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Bulgaria begins the construction of its second nuclear power plant immediately.

A deal for the Belene project was signed on November 29, Novinar newspaper reported.

Sergey Shmatko, president of the project executor Atomostroyexport, said that the power plant was going to be among the most modern facilities in Europe.

ANTARA NEWS

Jakarta (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - The province of Gorontalo in northern Sulawesi is set to build Indonesia's first nuclear power plant.

Gorontalo Governor Fadel Muhammad said a company owned by the provincial administration will team up with a Russian-based firm to build a 70 megawatt nuclear power plant, starting next year.

NRC Inspection Report (IR) - 0500219/2006-301 transmits the results of the Reactor Operator (RO) and Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) licensing examination conducted by the NRC during the period of October 2 to October 9, 2006.

Four of five Senior Reactor Operator and two of two Reactor Operator applicants passed all portions of the examination. One Senior Reactor Operator applicant failed the simulator portion of the examination. The seven applicants included two ROs, three instant SROs and two upgrade SROs.

MERCOPRESS

Siemens Power Generation, a unit of Siemens AG (SI) said Friday it has been awarded major contracts from Argentina for the turnkey construction of two combined cycle power plants.