RUSSIA, CHINA INTEND TO COOPERATE IN NUCLEAR ENERGY SPHERE

MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and China have confirmed their intention to actively cooperate in the sphere of peaceful uses of nuclear energy, RIA Novosti was told on Thursday in the Federal Nuclear Energy Agency after the session of the Russian-Chinese sub-commission on nuclear issues in the framework of the commission on the preparation of regular meetings of the two countries' governments that took place in China.

The Russian delegation is headed by Federal Nuclear Energy Agency chief Alexander Rumyantsev, the Chinese by Chairman of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense Zhang Yunchuan.

An agency official said the session touched upon the results of Russian-Chinese cooperation in the sphere of peaceful uses of nuclear energy for last year.

"Alexander Rumyantsev and Zhang Yunchuan noted successful and fruitful work of Russian and Chinese enterprises on a whole number of cooperation trends," he said.

In particular, according to the official, Russia and China noted efficient cooperation as regards the construction of the Tianwan nuclear power plant, construction of a fast neutron reactor, in the field of peaceful uses of space nuclear energy industry.

"Scientific-technical cooperation results were also considered. Russian and Chinese scientific-research organizations carried out a great amount of work on such directions as controlled thermo-nuclear synthesis with magnetic holding of the plasma, technology of underground lixiviation of uranium ore, drafting the solution reactor for production of medical isotopes," said the official.