OREANDA-NEWS. On August 04, 2009 The Venezuelan delegation was led by Deputy People’s Minister of Energy and Petroleum Maria Gabriella Gonsalez and comprised representatives of research and manufacturing companies. The delegation of Atomenergoprom was led by Executive Director Kirill KOmarov, reported the press-centre of Minatom.

The Russian delegates told their Venezuelan colleagues about Russia’s nuclear power industry. The sides discussed the prospects of development of Venezuela’s nuclear industry and the possibilities of joint construction of research and desalination reactors and training of Venezuelan specialists at Russian universities in the fields of nuclear medicine, geological and geophysical research, operation of commercial and research reactors.

The sides agreed to continue their discussions.