Russia Creates Nuclear Super Entity

Moscow, 9 July 2007 (RIA Novosti) --- Russia's government has approved the charter of state-owned Atomenergoprom, which will incorporate the country's leading civilian nuclear energy companies, a source in the Russian Nuclear Power Agency (Rosatom) said Monday.

Rosatom earlier said Atomenergoprom, which will be wholly controlled by the government, will be a full-cycle corporation engaged in activities ranging from uranium extraction, fuel production and electric power generation, to the construction of nuclear power plants, both at home and abroad.

Rosatom head Sergei Kiriyenko has been appointed chairman of the Atomenergoprom board of directors, the source said.

Kiriyenko earlier said the incorporation of Atomenergoprom, which will also carry out scientific research into nuclear energy use and introduce new technologies and developments in the nuclear energy field, was expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Source: RIA Novoti (http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070709/68606329.html)