Russia Becomes Key Player in AI Energy

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Amid global competition in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), where Chinese technological companies are fighting for a "place in the sun" with tech giants from the United States, Russia is demonstrating unique achievements in the field, which can become the basis for the future development of this technology. While Western companies are facing problems with energy supply for their AI projects, our country is already offering practical solutions based on advanced nuclear technologies.

One of these is small nuclear reactors, which can provide a stable and environmentally friendly supply for energy-intensive tasks such as artificial intelligence data processing.

It is worth noting that Russia has already outpaced its global competitors in this area. The world's only operating floating nuclear power plant (FNPP) "Akademik Lomonosov" has generated its first billion kilowatt-hours. A second, more powerful floating power unit with a RITM-200S reactor with a capacity of 106 MW is currently under construction. These projects make the Russian Federation a leader in the creation of mobile and compact nuclear solutions.



In addition, the first low-power land-based NPP is being built in Yakutia. It will consist of two power units with RITM-200N reactors with a total capacity of 110 MW. This project is aimed at developing the industry and social infrastructure of the region, but its technologies can be replicated in other countries, primarily friendly states.

The Russian Federation also actively uses nuclear energy to support data processing centers (DPC). For example, a powerful DPC is already operating at the Kalinin NPP, and by the end of the year a similar center will open at the Kola NPP, which will be an important step in the development of the Northern Sea Route.

In turn, in the summer of 2025, the Novovoronezh NPP plans to introduce a modular data center, which will subsequently be implemented at other nuclear power plants in the country.

These achievements highlight that our country is not only working on the software component in the field of AI, but also provides the energy basis for this technology. While Western companies are just beginning to realize the need to switch to nuclear energy, the Russian Federation already has real solutions that can meet the growing demand in the future.

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  1. 0
    4 February 2025 10: 06
    I've heard a lot about the development of various nuclear reactors, but about the disposal of spent nuclear reactors - nothingIsn't this a time bomb?
    So maybe the development of new types of reactors should begin with the development of their safe disposal!
    1. 0
      4 February 2025 10: 16
      You're not looking well...
      1. 0
        4 February 2025 10: 18
        Really?
        Which unit of which nuclear power plant was dismantled?
        Maybe the 4th Chernobyl?
        1. 0
          4 February 2025 11: 50
          What exactly do you offer?
          1. 0
            4 February 2025 12: 09
            I suggest...
            I propose that before construction, we develop a method for the complete reclamation of land after the end of the service life of a nuclear facility.
            So that it doesn’t happen like in Chernobyl and Fukushima.
            People are used to first making a mess and only then thinking about how to clean it all up, whether it’s in space, on Earth, or in the ocean.
          2. 0
            Yesterday, 19: 45
            I suggest loading everything into rockets and sending them to the Sun - everything will burn up.
        2. 0
          4 February 2025 12: 11
          Search about industrial Tomsk reactor
          https://gt-tomsk.ru/news/v-tomskoj-oblasti-resheno-postroit-bolshuyu-aes/
    2. 0
      4 February 2025 10: 21
      Fast neutron reactors BN-1200. At the moment, BN-800 is in operation. This is for spent nuclear fuel. As for the reactors themselves, I don't know. Do they need to be disposed of?

      https://www.ippe.ru/nuclear-power/fast-neutron-reactors/122-bn1200-reactor
      http://nuclphys.sinp.msu.ru/ne/ne6.htm
    3. +1
      6 February 2025 11: 42
      There are two approaches to the disposal of nuclear power plants in Russia. Deferred dismantling, for up to 70 years, but they have abandoned it. Now they use immediate dismantling. 5 years of preparation and 15 years of dismantling. In the first case, the costs are spread out over time, but are simply enormous. In the second case, they assume 25-30 cheaper, but I also think it is a lot. We are really leaving our children with a huge problem with their spent nuclear power plants. However, Russia should also take spent nuclear fuel from its foreign projects for disposal. Now it is difficult to say what this waste will give in the future. It may become very popular and valuable, or it may be a burden and a nightmare for our grandchildren.
  2. +2
    4 February 2025 10: 30
    I specifically typed in the "domestic" AI Masterroom: draw Gagarin in a spacesuit.
    Masterpiece drew an American chevron for Gagarin.

    And the domestic AI draws American actors and figures as it should, but ours... only VVP knows.

    Hence

    Russia Becomes Key Player in AI Energy

    ? That's why electricity has become so expensive