Russia's former atomic energy minister offered top job at new nuclear agency
A spokesman at the agency said that "no fundamental changes will take place in the practical work of the Russian atomic department, either within the country or abroad". However, he continued, "the agency has greater powers to manage state assets and supervise the activities of enterprises, firms, companies and corporations in the atomic sector".
Furthermore, the agency spokesman said, "the agency will have a substantially greater role in managing the state's shareholdings in all enterprises of the atomic sector".
The Federal Agency for Atomic Energy "will honour all the commitments of the disbanded Ministry of Atomic Energy in economic cooperation between Russia and foreign countries", the spokesman of the agency noted. He recalled that Russian specialists are building generating units at nuclear power stations in such countries as China, India and Iran.
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In an email to employees, Manitoba Hydro president Jay Grewal says executives, managers, and engineers will take three unpaid days off before the fiscal year ends next March.
She says similar options are being discussed with other employee groups, which are represented by unions.
The provincial government ordered Manitoba Hydro to reduce workforce costs during the COVID-19 pandemic, and at one point the utility said it was looking at 600 to 700 temporary layoffs.
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