JOHANNESBURG--November 29, 2012--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Russian government is fully behind the strategic and economic importance of nuclear technology and has said that investment will rise and a major development program will be fast-tracked. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who chaired a meeting at Novovoronezh nuclear power station on economic innovation and modernization, said nuclear technology had applications in: the economy, the power industry, space exploration, aviation, medicine, agriculture, production of composite materials and informatics.