In 2009 Russian Government will allocate almost $4.5bln for the support of the nuclear industry

In 2009 the Government of Russia will allocate almost $4,5bln for the support of the national nuclear industry, Vice Premier of Russia-Head of the Staff of the Government of Russia Sergey Sobyanin said during Atomexpo forum.

«In 2009 the Government will allocate $2,5bln for the development of the nuclear industry and $2bln more for the additional capitalization of Rosatom," Sobyanin said.

«Despite the global crisis, we have not changed our plans to build 26 nuclear reactors," Sobyanin said.

Russia seeks diversification in the field of power engineering. For this purpose, it is going to increase the share of nuclear power plants in the total energy production from 16% to 25%.