Russia ready to build nuclear power plant in Azerbaijan Republic

Russia may take part in the construction of a nuclear power plant in Azerbaijan, Russian Federation’s Deputy Energy Minister Vyacheslav Sinyugin said in an interview with the Baku-based ANS television channel.

He stressed, “Russia is ready to give Azerbaijan its proposals and ideas” on the nuclear power plant construction.

The Russian Federation deputy energy minister noted that Russia ‘has vast experience and potentials in the atomic energy industry’ and is implementing many overseas projects in this sphere. “We believe that these projects are competitive enough,” said Sinyugin.

Azerbaijan had planned to build a nuclear power plant back in the 1980s. It was to be built near the Navagi settlement 100 kilometers south of Baku. A base for the launch of the nuclear power plant construction was also set up.

However, these plans were never fulfilled, first due to the disaster on the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on the pattern of which the Azerbaijani nuclear plant was to be built, and then due to the USSR disintegration.

(Source: IRNA)

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