OREANDA-NEWS. August 25, 2008. Atomenergoprom OJSC is inviting concerned organizations to take part in preliminary selection of specialized organizations for participation in tenders for selection of specialized organizations for provision of products and services for the needs of Atomenergoprom OJSC and its subsidiaries in the framework of the federal target program for the development of the nuclear power industry of Russia in 2007–2010 and -2015.

The objective of the preliminary selection is to see if the applicant organizations have necessary financial, industrial and technical capacities for participating in the tenders and implementing their obligations and to select the best.

All legal entities, irrespective of their form of ownership, may take part in the qualification round.

The application deadline is 04:00 PM Sept 1 2008.

For detailed information contact: 26/3 Staromonetny Lane, room 32, Moscow; Ilya Shepeta: 7 (495) 969–29–39, ext. 3376; shepeta-iu@atomenergoprom.ru; www.minatom.ru

Atomenergoprom OJSC (Atomny Energopromyshleny Kompleks) is a state holding that is supposed to comprise 89 nuclear companies and to cover the whole range of nuclear services: from uranium mining to NPP construction and electricity production. Atomenergoprom’s companies will have a total of 175,000 employees and an annual production of 200bln RUR (5.5bln EUR). Atomenergoprom is one of the biggest players on the world market: it has a 40% share in the world’s uranium enrichment services, 17% in nuclear fuel production, 8% in uranium mining, 28% in NPP construction (10 reactors). The director of Atomenergoprom is Vladimir Travin, the chairman of the board of directors – Sergey Kiriyenko.