Nuclear energy is able not only to strengthen the Asian energy security, but may actually help the region’s nations to reach a new level of development, said Egor Simonov, Director of Rosatom Asia, a regional office of Rosatom Corporation for Southeast Asia.

“The construction of nuclear power plants can give a boost for the whole branches of economy – the nuclear industry contributes to the creation of new jobs, prosperity of engineering, R&D and education,” he added. He was speaking at the plenary session of the 7th Nuclear Power Asia 2016 conference, which took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 20-12 January 2016.

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