The head of Rosatom launched the preparatory stage of the construction of the BN-1200M unit

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AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 11.07.2025

Alexey Likhachev, General Director of the Rosatom State Corporation, has launched the preparatory phase of the construction of power unit No. 5 at the Beloyarsk NPP with the BN-1200M reactor.

This is reported on the website of Rosenergoatom.

This happened during Likhachev's trip to the Sverdlovsk Region on July 11, 2025.

Topics: Fast breeders, Russia, Beloyarsk NPP

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