KALININGRAD, April 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia plans to build a nuclear power plant in its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad with the participation of European companies, the head of nuclear power agency Rosatom announced on Wednesday.

Sergei Kiriyenko told reporters: "We are ready to offer foreign partners, primarily European ones, up to 49% in the Kaliningrad Nuclear Power Plant."

He said the power station will be a slightly modernized version of the Belene plant being built by Russian contractor Atomstroyexport in Bulgaria, and that foreign companies will be invited to supply equipment for the facility's construction.

Atomstroyexport will be the main contractor of the project, and partners will be chosen in the near future, he said.

"Whoever offers the best price will be chosen to supply equipment," Kiriyenko said.