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Russia, China to develop space-based n-reactors

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Control of space will give a country uniquely instantaneous reach, capable of 'worldwide military operations.' -Am

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Moscow, July 21. (PTI): Russia and China are to jointly develop nuclear power plants for use in spacecraft, a senior official of Russia's Atomic Energy Ministry said today.

The Sino-Russian sub-committee on nuclear cooperation meeting here on Wednesday is likely to discuss cooperation in developing technologies for the use of nuclear energy in space, spokesman of the Atomic Energy Ministry, Nikolai Shingaryov, was quoted as saying by Itar-Tass.

The session of Sino-Russian sub-committee on nuclear cooperation would be co-chaired by Russian Atomic Energy Minister, Alexander Rumyantsev, and Chairman of the Chinese Committee on Defence Sciences, Technology and Industry, Zhan Yunchuan, who arrived for the talks today.

The two nations are also expected to discuss cooperation in building floating nuclear power plants. Russia has already developed the project of such reactors for power and heating supplies for coastal towns in the country's remote north.


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New missile-space corporation to appear in Russia

Is this "Information Satellite Systems" or "Upgrading and Development of the Defence-Industrial Complex (2002-2006)"?


14:46 2003-07-31


Preliminary work has been completed to create in Russia a State Missile-Space Corporation (GRKK) named after academician Mikhail Reshetnev.

This information was provided on Thursday by the press service of the research-production association of applied mechanics (NPO PM) also named after academician Mikhail Reshetnev. The association is located in the town of Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory.

The new integrated structure which is called "Information Satellite Systems" will be created on the basis of the NPO PM. Its project was approved by a special commission headed by minister of industry, science and technologies Ilya Klebanov who is supervising the implementation of the federal targeted programme "Upgrading and Development of the Defence-Industrial Complex (2002-2006)." Six well-known Russian enterprises, who have been NPO PM's partners for many years, expressed their desire to become members of a new corporation, where about 11,000 people will work.

All enterprises that have become members of the new structure are expected to be privatized in 2004.





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