OREANDA-NEWS. Rusatom Overseas presented prospective cooperation projects at VIII Russia-Singapore Business Forum (RSBF), Singapore, 23 - 26 September. Vice-President of Rusatom Overseas Milko Kovachev in his speech at RSBF noted the importance of nuclear energy as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly source of energy for the Asia-Pacific region. According to Mr. Kovachev, the power consumption of these countries is growing rapidly, and the development of nuclear power may be the key to their secure long term energy supply.

Milko Kovachev emphasized that ROSATOM offers an integrated approach to its international customers. This approach includes not only the construction of nuclear power plants, but also solutions on staff training, project financing, attracting local industrial potential, as well as solutions related to national nuclear infrastructure development. The latter is the most relevant for the countries that are just starting to develop nuclear energy.

Vice President of Rusatom Overseas also presented several prospective projects in the field of radiation technologies. "Today ROSATOM offers a wide range of high-tech solutions in such crucial fields as medicine, ecology, and agriculture. This includes production of modern equipment for radionuclide diagnostics and radiation therapy, supply of isotope production and radiopharmaceuticals, production of equipment for processing solid waste and wastewater treatment. Another promising domain is sterilization and treatment of agricultural products", Mr. Kovachev noted.

According to the speaker ROSATOM sees great potential in the Asian market, which led to the opening of the company’s marketing office in Singapore in 2012. The office is responsible for the company’s business development in the region.

During 8 years of its existence Russia-Singapore Business Forum has become one of the leading business platforms for discussing key issues of economic cooperation between Russia and Asian countries. The Forum is traditionally attended by political and business leaders from the Russian Federation and Singapore.