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MOSCOW — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reached a deal with Russia on Friday to build the South American country’s first nuclear plant, as questions arose why a nation rich in oil and gas would feel the need to venture into atomic energy.
The ITAR-Tass news agency said Russia plans to build two 1,200-megawatt nuclear reactors at the Venezuelan plant. The cost of the nuclear deal wasn’t immediately announced.
The deal is likely to raise concern in President Barack Obama’s administration but continues a pattern of Russia’s pressing to export its nuclear expertise.
