Russia to Build Venezuela’s First Nuclear Power Plant

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Russia agreed to build Venezuela’s first nuclear power plant after talks in Moscow between the countries’ presidents, Dmitry Medvedev and Hugo Chavez.

The two nations will cooperate to develop nuclear power in Venezuela, including a research reactor, according to the agreement signed today by Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Rosatom Corp., Russia’s state-run nuclear holding company.