, professor of Nuclear Power Plants Department of Naval Engineering Institute

– Russia must enhance the capacities of its nuclear icebreaking fleet More

03 December 2008 year

Leonid Bolshov, Director of Nuclear Safety Institute of RAS

– We must build new nuclear icebreakers so as to ensure our presence in the Arctic region More

03 December 2008 year

Zhores Alferov, laureate of Nobel Prize, Vice President of RAS, Director of Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute

– Nuclear icebreaking fleet has played a great role in the development of the Arctic region More

03 December 2008 year

Mikhail Grishankov, deputy of State Duma

– Our equipment, even the old one, is still efficient and unmatched More

03 December 2008 year

Yuri Simonov, chief engineer of ocean equipment project of A.Krylov Central Research Institute

– Nuclear icebreaking fleet is the basis of transportation along Northern Sea Route and future development of Arctic shelf More

03 December 2008 year

Nikolay Khlopkin, member of Russian Academy of Sciences (Kurchatov Institute)

– On this day I would like to point out the great services of our nuclear icebreaking fleet More

02 December 2008 year

Vaclovas Miškinis, Head of Energy Systems Research of the Lithuanian Energy Institute, Lithuania

— Baltic NPP should be planned not simply only like a plant but like a complex with interconnections. More

01 December 2008 year

Irina Tsurina, Head of Analytical Department of PRopaganda

– After closure of Ignalina NPP Lithuania will face a serious energy crisis More