Russia’s Rosatom eyes breakthrough in nuclear energy after 2034

Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom said humanity could gain access to a virtually inexhaustible source of energy after 2034, based on advanced Generation IV reactor technologies currently under development.

Yevgeny Adamov, scientific director of Rosatom’s “Proryv” (Breakthrough) project, made the remarks in an interview, according to TASS, outlining the long-term potential of next-generation nuclear systems.

Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2026), Adamov expressed confidence that the project would reach industrial-scale implementation.

“If this work is brought (by Rosatom) to an industrial result—and it will be brought to that, I have no doubt—humanity will gain a practically inexhaustible source of energy. Not for 100 years, as now, but for millennia. The new technological platform of nuclear energy is a source that is clean, safe, economically competitive and strengthens the non-proliferation regime. That means it is the foundation for a sustainable energy future for the planet,” he said.

Adamov stressed that future nuclear energy systems must be inherently safe by design, fully utilise the energy potential of uranium resources and avoid passing unresolved challenges to future generations.

“It must be protected from proliferation by its very architecture, not only by safeguard regimes. And it must return to the earth exactly the same radioactivity that it extracted, in the same state. It will be meaningless if it does not become economically competitive. This is the essence of Generation IV principles, and this is exactly what we are implementing in ‘Proryv’,” he said.

The “Proryv” project is one of Russia’s flagship efforts to develop advanced nuclear technologies aimed at improving sustainability, safety and resource efficiency in the global energy sector.

By Tamilla Hasanova