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Nice for Russia’s nuclear empire – a new World Nuclear Fuel Bank

Russia, IAEA Agree To Establish World’s First Nuclear Fuel Bank – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2010, By Richard SolashWASHINGTON — Russia has signed a deal with the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to set up the world’s first nuclear fuel bank of low-enriched uranium for countries that need fuel for civilian purposes, including nuclear power plants.Russia’s atomic energy chief, Sergei Kiriyenko, signed the deal with IAEA head Yukiya Amano in Vienna on March 29. The IAEA says the bank will eventually hold a stockpile of 120 tons of low-enriched uranium.

Russia, IAEA Agree To Establish World’s First Nuclear Fuel Bank – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2010

April 2, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, Russia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, radioactive, uranium