MOSCOW. May 21 (Interfax) - The Rosatom state corporation will launch a series of new projects abroad, both in neighboring countries and elsewhere, in the near future, Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev said at the Federation Council.
Some negotiations are in the final stages, he said.
Nuclear energy cooperation was an item on the agenda of Russia's negotiations with the leaders of Egypt, Brazil, Mongolia and European states during the "diplomatic marathon," Likhachev said on the Rossiya-24 television channel (VGTRK). "I can say that these negotiations of Vladimir Putin with Egypt, Brazil, Mongolia and European states were largely nuclear energy talks," he said.
Likhachev told the press lately that Brazil "had stated fruitful cooperation in uranium supplies from Russia" and planned to build new major reactor units. "Actually, negotiations in this area have also begun," he said, adding that Brazil was interested in small-sized ground-based and floating reactors. Brazilian enterprises could make reactor vessels.
Rosatom is building the four-unit el-Dabaa NPP in Egypt. The site has a potential for doubling the facilities if necessary.
Rosatom was ready to offer a 220-330MW modular nuclear power plant to Mongolia, Likhachev said.
Following Russian-Serbian negotiations, nuclear energy was included in "the official agenda of Russian-Serbian relations," he said. "In fact, the latest visit of President Vucic signifies the beginning of a new stage in the work with Serbia on the possible construction of nuclear power plants in Serbia," Likhachev said.