"Kiriyenko, who visited the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant Wednesday, highlighted progress in the construction of the BN-800 reactor, worth 46 billion rubles ($1.6 billion).
He said 1 billion rubles ($35 million) would be allocated from the 2006 federal budget for the BN-800 construction."
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YEKATERINBURG, December 14 (RIA Novosti) - The future of nuclear power lies in fast
neutron reactors, the head of the Russian Federal Agency for Nuclear Power Sergei Kiriyenko said Wednesday.
"The BN-600 fast neutron reactor at the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant [in the Ural Federal District] is unique," Sergei Kiriyenko said, adding that these reactors were much safer.
"This is an area of our competitive advantages," he said. "Russia is a doubtless leader here. The next move is the construction of a BN-800 [reactor]."
Kiriyenko, who visited the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant Wednesday, highlighted progress in the construction of the BN-800 reactor, worth 46 billion rubles ($1.6 billion)."
He said 1 billion rubles ($35 million) would be allocated from the 2006 federal budget for the BN-800 construction.
Kiriyenko also said the Federal Agency for Nuclear Power would be turned into a joint stock company, but it would seek state, not private, investments.
He said Russia was involved in the construction of five nuclear power plants abroad, adding that NPP tariffs were more profitable than the tariffs of other types of power plants.
Kiriyenko also said the number of NPP facilities should be increased to prevent energy crises.
