Among other articles about Minatom the search engine mentioned also article "Results of 2016: Peaceful atom". (Moscow. December 26. INTERFAX.RU) [https://www.interfax.ru/business/543196].
I quickly read this article and "pushed aside". There is no mention of natural disasters, congestion, dams, water resources, etc.
However, some (seemingly) ambiguity of the article returned my attention to it.
For example, it is mentioned "Bulgarian history" with the NPP "Belene".
"In the international arena, the state Corporation Rosatom won Bulgaria's court in the case of the Belene nuclear power plant and even received the money due, resumed negotiations on the Turkish Akkuyu nuclear power plant, began construction of the second stages of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran and Kudankulam nuclear power plant in India, began commercial fuel supplies for Western design stations. At the same time, the incident at the Belarusian NPP and the failure in Novovoronezh slightly spoiled the image"
How does treat story with the NPP "Belene"? It is a success story? Or - on the contrary? There is no a clarity. Somehow not clear (for me) the history is described.
We can to read the article further.
"The project of "Rosatom" in Turkey, the Akkuyu nuclear power plant ... it seems to be "thawed" along with the whole complex of Russian-Turkish relations."
"Thawed" - and what?
"... if the parties are able to agree on the details, Rosatom will transfer 49% of Akkuyu's shares [stocks] to the CKK.
"will transfer. .. 49% of shares"...
An entrepreneurial activity is an activity at your own expense at your own risk for profit. Profits will be?
"The word combination [notion] "soon" in relation to the Indian long-term construction" of Rosatom "Kudankulam NPP" in reality has no time frame". (???)
"A similar situation with the contract for the construction of a 4-block nuclear power plant "El-Dabaa" in Egypt."(??????)
"Rosatom's portfolio of foreign orders has been growing steadily in recent years. If in 2010 it was $ 22 billion, by the end of 2015 it reached $110 billion for a 10-year period."
"The forecast for a 10-year portfolio of foreign orders following the results of 2016 makes about $137 billion. In the November presentation of Likhachev it was reported that by 2030 Rosatom expects to come on a 10-year portfolio of "zarubezhka" [orders, received in other countries] to figure higher than $300 billion, at the same time total sales can exceed 2.8 trillion rubles, and 67% will fall to the share of foreign businesses."
Well ... there is" a portfolio of foreign orders", there is a "forecast". Also there is expected "revenue" [income]. But "revenue", though an important indicator, has an essential feature: costs (expenses) are deducted from revenue.
What are the projected costs?
What is the projected profit? Or there will be "training" of the budget [a testing of the budget] in combination with optimization of pockets of simple citizens?
What are - at least - the expected expenses? Though a real profit (real revenue, real expenses) could be also mentioned - since a special article was written.
"At the end of November, Likhachev [the head of Rosatom] said that the most important task of Rosatom is to increase its presence in international markets, despite the difficult situation in which Russia is, implying sanctions. "I think that the history of this negative confrontation - ours with Western countries, will last long enough, therefore twice ambitious task, despite it, despite everything, to increase the presence in the world market" - he said".
"To increase the presence"?
"The national Assembly of Vietnam in November approved the abandonment of plans to build two 4 GW nuclear power plants in partnership with Russia and Japan due to lack of funds. The Parliament of the country approved the state budget for 2016-2020 also without spending on these projects, and the funds that were supposed to be spent on the development of nuclear energy will be directed to infrastructure and solving climate problems." (?????????)
""$$10 billion are a big obligation. We'll have to find sources of funding. It is difficult for the government to take on this financial burden," - explained Salehi, [head of the atomic energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi]. "So if Russia or any other country wants to finance future projects, we are ready to enter into negotiations," - he concluded.
At the end of the year, South Africa recalled of herself - the local energy company Eskom began collecting proposals for the future tender for the construction of 6 nuclear reactors, and Rosatom confirmed its interest in participating in it."
A "Presence" [in the world market] - it is a "financing of future projects" and/or interest in participation in future tender?
"This year it is planned to optimize 20% of the concern's central office (located in Moscow) and 10% of the NPP personnel," - Rosenergoatom reported.". Optimization...
"Having worked only 15 days, the new unit of Novovoronezh NPP was disconnected due to the failure of the electric generator..."
It would be desirable a clarity...
What there is a speech about?
About the organization [the firm] living at the expense of the budget (that is, taxes), payments of the population [population expense] (for example, for electricity. And - other payments), at the expense of loans [received from banks] and other similar income? How, in this case, losses and costs are covered? The moments of getting "good" money are moving further into the future, and under the promise of a "great" future there is a receipt of new funds from the budget, a new payments of the population, a new loans?...
Or we are talking about an organization that receives a real revenue every month (annually). Revenue evidently exceeds expense (costs). The revenue received for the sold goods (services) is directed to refinance production costs and other useful purposes? Profit is used to stimulate for success...
Frankly speaking, after reading of article... the clarity did not arise...
February 18, 2019 12:31
Translation from Russian into English: February 18, 2019 13:57.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Монолог о ясности".