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A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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Publish date: October 14, 2003
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The combine did not expect any shipments of spent nuclear fuel from Bulgaria this year, but because of an unpaid debt by Ukraine, the combine could suffer financial problems, and a decision was made for Zheleznogorsk to receive a part of the Bulgarian fuel originally destined for the Mayak reprocessing plant located in the Urals. This off-schedule delivery should save the Krasnoyarsk region’s budget $3.5m. Ukraine also is expected to pay its debt to the combine by the end of the year, adding $2.3m to the local budget. Bulgaria may send spent nuclear fuel one more time this year, Regnum.ru reported.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Kazakhstan voted in a referendum last weekend on whether to build its first nuclear power plant, and an exit poll showed voters backed the idea promoted by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's cabinet in an effort to phase out coal plants.
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