Rosatom enterprise has delivered new equipment for the future fuel production complex for the MBIR reactor.
08.12.2025
Rosatom enterprise has delivered new equipment for the future fuel production complex for the MBIR reactor.
The design of the new equipment is intended for a long service life — over 30 years.
AtomIntelMash (part of Rosatom Service JSC, the Electric Power Division of Rosatom) has designed, manufactured, and delivered fuel rod magazines (intended for storage and transportation of fuel rods during the production of fuel for advanced reactor installations) to the State Scientific Centre — Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (JSC SSC RIAR, part of Rosatom’s Research Division). This equipment is used in the technological process of nuclear fuel production for the multi-purpose fast research reactor (MBIR) and is one of the elements in the quality control chain. Its delivery, complete with all detailed design documentation, represents one of many stages in the technical equipping of the fuel complex at JSC SSC RIAR.
"The implementation of this project once again confirmed AtomIntelMash’s capability to carry out the full cycle of work on the development and supply of complex equipment that meets strict industry requirements. We have managed to create a design that optimally combines functionality, nuclear safety requirements, and cost efficiency", — noted Sergey Aleksanin, Director of Industry Projects at AtomIntelMash.
For reference:
MBIR is a multipurpose fast-neutron research reactor with sodium coolant and the thermal capacity of approximately 150 MW. The reactor is under construction in Dimitrovgrad at the site of the State Scientific Center - Research Institute for Atomic Reactors (RIAR JSC, a part of the R&D division of Rosatom State Corporation) within the framework of the national technological leadership project "New Nuclear and Energy Technologies". The goal of the national project is to ensure Russia’s global leadership in nuclear technologies and achieve technological sovereignty in new energy technologies. In December, 2024 installation of the primary cooling circuit equipment and handling systems for the research reactor began. MBIR is intended for performance of reactor tests, production of radioisotopes, production of modified materials, as well as testing of new type equipment and systems. The unique capabilities of the new reactor are expected to accelerate development of solutions for the two-component nuclear power and the closed nuclear fuel cycle, as well as design of safe Generation IV nuclear power systems.
The Electric Power Division of Rosatom is Russia’s largest producer of low-carbon electricity. The division’s managing company, Rosenergoatom JSC, operates 11 active nuclear power plants, including the world’s only floating nuclear thermal power plant (FNPP). Thirty-five power units with a total capacity of 28.5 GW already generate about 20 % of Russia’s electricity. The division’s enterprises provide a full range of services for commissioning, repair, maintenance, and personnel training for nuclear power units; produce isotopes for medicine, agriculture, and microelectronics; and are actively developing new areas of activity (expanding the charging infrastructure network for electric vehicles, biogas plants, industrial robot production, etc.).
AtomIntelMash (part of Rosatom Service JSC, the Electric Power Division of Rosatom) has designed, manufactured, and delivered fuel rod magazines (intended for storage and transportation of fuel rods during the production of fuel for advanced reactor installations) to the State Scientific Centre — Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (JSC SSC RIAR, part of Rosatom’s Research Division). This equipment is used in the technological process of nuclear fuel production for the multi-purpose fast research reactor (MBIR) and is one of the elements in the quality control chain. Its delivery, complete with all detailed design documentation, represents one of many stages in the technical equipping of the fuel complex at JSC SSC RIAR.
"The implementation of this project once again confirmed AtomIntelMash’s capability to carry out the full cycle of work on the development and supply of complex equipment that meets strict industry requirements. We have managed to create a design that optimally combines functionality, nuclear safety requirements, and cost efficiency", — noted Sergey Aleksanin, Director of Industry Projects at AtomIntelMash.
For reference:
MBIR is a multipurpose fast-neutron research reactor with sodium coolant and the thermal capacity of approximately 150 MW. The reactor is under construction in Dimitrovgrad at the site of the State Scientific Center - Research Institute for Atomic Reactors (RIAR JSC, a part of the R&D division of Rosatom State Corporation) within the framework of the national technological leadership project "New Nuclear and Energy Technologies". The goal of the national project is to ensure Russia’s global leadership in nuclear technologies and achieve technological sovereignty in new energy technologies. In December, 2024 installation of the primary cooling circuit equipment and handling systems for the research reactor began. MBIR is intended for performance of reactor tests, production of radioisotopes, production of modified materials, as well as testing of new type equipment and systems. The unique capabilities of the new reactor are expected to accelerate development of solutions for the two-component nuclear power and the closed nuclear fuel cycle, as well as design of safe Generation IV nuclear power systems.
The Electric Power Division of Rosatom is Russia’s largest producer of low-carbon electricity. The division’s managing company, Rosenergoatom JSC, operates 11 active nuclear power plants, including the world’s only floating nuclear thermal power plant (FNPP). Thirty-five power units with a total capacity of 28.5 GW already generate about 20 % of Russia’s electricity. The division’s enterprises provide a full range of services for commissioning, repair, maintenance, and personnel training for nuclear power units; produce isotopes for medicine, agriculture, and microelectronics; and are actively developing new areas of activity (expanding the charging infrastructure network for electric vehicles, biogas plants, industrial robot production, etc.).