World Atomic Days to take place in Antalya on 12–13 November

Rosatom will host World Atomic Days in Antalya on 12–13 November 2026 with support from the BRICS Nuclear Energy Platform. Around 300 participants are expected for a programme covering nuclear energy, workforce development and digital technologies.

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Rosatom has announced that its World Atomic Days international business forum will take place in Antalya on 12–13 November 2026. Supported by the BRICS Nuclear Energy Platform, the event is expected to bring together around 300 participants.

The organiser links the forum to the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31), taking place on 9–20 November, and the forthcoming commissioning of Unit 1 at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant. The bulletin does not give an exact commissioning date for the unit.

Nuclear energy, workforce development and digitalisation

The two-day programme will centre on the Nuclear Energy for People and the Planet plenary session, attended by Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev. According to Rosatom, the discussion will consider the contribution nuclear energy could make to a low-carbon future.

Other speakers taking part in programme sessions will include Kirill Komarov, Rosatom’s First Deputy Director General for Development and International Business; Tatyana Terentyeva, Deputy Director General for Human Resources; and Evgeny Garanin, Deputy Director General for Digitalisation and Information Technologies.

Youth and talent development on the first day

The first day will include a meeting of Rosatom’s Impact Team 2050 youth council. Participants will also hear the outcomes of national youth dialogues on nuclear energy.

A dialogue session organised jointly with the BRICS Nuclear Energy Platform, titled Human Resources for a Technological Breakthrough in Response to Climate Change, will focus on the workforce needed for technological advances.

A virtual Akkuyu tour and an atomic quiz

The programme also includes the annual Global Atomic Quiz and a Rosatom exhibition. Visitors to the exhibition will be able to take a virtual tour of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant.

Turkish engineers trained in Russia will guide visitors through Unit 1’s reactor building, main control room, turbine hall and power distribution system building.

The World Nuclear Association’s event listing independently confirms the dates and the Nirvana Cosmopolitan venue in Antalya. Its programme places youth and talent development on the first day and business sessions on the second.

Sources: Rosatom press bulletin; World Nuclear Association event listing.