Rosatom signs world's first export agreement with Indonesia for floating nuclear power unit
Russia’s State
Corporation Rosatom has reached an agreement with Indonesian company PT
Pembangkit Listrik Nuklir to supply electricity generated by small modular
reactors (SMRs) through floating nuclear power units.
Signed on the
sidelines of Russian Energy Week in Moscow on October 16, 2026, the agreement
envisages deploying two FPU-100 floating power units with a combined capacity
of 200 MW to supply electricity to northern Halmahera Island. The units will
use RITM-series reactor technology, known for its operational experience aboard
nuclear-powered icebreakers. Electricity supplies are expected to begin within
five years after the key terms of the electricity supply contract take effect.
Rosatom
Director General Alexey Likhachev described the agreement as the world's first export agreement for electricity supply from
a floating nuclear power unit, highlighting the potential of private-sector
investment to accelerate nuclear infrastructure development.
Yudi Utomo
Imardjoko, Director of PT Pembangkit Listrik Nuklir, said the project would be
implemented entirely through business-to-business investment, without relying
on Indonesia's state budget.
Small modular
reactors are gaining global attention as a flexible, low-carbon option for
meeting electricity demand. While approximately 80 SMR projects are at the
design stage worldwide, Rosatom has already established operational experience
in floating nuclear power. Its Akademik Lomonosov, equipped with two KLT-40S
reactors, has been operating in Russia's Chukotka region since 2020.
Rosatom is also
constructing an export-oriented small nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan using
RITM-200N reactors and developing FPU-106 floating units equipped with
RITM-200S reactors for an industrial cluster in Russia's Chukotka region.
