(VOVworld) – Russian company Rosatom will be tasked with building the nuclear research and development center in the Bolivian city of El Alto, the second most populous city in Bolivia, with 850,000 residents.

The Nuclear Power Station in the Cruas and Meysse communes in France. (newchina)

The Bolivian government has announced a 300-million-USD investment plan, with an ambition to make this nuclear complex the largest in South America. The complex will be built in a 15-hectare area and will take four years to build. Bolivian Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology has implemented the plan since last December with their Russian partners. Bolivia will consult experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and receive technology support from Argentina. Bolivia will also send 100 nuclear experts abroad for training.