'Nuclear' city athletes win silver for Russia

The head of Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko, has congratulated two athletes from the Russian 'nuclear' city of Novouralsk near Yekaterinburg in the Urals for winning a silver medal as part of the men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay in the Beijing Olympics. At the same time, the team also set a new European record. In a telegram to Danila Izotov and Alexander Sukhorukov, Kiriyenko said that their victory not only gave Russia its fifth silver medal in the games, but was also a present for all Russian nuclear workers. He said, "Novouralsk is a small city and its residents, most of whom work at Ural Electrochemical Integrated Plant (UEIP), are happy that their city has given birth to such outstanding sportsmen. The whole of our nuclear industry is proud of you." Russia's largest uranium enrichment plant operates at UEIP.