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Venezuelan parliament ratifies nuclear plant constriction deal with Russia RIA Novosti, PUBLISHED November 10, 2010 The Venezuelan parliament has ratified an agreement with Russia on nuclear cooperation, which includes the construction of a nuclear plant in Venezuela, local media reported. A report issued on Tuesday by a parliamentary commission in charge of the deal said "with the launch of the nuclear power plant Venezuela will be able to save up to a billion dollars a year by exporting 15 million barrels of oil which are now spent on producing the equivalent volume of electricity." The opposition has claimed that the agreement, signed during Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Russia on October 15, was "unbeneficial for Venezuela." The Russian state-run nuclear corporation said it was ready to build a nuclear plant in Venezuela "within ten years or earlier," which would make it the first Russian company to build a nuclear facility in Latin America. Other news: Arctic expedition diary, blog one We're setting out tomorrow around 11 a.m. after a visit by Sergei Ivanov and possibly a news conference. Iran set to load fuel in Bushehr nuclear reactor Iran will start injecting fuel into the core of its first nuclear reactor at the Bushehr nuclear power plant on Tuesday. China signed Framework Agreement with Belgium in MOX-fuel production GDF Suez subsidiary takes part in the deal. |
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