By a Correspondent
SOCHI, Russia
A major international nuclear industry event, the two-day ATOMEXPO-2024 International Forum opened yesterday in Sochi aims at building a clean-power future for the planet.
The Forum, which is the 13th edition has brought together over 4,500 participants from 75 countries with Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Iraq participating for the first time.
Meanwhile the second day of the forum starts today at the Science and Art Park Sirius of the Sochi’s Sirius Federal Territory, supported by the Rosatom State Corporation.
Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM, “ATOMEXPO-2024 is the first carbon-free forum, powered by green sources only. We hope that this approach will become a good tradition for all major events…
“…for the first time, we are welcoming Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Iraq. We highlight the special, preferential participation of African representatives in our Forum, as it is Africa that harbours a huge potential of nuclear technology development today,” said Likhachev.
The ATOMEXPO has gathered representatives of public authorities, major global nuclear power players, and leading international experts.
Among the event’s high-level flagship guests are Deputy Director General of IAEA Mikhail Chudakov, Burundian Minister of Hydraulics, Energy and Mines Ibrahim Uwizeye, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, and Serbian Minister of Health Dr Danica Grujičić.
The Forum’s motto is ‘Clean energy: creating the future together’