Siberian Federal University

Sergey V. Kirienko, head of the Russian nuclear agency, Rosatom, and Eugene A. Vaganov, university rector, signed an agreement to develop the agency's reseach and engineering facilities based in Krasnoyarsk Krai. The agency intends to boost polycrystal silicon production, which will lead to producing solar cells and semiconductors used in electronics. The university will use an agency's facility to do research developed by its Department of Physical Chemistry. The agency will cooperate with the university staff, students and graduates in achieving high standards of research and engineering.