Russia’s nuclear equipment export monopoly Atomstroyexport said Monday it plans to build a nuclear power plant in Morocco. Atomstroyexport officials arrive March 19 in Morocco on a working visit to discuss the prospects of developing the nuclear power industry in the North African country, the company’s press office said.

During the visit, Atomstroyexport representatives plan to visit the Sidi Boulbra site where Morocco’s first nuclear power plant is expected to be built. The company’s managers and experts are in talks with Morocco’s National Electricity Office on the drafting of a feasibility study for the country’s first NPP, the press office said.

Atomstroyexport has also supplied relevant Moroccan organizations with information on Russian nuclear power plant technologies, the press office said.

Atomstroyexport is currently building five nuclear reactor blocks for NPPs in China, India and Iran. In October 2006, the company won a tender to build a plant in Belene, Bulgaria.

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