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Publish date: February 1, 2006
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Putin said Russia was ready to build an international centre providing nuclear fuel cycle services, including enrichment, on a non-discriminatory basis and under the control of the IAEA. He said technological innovations were needed to build new-generation reactors and fuel cycles, and this required broad international cooperation.
This is the approach that we will present to the G8 countries during our presidency, and to all our partners in the peaceful use of nuclear energy, Putin added. Russia is presiding over the club of the worlds eight most industrialized nations in 2006.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.