Russia offers to transfer nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia

[The SC]

Russian Deputy Prime Minister:

We present a proposal to build a Russian-Saudi partnership to develop a 600-megawatt nuclear reactor..

https://twitter.com/x/status/1397490513545211908

 

[Wilhelm II]

Russian Deputy Prime Minister:

We present a proposal to build a Russian-Saudi partnership to develop a 600-megawatt nuclear reactor..

https://twitter.com/x/status/1397490513545211908

I don't like russian technologies but welcome we are in first steps so why not we must learn from anyone

 

[The SC]

Russia has The BN-600 fast neutron reactor

And

The The VVER-640 (V-407), an 1800 MWt, 640 MWe design originally developed by Gidropress jointly with Siemens. It had advanced safety features (passive safety systems).

https://aris.iaea.org/PDF/VVER-640(V-407).pdf

I don't like russian technologies but welcome we are in first steps so why not we must learn from anyone

Their generation 3 reactors are the best now..

 

[313ghazi]

Very good opportunity for Russia.

 

[The SC]

Very good opportunity for Russia.

And for Saudi Arabia alike..
KSA has developed the SMART reactor with SK and trained its Engineers on Design of Nuclear reactors.. so this is another step forward .. just bigger this time..and acquiring different nuclear technologies..

SMART Nuclear Reactor 100 MWe

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjMvs6QqOnwAhVCCs0KHfIiBUAQFjAMegQIBBAD&url=https://aris.iaea.org/PDF/SMART.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3-smXTsp8lubGTjmAV1n3Q


And now: the medium category of 600 MWe Nuclear Reactors:

- Fast neutron reactor
- VVER


Next will be the 1200 MWe Nuclear Reactor

 

[Riz]

Those nuks will work only on muslim countries

 

[52051]

Russia has The BN-600 fast neutron reactor

And

The The VVER-640 (V-407), an 1800 MWt, 640 MWe design originally developed by Gidropress jointly with Siemens. It had advanced safety features (passive safety systems).

https://aris.iaea.org/PDF/VVER-640(V-407).pdf

Their generation 3 reactors are the best now..

I doubt Russia will export this to Sandi Arab:

Fast neutron reactor has far more military usage than economic ones, from a military point of view, they can covert the most useless and most common Uranium, U-238, into the most useful material to build a nuclear bomb: Pu-239.

The main purpose of FNR is to generating Pu-239 (but whether you can get the Pu-239 generated with sufficient purity is another question), electricity generation is just a by-product.

 

[The SC]

I doubt Russia will export this to Sandi Arab:

Fast neutron reactor has far more military usage than economic ones, from a military point of view, they can covert the most useless and most common Uranium, U-238, into the most useful material to build a nuclear bomb: Pu-239.

The main purpose of FNR is to generating Pu-239 (but whether you can get the Pu-239 generated with sufficient purity is another question), electricity generation is just a by-product.

The article says they will develop 600 MWe Nuclear Reactors together..with TOT from Russia..

What is known now is that Russia is moving forward mostly in the FNR technology in this category..

* if 600 MWe is just a byproduct.. so be it..

 

[The SC]

Fast reactors

https://www.iaea.org/topics/fast-reactors

Pivotal to Russia’s “PRORYV”—or “Breakthrough”—program was construction of a BN-800 fast reactor designed by Rosatom’s nuclear engineering arm OKBM Afrikantov, which finally kicked off as the fourth unit at Beloyarsk in 2006. The unit began operating in December 2016. Courtesy: Rosatom

Russia makes progress with fast reactor upgrade

In addition to the BN-600 reactor, there is the 789 MWe BN-800 fast neutron reactor - constructed as Beloyarsk unit 4 - that entered commercial operation in October 2016. This is a demonstration unit for fuel and design features for the larger BN-1200 being developed by OKBM Afrikantov.

https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Russia-makes-progress-with-fast-reactor-upgrade

 

[The SC]

VVER-640 (V-407), an 1800 MWt, 640 MWe design originally developed by Gidropress jointly with Siemens. It had advanced safety features (passive safety systems).

 

[Species]

Russian Deputy Prime Minister:

We present a proposal to build a Russian-Saudi partnership to develop a 600-megawatt nuclear reactor..

https://twitter.com/x/status/1397490513545211908

Well, Building a nuclear power plant is not the same as transferring technology, Russians are building numerous such power plants around the world.

 

[The SC]

Well, Building a nuclear power plant is not the same as transferring technology, Russians are building numerous such power plants around the world.

Yes that is true somehow..

The article says they will develop 600 MWe Nuclear Reactors together..with TOT from Russia..It means a JV where KSA will have the technology to build 600 MWe nuclear reactors with Russia in Saudi Arabia.. The same deal as for the 100 MWe SMART reactor with South Korea..

 

[Species]

Yes that is true somehow..

The article says they will develop 600 MWe Nuclear Reactors together..with TOT from Russia..It means a JV where KSA will have the technology to build 600 MWe nuclear reactors with Russia in Saudi Arabia.. The same deal s tfor the 100MWe SMART reactor with South Korea..

Is there any indication about the costs? Looks like nothing's still confirmed yet.

 

[The SC]

Is there any indication about the costs? Looks like nothing's still confirmed yet.

Cost for building these reactors should be half the cost of the 1200 MWe ones..
Technology per se is priceless as it is worthy to invest in it..

 

[Species]

Cost for building these reactors should be half the cost of the 1200 MWe ones..

If there is TOT involved, the cost should be significantly higher I reckon.