Report on the Development of Nuclear Towns and Cities
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In July 2022, the Archipelago 2022 Project and Educational Workshop was held, which was focused on
the technological foresight for the next 10 years. Its participants included management teams comprising
leaders of various professions and specialisations from constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
In accordance with the decision of the Supervisory Board of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, the
Corporation assisted in the preparation of pilot projects focused on service and infrastructure development
in towns and cities (15 pilot towns and cities, all of which have high science and technology potential).
The 6th Forum of Towns and Cities concluded with an expert discussion forming part of the Archipelago
2022 Project and Educational Workshop. The participants of the Forum searched for solutions that will help
to ensure Russia's technological sovereignty and strategic leadership in the long term through a service-
and infrastructure-oriented approach to cooperation with regions. Discussion at the forum centred on
the results achieved as part of the track of regional development teams, best practices of leading Russian
corporations in the development of their regions of operation, as well as the possibility of incorporating
products and solutions offered by technological leaders participating in the National Technology Initiative
into services provided for population.
4.3.2. ROSATOM's impact on other areas
of development in nuclear towns and cities
ROSATOM's organisations make significant contributions to budget revenue in nuclear towns and cities.
The Corporation is a major taxpayer in Russia. In 2022, it paid RUB 291.4 billion to budgets of all levels..
Generating employment through NPP construction
The construction and commissioning of nuclear facilities, including NPP power units, create new jobs, as
organisations often hire employees from local communities.
Employment in key NPP construction projects (as at 31 December 2022)
AV
Region
Actual headcount,
including contractor
organisations, persons
(2022)
Including employees
recruited from local
communities, persons*
(2022)
Russia (Kursk NPP-2**)
9,439
8,426
Number of local building
contractors engaged in
construction between
2020 and 2022
31
55
65
Foreign NPPs (Belarusian NPP,
Rooppur, El Dabaa, Paks)
31,432
23,154
34
TOTAL
40,871
31,580
* Employees who are nationals of the countries where the NPPs are being built.
** The figure for Kursk NPP-2 represents the number of employees who are Russian nationals.
4.4. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Improving the standard of living in towns and cities is one of the top priorities of ROSATOM's strategic
agenda.
ROSATOM's School
As part of the project titled 'ROSATOM's School', in 2022, systematic work was organised to design
effective education models for preschoolers and schoolchildren; this involves using a mobile application,
Russia Begins Here, developed as part of the project. It enables children and adults to work together to
develop a value-based understanding of such concepts as 'Motherland', 'one's birthplace', 'compatriot',
'citizen of the country'. Two campaigns were held covering 100% of towns and cities participating in the
project. Towns and cities participating in the Atom Class programme across the country, from Kamchatka
to Kaliningrad, also joined the campaign.
As part of the campaign, in the reporting year, 10 AR objects were created based on sketches made by
children's teams. Members of winning teams participating in the campaign took part in an educational
event, New Year with ROSATOM's School, in December 2022. They will also participate as co-organisers of
the campaign titled 'Russia Begins Here' as part of industry shifts for gifted children from ROSATOM's host
towns and cities at the Orlyonok Russian Children's Centre and the Artek International Children's Centre
in 2023.
The Corporation has implemented a pilot project titled 'Together across Our Russia', which involved
schoolchildren from its host towns and cities working together to design an educational and tourist route
for exploring the country and conducting creative volunteer events at its destination. Two teams from
Volgodonsk and Sarov, who became the winners of the pilot project, qualified for an educational trip.
In the reporting year, as part of a focus area titled 'Design of Digital Didactics to Make Education More
Efficient', more than 50 remote events were held for students of the Atom Class Network of ROSATOM's
School, with more than 5,000 schoolchildren participating in the events. The events are aimed at developing
the formats and content of subject-oriented teaching of students in mathematics, physics, chemistry,
biology and computer science and at developing students' transferrable skills such as teamwork, the ability
to leverage up-to-date knowledge, process information, communicate successfully, etc.
To support and develop children's talents, over 60 events were held in a variety of areas: the Project
School, the Snowy Cartoons festival for preschoolers, the Spaceball Championship for Preschoolers,
the Engineering and Technology Festival, the Metadisciplinary Academic Competition, as well as a wide
range of competitions for preschoolers and schoolchildren. A total of over 25,000 children and over 400
educational institutions from all 23 towns and cities participating in the project took part in the events. The
models used in these events are being rolled out in the towns and cities as formats for their own municipal
initiatives aimed at developing children's talents.
As part of ROSATOM's School, annual events are held to develop children's creative talents:
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A Festival of Original Music and Poetry 'U-235. New Songs' (for children aged between 5 and 18);
The Olympus Theatre Art Festival of School Theatre Groups (for children aged between 7 and 18);
The Snowy Cartoons Festival of Children's Animation (for children aged between 3 and 11).
These events held on an annual basis have determined the relevant focus areas for educational institutions.
At year-end 2022, the Innovative Network of Educational Organisations included 10 schools that had been
selected on a competitive basis and had introduced technologies that help to ensure the fullest possible
compliance with the requirements of Federal State Educational Standards (FSES) for general education
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