POWER, the oldest U.S. energy magazine and one of the most influential and prestigious international industrial editions, gave its Power Awards 2016 to the project of the fourth power unit of Russian Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant with a unique BN-800 fast-breeder reactor.
A number of new technologies needed for development of nuclear energy will be improved on this reactor.
According to the magazine, the power unit with BN-800 reactor won in Top Plant category, which differs from another nomination of the award, Plant of the Year, in the fact that the latter implies putting NPP in commercial operation within one or two years before awarding. But Top Plants award determines the most perspective and innovation projects, which set development vector for the whole industry.
