Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury reports that nuclear power generation may no longer be an attractive proposition in certain pioneering countries in the sector primarily owing to bankruptcy issues. But Russia continues to invest in this form of energy both in domestic and international markets and now possesses the most advanced (Generation 3 plus) reactor in Novovoronezh, about 600 kms from Moscow.
The technology in Novovoronezh is being offered to Bangladesh for its maiden nuclear power plant and could be offered to India for the second Russian built six set of reactors. The generation III-Plus reactor at the sixth unit of Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant (NVNPP) is the first to be built using post-Fukushima safety standards and has an automated system in case of an emergency, officials of Rosatom said.
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