Russia, Brazil sign nuclear power memorandum
MOSCOW. Sept 16 (Interfax) - Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom OSATOM and Nuclebras Equipamentos Pesados (NUCLEP), Brazil's leading provider of nuclear industry heavy engineering services, signed a memorandum of understanding during the seventh session of the intergovernmental Russian-Brazilian High Level Commission, Rosatom said in a statement.
The memorandum is for the development of partnership, not only in the nuclear power and electricity industry, like cooperation in possible construction of NPPs in Brazil; but in a wide range of other areas, in particular possible interaction in power-plant engineering, thermal power industry, petrochemical industry, shipbuilding.
"The memorandum aims at potential implementation of joint projects not only in Brazil, but also in other Latin American countries as its priority region," Rosatom said.
Russian-Brazilian nuclear energy cooperation is regulated by an agreement on peaceful use of nuclear energy, signed by the governments of both countries on September 15, 1994, and a memorandum of understanding of July 21, 2009. In June, 2015 Rosatom International Network opened the Rosatom America Latina, its headquarters in Latin America, in Rio de Janeiro.