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Cabinet to charge for creation and storage of radioactive waste

Cabinet to charge for creation and storage of radioactive waste Kyiv Post 30 April 09  Interfax

-Ukraine National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom is to pay charges for creating and storing radioactive waste, according to a new cabinet resolution.

The company is obliged to pay UAH 0.0063 per 1 kWh of produced energy plus extra fees depending on the storage costs and the amount of waste material.

The Cabinet of Ministers on April 24 approved the respective resolution, No. 391, which comes into force on May 1 this year.

According to the document, other companies in the sector are to calculate the sum of charges depending on the level of radiation of the materials, and pay 10% of the value of an ionizing irradiation source every month.

The document stipulates that these fees will not be charged if the waste is returned to the company that produced the initial nuclear material abroad.

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April 30, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, Ukraine | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive