Rusatom signs MoU with BATAN

By Romel S. Gurky

Rusatom Overseas JSC, a subsidiary of Russia state owned atomic energy firm ROSATOM, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indonesia?s Center for Nuclear Energy System Assessment of National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) on the development of the first commercial atomic power plant in the country.

The MoU was a follow-up to the MoU signed in the past June by BATAN with ROSATOM on the development of peaceful use of nuclear energy, Rusatom said in a statement on Thursday.

?We highly appreciate the hard work of our Indonesian colleagues aimed at the development of the first commercial nuclear power plant (NPP) project. The main purpose of the memorandum is to provide an additional basis for further development of cooperation in regards with ROSATOM?s Integrated Offer to the Indonesian party,? said Rusatom Overseas? President Director Evgeny Pakermanov said in the statement.

Editing by Johannes Simbolon