On June 27, a meeting was
held between Fadillah Yusof, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy
Transition and Water Transformation of Malaysia, and Alexey Likhachev, Director
General of Rosatom, in Moscow.
The two parties discussed opportunities for partnership in the field of nuclear energy and identified specific steps to further develop cooperation between two countries. The main focus of the discussion was on the potential use of Rosatom's Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) technology.
During their visit to Russia, the Malaysian delegation were presented with Rosatom's cutting-edge technologies at the Leningrad NPP. They also visited the Atom Museum where they learned about the historical development of the Russia’s nuclear industry.
State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (Rosatom) is a multi-industry holding company which comprises assets in power engineering, machine building, and construction. Its strategy is to develop low-carbon generation, including wind power. Rosatom is the national leader in power generation (accounting for about 20% of the country's total output) and ranks first globally in terms of the size of its order portfolio for construction of NPPs (39 power units, inter alia 6 SMRs, in 10 countries). Its scope of activities also includes production of innovative non-nuclear products, nuclear medicine, digitalization and software development, logistics and development of the Northern Sea Route. Rosatom incorporates over 450 enterprises employing nearly 420,000 people.
