Algerian authorities have set a new target date to build the country's first nuclear plant.On Sunday, Minister of Energy and Mining Youcef Yousfi said he expects the plant will be operational in 2025, the state-run APS news service reported. That would be five years later than an earlier target. Nonetheless, he said the government has been working toward establishing a plant and recently created an engineering institute to train nuclear engineers and operators.In 2007 and 2008, the country signed nuclear cooperation agreements with Russia, France, the U.S., China and Argentina, according to the World Nuclear Association. Around the same time, the Algerian government announced plans for an operational power reactor by 2020 with more units coming online at five-year intervals.
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