3 Aug 2018 15:11

Atomenergomash forecasting 17.5% growth in 10-year order portfolio to 534 bln rubles in 2018

MOSCOW. Aug 3 (Interfax) - The engineering division of state nuclear corporation Rosatom - Atomenergomash - is forecasting a 17.5% growth in its 10-year order portfolio to 534.5 billion rubles in 2018 compared to 454.7 billion rubles at the end of last year, the company said in its 2017 report, published on Friday.

Orders for nuclear power usually account for the largest share - 486.3 billion rubles (392 billion rubles in 2017; shipbuilding - 12.8 (27.2 billion rubles) and heat energy - 19.6 billion rubles (21 billion rubles).

At the end of 2017, Russia made up 95.41% of the portfolio. By the end of 2018 Russia will account for 93.23% and other countries - 6.77%.

The investment program totaled 2.4 billion rubles in 2017.