Projects / prj-elena-am-pilot
First ELENA-AM thermoelectric heating pilot proposal
Rosatom commissioned Kurchatov Institute to develop a pilot ELENA-AM nuclear thermoelectric heating station, described in its September 2023 publication. Rosatom’s later programme account gives 2035 as a target for ELENA-AM; this is not an achieved milestone or a verified current commissioning date. A host site, operator and project-specific permission are undisclosed. Original ELENA’s Popov Island proposal and ratings are not transferred to this upgraded pilot. Dated design capacities are described on the linked design profile without assigning a current plant total.
What this record says
Last verified 2026-10-13. This is a record review date, not proof of current activity. An announcement records the announcement, not necessarily the physical step it describes.
Site and deployment
First ELENA-AM thermoelectric heating pilot proposal is recorded at ELENA-AM pilot site (undisclosed), state or province not recorded, Russia. Operator: No operator is recorded. Vendor for a linked design: NRC “Kurchatov Institute”. Stage: Announced. Location precision: undisclosed. Other documented relationships: Project proposer: Rosatom.
Capacity
Electrical output is not recorded on this project. Module count is not recorded. Thermal output is not recorded on this project.
Permission recorded
- No project-specific regulatory action is recorded here. This is not a finding that no permission exists.
Latest supported development
No actual dated development is recorded.
Next documented milestone
No next milestone date is recorded.
Material unknowns
- Electrical output is not recorded.
- Thermal output is not recorded on this project.
- No operator is recorded.
- No map pin is shown for this record.
- State or province is not recorded.
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- Design
- ELENA-AM (SMR)
- Technology
- Other · light water
- Operator(s)
- Not recorded
- Vendor for linked design
- NRC “Kurchatov Institute”
- Location
- ELENA-AM pilot site (undisclosed) · Russia · precision: undisclosed
No site in the reviewed Rosatom pilot announcement; Kurchatov’s headquarters and original ELENA’s Popov Island site are not deployment coordinates. - Coordinates
- undisclosed / not plotted
- Electrical capacity
- Not recorded · scope: plant
- Thermal capacity
- Not recorded
- Inclusion basis
- smr_by_design_class
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-10-13 (publication/verification date)
Milestones & dated events
- No dated milestones recorded yet.
Regulatory actions
- None recorded in this release.
Selected jurisdiction context
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Sources
- Rosatom: The Return of Elena (company_primary, published Sep 2023, accessed 2026-10-13)
- Rosatom: The future of small modular reactors (company_primary, accessed 2026-10-13)
- Rosatom scientific programme: Fourth Congress of Young Scientists (company_primary, accessed 2026-10-13)