CAIRO Ñ Egypt hosts an international nuclear energy conference amid plans by Cairo to build at least one new reactor.

The conference sponsored by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency begins on Monday. The conference will last two days and include an exhibition on nuclear equipment.

Egyptian Electricity Minister Ali Saidi will open the conference, cosponsored by the Egyptian Nuclear Energy Agency. Officials said 300 scientists will gather and many of them have presented research papers on the use of small- and medium-size nuclear reactors.

Egypt intends to expand its nuclear industry. Cairo has been obtaining aid from Argentina and has launched talks with Russia for systems for a nuclear reactor.

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