OREANDA-NEWS. The Organizing Committee of Atomeco 2007 fair is completing the process of reception of innovative projects, solutions and technologies. The application deadline is Oct 31 2007, reported the press-centre of Atom Innovation Center.

The projects will be examined by independent experts. The best ones will be submitted to the Investment Committee of the sectoral Venture Fund for possible financing and involvement in the Nuclear and Radiation Safety federal target program. 

The organizers of the fair of innovative ecological projects “Atomeco-2007” are the Federal Agency for Nuclear Energy (Rosatom), Atomenergoprom OJSC and Atom Innovation Center.

Representatives of the Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Control (Rostekhnadzor), the Federal Medical Biological Agency, the Committee for Industrial Policy of the Federation Council, the Commerce and Industry Chamber of Russia, heads of international organizations, Russian and foreign nuclear authorities, big international corporation are expected to attend the event. The Commisariat a L’Energie Atomique of France, the US Department of Energy, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the nuclear authorities of Finland and France, Areva Group, GRS, EnergySolutions, Nukem, SOGIN, Washington Group International have already confirmed their participation in the fair.

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Atomeco-2007 will present projects for treating radioactive waste, transporting radioactive materials, decommissioning nuclear power plants and other radioactive facilities, recovering the environment, processing industrial and domestic waste, etc. and will analyze the investment appeal of the solutions that might be applied under the Federal target Program for the Development of the Nuclear Power Industry of Russia in 2007–2010 and -2015 and the Federal Target Program “Nuclear and Radiation Safety 2008–2015.”

One more goal of the fair is to intensify innovative activities in nuclear power engineering, machine building and construction with a view to attract private investments and to develop the innovative infrastructure. 

The congressional part of the fair will take place on Dec 4–5 2007 and will consist of an exhibition and presentation of the most attractive projects, an international conference, roundtables, business meetings.

For information about the fair see the official web-site of Atom Innovation Center www.runtech.ru.

The organizational committee: tel. (495) 228–30–23, fax 228–30–25, e-mail: atomeco@ainf.ru.