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Publish date: November 14, 2005
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The deal commits the parties to cooperate on the development of the large gas field and the construction of a LNG plant in the region, BarentsObserver informs. According to Murmansk region governor Yuri Yevdokimov, the main objective of the deal is to speed up the development process at Shtokman. Yevdokimov also stresses that the deal includes an objective to supply natural gas from Shtokman to industry and households in Murmansk region.
Following Kazakhstan’s country-wide vote in favor of building a nuclear power plant earlier this month, Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has begun a courtship of officialdom in Astana, the country’s capital, in apparent hopes of landing a contract to construct it.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Kazakhstan voted in a referendum last weekend on whether to build its first nuclear power plant, and an exit poll showed voters backed the idea promoted by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's cabinet in an effort to phase out coal plants.
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