Bolivia and Paraguay sign nuclear cooperation agreements with Russia

Russia’s State-owned Rosatom nuclear energy group is to establish a Nuclear Research and Technology Centre (NRTC) in Bolivia. The contract was signed in Vienna, Austria, on September 19, between Rosatom group company State Specialised Design Institute (SSDI) and the Bolivian Nuclear Energy Agency (ABEN is its acronym in Spanish). The project will cost more than $300-million. On the same day, in the same place, the Russian and Paraguayan governments signed an agreement on cooperating in the peaceful uses of nuclear technology. Both ceremonies took place during the 61st General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is based in Vienna.