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Andrei Chupov: â€œOnly the Government of Azerbaijan can decide about the construction of nuclear reactorâ€

11 November 2009 16:11 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Victoria Dementyeva â€“ APA. Three more Azerbaijani experts will pass internship in February-March, 2010 within the International Atomic Energy Agency project for researching opportunities of the construction of nuclear reactor in Azerbaijan, IAEA representative on Azerbaijan Andrei Chupov told APA. He said the project is under the elaboration now and three Azerbaijani experts have already passed trainings this year. â€œIAEA assists Azerbaijan only with recommendations and training of experts. Decision about the construction of nuclear reactor can be made only by the Government of Azerbaijanâ€.

Andrei Chupov said IAEA was also working with Azerbaijan on improvement of radiotherapy at the National Oncology Center. â€œWe achieved significant successes in this field. Number of people addressing this center is increased, but reason of that is not an increase of the number of ill people. The patients are already not going abroad for treatment and addressing the local center. There are modern radiotherapy equipment and professional experts at the centerâ€. Chupov said they were working on the project for improvement of diagnosis and therapy in the oncology center of Ganja City.