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By Louise Armitstead, Chief Business CorrespondentMoscow has offered to help Britain build nuclear power stations in partnership with Rolls-Royce, Russia's deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov has said.
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"We discussed joint cooperation in some areas, including the construction of nuclear power plants," said Mr Shuvalov after the talks. "The Russian side is interested in such construction and commissioning of new plants here in Great Britain in cooperation with Rolls-Royce."
Last year Rolls-Royce, which has a specialist nuclear division, signed a memorandum of understanding with Russian state-owned atomic energy corporation to work together on potential new projects.
7:08PM GMT 29 Oct 2012
Source: Russia offers to build Britain's nuclear power stations - Telegraph