
‘The international community must boycott the Russian nuclear industry’
“The Russian nuclear company Rosatom is not just another energy company. It is a state within the state, and a political instrument for the Kremlin. ...
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Publish date: April 30, 2007
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Director of the Fuel and Energy Complex of Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Energy Alexander Andrianov said that, if Iran does not fulfill its financial obligations, Russia will consider postponing the launch of the Bushehr nuclear power plant and with it the nuclear-fuel transports to Iran, reported the news agency Regnum.
According to Andrianov, it is a common rule to deliver nuclear fuel to a new NPP at least six months before the plant is officially launched. “This is a common rule for both foreign and Russian nuclear sites. Also at the Beloyarsk NPP this rule will be adhered to,” he said.
“The Russian nuclear company Rosatom is not just another energy company. It is a state within the state, and a political instrument for the Kremlin. ...
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