| Uzbekistan to return spent nuclear fuel to Russia |
| Last Updated(Beijing Time):2012-07-31 14:32 |
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Uzbek President Islam Karimov has approved an intergovernmental cooperation agreement under which spent nuclear fuel in Uzbekistan will be returned toRussia, local media reported Monday.
According to the agreement, spent fuel from research reactors at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Uzbek Academy of Science will be taken to Russia.
Uzbekistan and Russia signed an agreement on return of spent fuel to Russia in May in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan. Head of the Russian State Atomic Agency Sergei Kirienko said in June that, Russia would retrieve used nuclear materials from Uzbekistan by the end of this year.
Russia started taking back fissionable materials from nuclear power plants abroad in accordance with the Return of Research Reactor Spent Fuel to the Country of Origin, which was initiated by theUnited Statesand Russia in 1999. |
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