Russia and the USA have finally signed an agreement about atom for peace after they have been negotiating for several years. Now the American market is open for the Russian uranium and atomic equipment as well. However, nuclear fuel supplies are limited till 2020, and the Russian engineers do not consider the USA market prospective

The Russian Atomenergoprom and the Japanese Toshiba Corporation will construct the nuclear power plants. Atomenergoprom head Vladimir Travin and Toshiba Corporation president Atsutoshi Nishida signed the agreement about the collaboration in the peaceful use of nuclear energy area. The agreement does not have the framework character yet. Although the experts are sure that it is the first step towards the complete transnational alliance establishment which will become the leading player at the global market.

Federal Bio-Medical Agency of the Russian Federation elaborated the concept of the federal target program for development of nuclear medicine. Valentin Uyba, the agency head, reported about this. According to him, the new project is scheduled for the period from 2010 to 2015 and includes construction of four centers of nuclear medicine in Dimitrovgrad, Tomsk, Yekaterinburg and Dubne.

In the program of branch development till 2020 planned such quantity of power units that was put into operation in Russia for the whole Soviet period. In woods near Voronezh construction of the first nuclear power plant for the last 15 years was started in Russia. Now it is still hard to believe, but its first block will give electric power in 2012.

Actuality September, 07, 2007. Russia and Australia made intergovernmental agreement about collaboration in area of the use of atomic energy in peaceful aims.
This agreement bears the signatures of the head of Rosatom Sergey Kirienko and minister for foreign affairs of Australia Alexander Dauner which were made in the presence of the president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the prime minister of Australia Govarda John.