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Russia amends decree to facilitate nuclear exports

Russia amends decree to facilitate nuclear exports “THE HINDU Business Line 22 Feb 09 The blanket clause requiring all nuclear facilities to be put under IAEA safeguards has now been removed.”

Anil Sasi

New Delhi, Feb. 21 Russia has amended a restrictive decree on its nuclear exports, which formally paves the way for the export of Russian reactor equipment and nuclear material to India. This will help the new set of Russian-made Light Water Reactor capacities on the anvil.

Prior to the amendment, the 1992 decree prevented nuclear exports from Russia to any non-nuclear weapons State, unless “all nuclear activities of that state” were placed under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards……………….The blanket clause requiring all nuclear facilities to be put under safeguards has now been removed, Department of Atomic Energy sources said…………………………Russia agreed late last year that it would build four more reactors at the same site. Russia’s state-owned nuclear fuel monopoly TVEL Corporation has also inked deal to deliver 2,000 tonnes of uranium pellets to India.

The Hindu Business Line : Russia amends decree to facilitate nuclear exports

February 23, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia, safety