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Workers position a dome during the construction of the Tianwan nuclear power station in China's Jiangsu Province. The Tianwan station uses a reactor designed by Russia. (Getty Images)
TOMOYO OGAWA, Nikkei staff writer
August 12, 2018 18:01 JST
MOSCOW -- Russia is stepping up its overseas sales of nuclear power plants, with state-run nuclear energy company Rosatom agreeing in July to cooperate in building a plant in the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan and reaching an accord with China to build a plant in that country.