INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) signed a roadmap for the peaceful uses
of atomic energy during the 12th International Atomexpo Forum, an event of the global nuclear market in the Russian city of Sochi
Nicaragua does not have the technical and financial resources, nor is it adequately prepared to develop this type of energy, said María
Elvira Cuadra, sociologist and associate scientist at the Center for Communication Research and the Institute for Strategic Studies and
Public Policy of Nicaragua
From 2018 to now, the brain drain has actually increased substantially and many of the countrys best professionals have had to go to other
nations due to the socio-political crisis and the authoritarian programs of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, she adds.This memorandum is
the very first document in the field of serene usages of nuclear energy in between Russia and Nicaragua (Photo web recreation)The roadmap
belongs to arrangements Nicaragua has actually signed with Russia for technical and productive clinical cooperation
It describes the standards to advance in the field of cooperation in non-energy applications of nuclear and radiological innovations and to
reinforce the capabilities of professionals, especially in the fields of medicine, hydraulics, geothermal energy and wind energy, reported
the Nicaraguan paper El 19 Digital
This memorandum is the first file in the field of serene uses of atomic energy in between Russia and Nicaragua
The document lays the structure for cooperation in a vast array of areas, in particular raising public awareness of nuclear innovations,
establishing nuclear infrastructure and non-energy usages of nuclear energy in industry, farming and medicine
What is considered particularly unsafe are 2 main aspects
The first is the facility of a real Russian military base in the heart of Central America with extensive functional abilities in an area of
high tactical level of sensitivity, Luis Guillermo Solís, previous President of Costa Rica and director of the Center for Latin American
Studies at Florida International University, told the independent Nicaraguan news site Confidencial.The former president indicated the risks
of Russias contribution to the renewal of the Ortega-Murillo routines militaries and the construction of high-tech military centers and the
development of nuclear power plants.Considering that Nicaragua does not have the technical conditions, labs or other suitable centers for
the development of this kind of market, the sociologist Cuadra advances the following 2 hypotheses: One is that it is a discourse, which is
being promoted by Russia in Nicaragua in order to preserve the environment of fight with the United States in order to develop greater
friction and usage Nicaragua as an excuse
The other thing is that Russia is bringing the essential resources to Nicaragua for this, technical, material and personnels
Then [ ...] we would need to see what kind of involvement Nicaragua would have and what Russias genuine goal is in developing that kind of
In order to establish nuclear energy, an atomic power plant would need to be set up
We already understand what happens when a nuclear reactor stops working and the area that could be affected by its radiation, Erick Mora, a
professor at the University of Costa Ricas Faculty of Physics, informed Costa Rican paper La Teja
Imagine there was a reactor in Nicaragua and it stopped working, then that would not only be a threat for us, however for all of Central
America, Mexico, Panama, i.e
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