The Arctic as a resource base
What’s wrong with Russia’s official documents on the Arctic.
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Publish date: September 1, 1997
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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Negotiations were held in Dehli earlier this week, while the Russian Minister for Nuclear Energy, Victor Michailov, visited India. The ministry reached an agreement with India to launch the construction of a Russian designed nuclear power plant based on VVER-1000 reactors. The agreement is expected to enter contract in the near future, adding to Russia’s new nuclear export drive. Earlier, Russia has reached agreements to start construction of nuclear power plants in China and Iran.
Michailov claimed that a number of countries, such as Indonesia, Malaysia and other in South-Eastern Asia, have expressed their interest in Russia nuclear engineering, in particular in the floating nuclear power plants.
India already has ten nuclear reactors in operation, of western designs.
What’s wrong with Russia’s official documents on the Arctic.
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