IRAQ

Soviets Complete Nuclear Power Plant Study 

Soviet experts have completed preliminary studies for the construction of Iraq's first nuclear power plant, according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA) on 15 February. It added that 40 Russian experts had surveyed various sites for the proposed medium-sized plant and are expected to submit a report by mid-year. An agreement was signed last April between Iraq's Atomic Energy Commission and the Soviet Union's Atomenergoexport to...